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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

 

30 species

Agrostis stolonifera (Creeping Bent)

Aira praecox (Early Hair-grass)

Amphibromus archeri (Pointed Swamp Wallaby-grass)

Amphibromus recurvatus (Dark Swamp Wallaby-grass)

Amphipogon caricinus (Long Grey-beard Grass)

Australopyrum retrofractum (Comb Wheat-grass)

Austrodanthonia fulva

Austrostipa drummondii

Austrostipa elegantissima (Feather Spear-grass)

Austrostipa exilis (Heath Spear-grass)

Austrostipa gibbosa

Austrostipa hemipogon (Half-beard Spear-grass)

Austrostipa macalpinei (Annual Spear-grass)

Austrostipa multispiculis (Many-flowered Spear-grass)

Austrostipa mundula

Austrostipa nitida (Balcarra Spear-grass)

Deyeuxia densa (Heath Bent-grass)

Deyeuxia microseta (A Bent-grass)

Deyeuxia reflexa (A Bent-grass)

Echinopogon mckiei (Hedgehog Grass)

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