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Good references for local grass species:

Fact Sheets from Grasses of Australia

For example, Themeda triandra, Kangaroo Grass

And Rytidosperma, Wallaby Grasses, by species

 

May I highly recommend to each of you making plants' sightings here in NatureMapr, 
one of the top in the world, plant identification processes, guide books and references, 

by: 
excellent Ian D. Clarke (1950–) 
botanist from the National Herbarium of Vic. and Royal Botanic Gardens :

(2015) 
Name those grasses :
identifying grasses, sedges and rushes.
Melbourne, Victoria :
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria .
ISBN: 9780980407648 .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6936301
–includes grasses (Poaceae) but as said in the subtitle, not only grasses, furthermore sedges (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Restionaceae) .
– available in printed paperback book . 


All the best, 
Jason Stewart 2025 June 17th .

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waltraud wrote:
7 hrs ago
so spraying seems to work :-) and was early enough this season :-) :-); still needs monitoring for germination of seeds stored in soil...
Anthoxanthum odoratum
mahargiani wrote:
Yesterday
Thanks. The Poa lab I've seen were planted along the banks of a creek. I've got about 50 small ones in forestry tubes I'm growing for Landcare, too small to help with identification. P sieberiana I'm familiar with but only as a small plant, I have one I rescued in a 12cm pot, flowering at the moment, beautiful. I'll have to check things out more, as we have lots of them growing on a wooded hillside.
Poaceae (family)
MattM wrote:
Yesterday
Unfortunately I can't be much help in this instance. I note that this is recorded on a ridge. Poa lab tends to dominate in low drainage lines in grassland and open woodland. If this is Poa, it's more likely to be Poa sieberiana which occurs in woodland and dry forest. Both species are often used in gardens and native landscaping projects so you might be able to look at some gardens as examples to further reinforce your understanding of the species habit until you are more comfortable making an ID.
Poaceae (family)
Mike wrote:
Yesterday
I think this is already on Field Maps.
Nassella trichotoma
mahargiani wrote:
14 Nov 2025
not confident at all, just based on impressions from Poa lab at Landcare sites. main interest is as a potential seed source for other Landcare initiatives, though it would be good if I could identify it without needing to have my hand held!
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