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Overview

 

Good references for local grass species:

Fact Sheets from Grasses of Australia

For example, Themeda triandra, Kangaroo Grass

And Rytidosperma, Wallaby Grasses, by species

 

299 species

Aristida benthamii var. spinulifera

Aristida calycina var. calycina

Aristida calycina var. calycina (Dark Wiregrass)

Aristida calycina var. praealta (Dark Wire-grass)

Aristida jerichoensis (Jericho Wiregrass)

Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera (Jericho Wiregrass)

Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera
Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera
Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera
Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera
Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera
Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera

Aristida personata (Purple Wire-grass)

Aristida queenslandica var. queenslandica

Aristida ramosa (Purple Wire Grass)

Aristida ramosa
Aristida ramosa
Aristida ramosa
Aristida ramosa
Aristida ramosa
Aristida ramosa

Aristida sp. (A Wiregrass)

Aristida sp.
Aristida sp.
Aristida sp.
Aristida sp.
Aristida sp.
Aristida sp.

Aristida vagans (Three-awned Speargrass)

Aristida vagans

Jackie Miles

Aristida vagans

Jackie Miles
Aristida vagans
Aristida vagans

Aristida warburgii

Arthraxon hispidus (Hairy-joint Grass)

Arundinella montana (Mountain Reed Grass)

Australopyrum pectinatum (Comb Wheat Grass)

Australopyrum pectinatum
Australopyrum pectinatum
Australopyrum pectinatum
Australopyrum pectinatum
Australopyrum pectinatum
Australopyrum pectinatum

Australopyrum velutinum (Mountain Wheat Grass)

Australopyrum velutinum
Australopyrum velutinum
Australopyrum velutinum
Australopyrum velutinum
Australopyrum velutinum
Australopyrum velutinum

Austrofestuca hookeriana (Hooker's Fescue)

Austrostipa aristiglumis (Plains Grass)

Austrostipa bigeniculata (Kneed Speargrass)

Austrostipa bigeniculata

Habit

Austrostipa bigeniculata

Fresh growth
Austrostipa bigeniculata

Inflorescence and seeds. Note the two bends in the awn.
Austrostipa bigeniculata
Austrostipa bigeniculata
Austrostipa bigeniculata

Austrostipa blackii (Crested Spear-grass)

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