Tassel Rope-rush - male plant

Description:

This plant was growing in a clump and would have been about a foot tall stretched out. The clumps formed mats of wiry branclets that were thick and striated (pic 2). At the nodes were what looked like brown leafy bracts. The attractive branched inflorescence looked like clumps of bracts that were coppery, plump and ovoid.
There were no sign of "normal" leaves. Several plants growing together gave the appearance of a tangled mat.

Habitat:

Spotted in a sclerophyll bush - part of the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens. Soil might have been a little sandy. Endemic to Australia.

Notes:

My thanks to Vinny for the ID and resource.
http://fe.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Residen...
These plants are Dioecious ( male and female flowers on separate plants). here is the female plant
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/106... Family: Restionaceae