What would you envisage being a better plant in place of this one Porkpal?
As a native plant it must have vied with it's neighbouring plants for a very long time. It must be happy growing where it is, where other plants may not be happy. Nature sorts itself out, and if it doesn't involve the man made tidiness of a garden I don't see why it has less right to live where it is than any other plant. There may certainly be problems associated with some introduced plants, particularly on waterways, water lettuce comes to mind but it seems there is doubt as to whether or not that is native.
I know nothing about this plant, so I am interested in what the problems it may cause would be.
I found it on a Plants Rescue site .. it must have it's uses in the cyclical natural order which if broken can lead to disharmony. So very often, people don't realise how one species relies on another whether plant or animal. Could it be useful to hold together soil at the edge of a waterway, or to keep out other plants which are not so useful?
http://www.plantsrescue.com/ta...
It's such a pretty plant, one which you might pounce on if seen at a plant nursery.
http://www.backyardnature.net/...
Recommended Uses: Can use as a groundcover in moist sites. Good in an informal savanna setting
Other Comments: This is a sedge. Most Rhynchospora species are wind pollinated. The white bracts of this species attract insects.
http://www.fnps.org/plants/pla...
Some insects rely entirely on a single species to breed.
