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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

Jackie Miles

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

Jackie Miles

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)

Cymbopogon refractus
Cymbopogon refractus
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)

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Conservation level

  • Local native (change?)
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