| Common Name: | Red-fruit Saw-sedge |
| Synonym: | |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Size: | 1.5-3m x 2-3m |
| Description: | Large clumping perennial sedge. |
| Leaves: | Leaves spiralling and sheathing around stem, long, to 2.5m, channelled and rough, becoming pendulous. |
| Flowering: | Dense flower spike 30-100cm x 70mm. Nuts bright red and shiny. |
| Flower Colour: | Yellowish-brown becoming black |
| Flowering Time: | October to January |
| Growing Conditions: | Moist to wet alluvial soil in low areas of mountain and foothill forests. Frost tolerant. Full sun to full shade. |
| Garden Use: | Large clump which does not spread. Nuts are very attractive against the black spikes. Important food plant for the Swordgrass Brown butterfly. Excellent habitat plant. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 2, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 30 32, 33, 36 |
| Conservation Status: | Locally common within its preferred growing conditions |
| Aboriginal Use: | Food - nuts ground |
| Commercially available: | Generally |
| Bird Attracting: | Seeds, insects, habitat for birds and swamp rats |
| Butterfly Attracting: | Food plant for caterpillars |
| Frog Habitat: | Yes |
| Photographer: | 1 Shire of Yarra Ranges photo library; 2-4 Marilyn Gray © |