Isolepis marginata

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Isolepis marginata (Thunb.) A.Dietr.

Synonyms: 17 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cyperus modestulus Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
Isolepis bergiana (Spreng.) Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
Isolepis cartilaginea R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Isolepis cartilaginea R.Br. subvar. cartilaginea (taxonomic synonym)
Isolepis cartilaginea R.Br. var. cartilaginea (taxonomic synonym)
Isolepis cartilaginea subvar. minor Nees (taxonomic synonym)
Isolepis cartilaginea subvar. pauciflora Nees (taxonomic synonym)
Isolepis cartilaginea var. elatior Nees (taxonomic synonym)
Isolepis cartilaginea var. parva Nees (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Isolepis notata Nees (taxonomic synonym)
Isolepis semipedunculata Boeckeler (taxonomic synonym)
Scirpus bergianus Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
Scirpus cartilaginea Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
Scirpus cartilagineus (R.Br.) Poir. (taxonomic synonym)
Scirpus cartilagineus (R.Br.) Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
Scirpus cartilagineus (R.Br.) Spreng. var. cartilagineus (taxonomic synonym)
Scirpus marginatus Thunb. (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Scirpus antarcticus L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (uncertain origin), Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Cheal_2017 (8), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), Mokany_2015 (2), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (9), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (7), Tsakalos_2020 (14), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Williams_2005 (4), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 154 records in 27 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (7); resprouts (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Standish_2019; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 9 mo (6-12 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1 mm (0.8-1.2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 0.6 mm (0.5-0.7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 0.6 mm (0.5-0.7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nut (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (3); green (1); yellow (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 78.54 mm2 (78.54-78.54 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (40-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4); c4 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (6); herb (5); tussock (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): therophyte (2) [sources: Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): annual (8); perennial (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Standish_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); proteoid_root (1) [sources: Standish_2019; Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
reproductive_maturity (numerical): 0.5 a (0.5-0.5 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); epizoochory (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): birds (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (3); ynnnyyyyyyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Williams_2005]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2005]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1); rhizome (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.2 mg (0.12-0.27 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015; Standish_2019]
seed_length (numerical): 0.96 mm (0.9-1.02 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.69-0.7 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.06 m (0.02-0.2 m) [sources: SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	38	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Tsakalos_2020	13	14	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
NHNSW_2023	6	9	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023	6	9	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Williams_2011	9	9	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Cheal_2017	8	8	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Jordan_2001	7	7	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Standish_2019	7	7	R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
SAH_2023	4	5	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ANBG_2019	4	4	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Burrows_2008_2	4	4	N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_2020	4	4	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Williams_2005	4	4	N. S. G. Williams, J. W. Morgan, M. J. McDonnell, and M. A. McCarthy. “Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient”. Journal of Ecology 93.6 (2005), pp. 1203-1213. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01039.x.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_2015	2	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
SAH_2022	2	2	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.