Plants
Grasses

Grass species

Moderators

The following moderators provide local knowledge and expertise for Grasses:

MichaelMulvaney  |  Tapirlord  |  natureguy  |  MattM  |  plants  |  RWPurdie  |  Darcy  |  Csteele4  |  CarbonAI  |  PatrickCampbell  |  mainsprite  |  mcosgrove  |  NedJohnston  |  Boobook38  |  jks  |  JasonPStewartNMsnc2016  |  DavidL.Jones  |  Steve818  |  Alburyconservationcompany  |  ClaireSee  |  njones  |  Detritivore  |  Grassman  |  JT1997  |  Daisy  |  MattFox  |  AlexSantiago  |  ESP  |  Topknot  |  KylieWaldon  |  lbradley  |  laura.williams  |  robattwood  |  Sarah2019  |  gregbaines  |  RebeccaRudd  |  BrianH  |  WarrenGanterSaunders  |  Nature  |  RoseWood  |  shrikestar8

Become a moderator

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)

1  2 

  • Unknown (change?)
    * designates formal legal status

Artificial intelligence

CarbonAI is active.

Follow Grasses

Receive alerts of new sightings

Subscribe

Share field guide

Share link to Grasses field guide

QR Code
2,204,991 sightings of 20,936 species in 9,226 locations from 12,776 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.