Grass field guide


 

Good references for local grass species:

Fact Sheets from Grasses of Australia

For example, Themeda triandra, Kangaroo Grass

And Rytidosperma, Wallaby Grasses, by species

 

May I highly recommend to each of you making plants' sightings here in NatureMapr, 
one of the top in the world, plant identification processes, guide books and references, 

by: 
excellent Ian D. Clarke (1950–) 
botanist from the National Herbarium of Vic. and Royal Botanic Gardens :

(2015) 
Name those grasses :
identifying grasses, sedges and rushes.
Melbourne, Victoria :
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria .
ISBN: 9780980407648 .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6936301
–includes grasses (Poaceae) but as said in the subtitle, not only grasses, furthermore sedges (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Restionaceae) .
– available in printed paperback book . 


All the best, 
Jason Stewart 2025 June 17th .


Grasses



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Phyllostachys aurea (Rhizomatous Bamboo)

Piptatherum miliaceum (Rice Millet, Many-flowered Millet Grass)

Poa annua (Winter Grass, Annual Poa)

Poa bulbosa (Bulbous Meadow-grass)

Poa pratensis (Kentucky Bluegrass)

Polypogon monspeliensis (Annual Beard Grass)

Psilurus incurvus (Bristle-tail Grass)

Schismus barbatus (Arabian Grass)

Setaria (genus) (Pigeon Grass)

Setaria italica (Foxtail Millet)

Setaria parviflora (Slender Pigeon Grass)

Setaria pumila (Pale Pigeon Grass)

Setaria sphacelata (South African Pigeon Grass)

Setaria verticillata (Whorled Pigeon Grass)

Sorghum bicolor (Cultivated Sorghum)

Sorghum halepense (Johnson Grass)

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

Sporobolus fertilis (Giant Parramatta Grass)

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