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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

218 species

Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra (Rough Spear-grass)

Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra

Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra

Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra

Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra

Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra

Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra

Austrostipa semibarbata (Fibrous Speargrass)

Austrostipa sp. (A Corkscrew Grass)

Austrostipa sp.

Austrostipa sp.

Austrostipa sp.

Austrostipa sp.

Austrostipa sp.

Austrostipa sp.

Austrostipa stipoides (Coast Speargrass)

Austrostipa stipoides

Austrostipa stipoides

Jackie Miles

Austrostipa stipoides

Jackie Miles

Austrostipa stipoides

Austrostipa stipoides

Austrostipa stipoides

Austrostipa wakoolica (A spear-grass)

Bothriochloa macra (Red Grass, Red-leg Grass)

Bothriochloa macra

Bothriochloa macra

Bothriochloa macra

Bothriochloa macra

Bothriochloa macra

Bothriochloa macra

Capillipedium parviflorum (Scented-top Grass)

Capillipedium parviflorum

Jackie Miles, Bemboka cemetery

Capillipedium parviflorum

Jackie Miles, Bemboka cemetery

Capillipedium parviflorum

Jackie Miles, Bemboka cemetery

Capillipedium parviflorum

Capillipedium parviflorum

Capillipedium parviflorum

Capillipedium spicigerum (Spicytop)

Cenchrus caliculatus (Hillside Burr Grass)

Cenchrus caliculatus

Jackie Miles, Brogo

Cenchrus caliculatus

Jackie Miles, Brogo

Cenchrus caliculatus

Jackie Miles, Brogo

Cenchrus caliculatus

Cenchrus caliculatus

Cenchrus caliculatus

Cenchrus purpurascens (Swamp Foxtail)

Cenchrus purpurascens

Cenchrus purpurascens

Cenchrus purpurascens

Cenchrus purpurascens

Cenchrus purpurascens

Cenchrus purpurascens

Chionochloa frigida (Ribbon Grass)

Chionochloa frigida

Chionochloa frigida

Chionochloa frigida

Chionochloa frigida

Chionochloa frigida

Chionochloa frigida

Chloris truncata (Windmill Grass)

Chloris truncata

Chloris truncata

Chloris truncata

Chloris truncata

Chloris truncata

Chloris truncata

Chloris ventricosa (Plump Windmill Grass)

Chloris ventricosa

Chloris ventricosa

Chrysopogon fallax (Golden Beard-Grass)

Chrysopogon fallax

Chrysopogon fallax

Cleistochloa rigida

Cleistochloa rigida

Jackie Miles, Brogo Dam cliffs

Cleistochloa rigida

Jackie Miles, Brogo Dam cliffs

Cleistochloa rigida

Jackie Miles, Brogo Dam cliffs

Cleistochloa rigida

Cleistochloa rigida

Cleistochloa rigida

Cymbopogon ambiguus (Native Lemongrass)

Cymbopogon refractus (Barbed-wire Grass)

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$Cymbopogon refractus$

$Cymbopogon refractus$

$Cymbopogon refractus$

$Cymbopogon refractus$

Deyeuxia angustifolia (A Bent-grass)

Deyeuxia brachyathera (Short Bent Grass)

Deyeuxia brachyathera

Deyeuxia brachyathera

Deyeuxia brachyathera

Deyeuxia brachyathera

Deyeuxia brachyathera

Deyeuxia brachyathera

Deyeuxia decipiens (Devious Bent-grass)

Conservation level

Local native (change?)

Invasiveness

All invasiveness levels (change?)

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