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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

 

128 species

Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire Fog)

Holcus lanatus
Holcus lanatus
Holcus lanatus
Holcus lanatus
Holcus lanatus
Holcus lanatus

Hordeum distichon (Two Row Barley)

Hordeum glaucum (Northern Barley-grass)

Hordeum glaucum

Jackie Miles

Hordeum glaucum

Hordeum hystrix (Mediterranean Barley Grass)

Hordeum leporinum (Barley Grass)

Hordeum leporinum
Hordeum leporinum
Hordeum leporinum
Hordeum leporinum
Hordeum leporinum
Hordeum leporinum

Hordeum marinum (Seaside Barley Grass)

Hordeum marinum
Hordeum marinum
Hordeum marinum
Hordeum marinum
Hordeum marinum
Hordeum marinum

Lagurus ovatus (Hare's Tail Grass)

Lagurus ovatus

Jackie Miles

Lagurus ovatus

Jackie Miles
Lagurus ovatus
Lagurus ovatus
Lagurus ovatus
Lagurus ovatus

Lamarckia aurea (Goldentop)

Lamarckia aurea
Lamarckia aurea
Lamarckia aurea
Lamarckia aurea

Lolium perenne (Perennial Ryegrass)

Lolium perenne
Lolium perenne
Lolium perenne
Lolium perenne
Lolium perenne
Lolium perenne

Lolium sp. (Ryegrass)

Lolium sp.
Lolium sp.
Lolium sp.
Lolium sp.
Lolium sp.
Lolium sp.

Lophopyrum ponticum (Tall Wheatgrass)

Lophopyrum ponticum

Jackie Miles, North of Tomaga River

Lophopyrum ponticum

spikelets closely appressed to stems
Lophopyrum ponticum

Plant to >1m high
Lophopyrum ponticum
Lophopyrum ponticum
Lophopyrum ponticum

Megathyrsus maximus var. publiglumis (Green Panic, Guinea Grass)

Megathyrsus maximus var. publiglumis
Megathyrsus maximus var. publiglumis
Megathyrsus maximus var. publiglumis
Megathyrsus maximus var. publiglumis
Megathyrsus maximus var. publiglumis
Megathyrsus maximus var. publiglumis

Melinis minutiflora (Molasses Grass)

Melinis repens (Red Natal Grass)

Melinis repens
Melinis repens
Melinis repens
Melinis repens
Melinis repens
Melinis repens

Panicum gilvum (Sweet Panic)

Panicum gilvum
Panicum gilvum
Panicum gilvum
Panicum gilvum
Panicum gilvum
Panicum gilvum

Panicum miliaceum (French Millet)

Panicum miliaceum
Panicum miliaceum
Panicum miliaceum
Panicum miliaceum
Panicum miliaceum
Panicum miliaceum

Panicum racemosum (Branched Panic)

Parapholis incurva (Coast Barb Grass)

Parapholis incurva

Jackie Miles

Parapholis incurva

Jackie Miles
Parapholis incurva

Jackie Miles
Parapholis incurva
Parapholis incurva
Parapholis incurva

Parapholis strigosa (Slender Barb Grass)

Paspalum conjugatum (Sour Grass, Johnston River Grass)

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Conservation level

  • All conservation levels (change?)

Invasiveness

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