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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

 

202 species

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

Sporobolus fertilis (Giant Parramatta Grass)

Sporobolus fertilis
Sporobolus fertilis
Sporobolus fertilis
Sporobolus fertilis
Sporobolus fertilis
Sporobolus fertilis

Sporobolus jacquemonti (American Rat's Tail Grass)

Sporobolus natalensis (Giant Rat's Tail Grass)

Sporobolus pyramidalis (Giant Rat's Tail Grass)

Sporobolus sessilis

Stenotaphrum secundatum (Buffalo Grass)

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Jackie Miles

Stenotaphrum secundatum
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Stenotaphrum secundatum

Themeda quadrivalvis (Grader Grass)

Triticum aestivum (Common Wheat)

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum

Urochloa decumbens (Signal Grass)

Urochloa mutica (Para 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 bromoides (Squirrel-tail Fescue, Hair Grass)

Vulpia bromoides
Vulpia bromoides
Vulpia bromoides
Vulpia bromoides
Vulpia bromoides
Vulpia bromoides

Vulpia muralis (Wall Fescue)

Vulpia myuros (Rat's Tail Fescue)

Vulpia myuros f. megalura (Fox-tail Fescue)

Vulpia myuros f. myuros (Rat's-tail Fescue)

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