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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

 

98 species

Rostraria cristata (Annual Cat's Tail)

Rostraria cristata

Jackie Miles

Rostraria cristata

Schismus barbatus (Arabian Grass)

Setaria parviflora (Slender Pigeon Grass)

Setaria parviflora
Setaria parviflora
Setaria parviflora
Setaria parviflora
Setaria parviflora
Setaria parviflora

Setaria pumila (Pale Pigeon Grass)

Setaria pumila
Setaria pumila
Setaria pumila
Setaria pumila
Setaria pumila
Setaria pumila

Setaria sp. (Pigeon Grass)

Setaria sp.
Setaria sp.
Setaria sp.
Setaria sp.
Setaria sp.
Setaria sp.

Setaria sphacelata (South African Pigeon Grass)

Setaria sphacelata
Setaria sphacelata
Setaria sphacelata
Setaria sphacelata
Setaria sphacelata
Setaria sphacelata

Setaria sphacelate (South African Pigeon Grass)

Setaria verticillata (Whorled Pigeon Grass)

Setaria verticillata
Setaria verticillata
Setaria verticillata
Setaria verticillata
Setaria verticillata
Setaria verticillata

Setaria viridis (Green Pigeon Grass)

Sorghum bicolor (Cultivated Sorghum)

Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor

Sorghum halepense (Johnson Grass)

Sorghum halepense
Sorghum halepense
Sorghum halepense
Sorghum halepense
Sorghum halepense
Sorghum halepense

Sporobolus africanus (Parramatta Grass, Rat's Tail Grass)

Sporobolus africanus
Sporobolus africanus
Sporobolus africanus
Sporobolus africanus
Sporobolus africanus
Sporobolus africanus

Stenotaphrum secundatum (Buffalo Grass)

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Jackie Miles

Stenotaphrum secundatum
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Stenotaphrum secundatum

Themeda quadrivalvis (Grader Grass)

Urochloa panicoides (Urochloa Grass)

Urochloa panicoides
Urochloa panicoides
Urochloa panicoides
Urochloa panicoides
Urochloa panicoides
Urochloa panicoides

Urochloa subquadripara (syn. Brachiara milliformis) (Green Summer Grass, Signal Grass)

Vulpia muralis (Wall Fescue)

Vulpia sp. (A Squirreltail Fescue)

Vulpia sp.
Vulpia sp.
Vulpia sp.
Vulpia sp.
Vulpia sp.
Vulpia sp.

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