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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Species information

Cyperus javanicus     Houtt.

This native groundcover is commonly known as marsh cyperus.

Cyperus javanicus is described as a "monocot" in the Cyperaceae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

Distribution is from Brisbane northward. Also from south-east Asia and Pacific islands. In Fraser Coast region recorded at Gogoomgan and Nikenbah. 

It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.

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Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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