Distichia filamentosa Buchenau

Family: Juncaceae

Description: Cushion-forming herb

Habitat: at altitudes as low as 3600 m above sea level, but is much more common at 4000-4600 m, dense and very hard cushions, up to several meters in diameter, which in boggy depressions often provide the only secure foothold for the wanderer

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Form of cushion TC_M Intermediate beetweenT C & M types
Compactness 1 Compact, hard (peat-accumulating)
Variability 0 No variability
Root system R Rhizomes
Woodiness 0 Herbaceaous
Thorniness 0 No
Succulence 0 No
Flowers 0 Flowers sessil

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