- Pronunciation: COS-tis BLAKE-ee-eye
- Common Name: Foxtails, Curleywigs, Koala Fern.
- Derivation: Caustis: Gr. caustos - burnt, scorched (refers to sheathing bases)
- Type: Sedge. Rhizomatous.
- Family: Cyperaceae
- Size: to 1 metre
- Flowers: spikelets 6-7 mm long
- Fruit: nuts
- Vegetation Type: Wallum Woodland, well-drained Wallum heathland. Sunny parts of Rainforest. Dry sandy soils near coast.
- Species List: NLTalks2010, Coolum High, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, SRR NNP, SRR, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Fraser Island, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Upper Yandina Creek, TAFE, NNP Tanglewood, Noosa River NP, NNS,
Identification Notes
Tall Sedge, damp woodlands.
Two stems - fertile & sterile.
Mature Branchlets straight.
Identifying features - Caustis sp
Culms: Rounded, rigid, erect and many noded.
Inflorescence: As long, or longer, than culms;
Infloresence: Panicle of spikelets, 1-2 flowers.
Involucral Bracts
Leaves: Reduced to brown sheathing scales.
Landscaping Notes
Attractive clumping Plant.
Feature foliage
Difficult to propagate
