Gahnia filum
Debra Read
Tuft: 1 to 1.2 metres high
EVC9: Coastal Saltmarsh
Chaffy Saw-sedge has attractive flowering spikelets.
It grows in zones on higher ridges within the saltmarsh.
Skipper butterflies lay their eggs on Chaffy Saw-sedge, which is a food plant for their caterpillars.
The seeds, leaves and buds were used as food by Wadawurrung.
The plant species is of Regional Conservation significance.
Flowers: Pale brown Flowering: Most of the year.
Coastal Plants of the Bellarine Peninsula
Bellarine Catchment Network 2010
For more information go to:
https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/57bef10c-77ff-42a1-b501-5e97aa16395a
The Barwon Estuary Project 