Grasses


 

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 .


Grasses

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MattM wrote:
28 Nov 2025
Good pickup.

Bromus brevis
JoeD wrote:
27 Nov 2025
Dense panicle and spikelets, mucronate lemmas, symmetrical spikelets.

Bromus catharticus
JoeD wrote:
27 Nov 2025
Rounded, symmetrical spikelets, very short awns, and densely clustered panicle. Does not match B. catharticus.

Bromus brevis
JoeD wrote:
27 Nov 2025
Spikelets too small, wrong shape for B. catharticus.

Bromus catharticus
JoeD wrote:
27 Nov 2025
Not Bromus brevis. The spikelets are too small, the wrong shape, and have very small florets. Try Lolium arundinaceum.

Lolium arundinaceum
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