Family | Poaceae |
Description | Fast growing tussock forming perennial grass. Winter growing (C3). |
Flowering time | Spring |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Grassy woodland and sclerophyll forest. |
Soil types | Generally on low-fertility sandy or gravelly soils with some clay component. |
Values/uses | |
-revegetation/habitat values | An excellent fast growing coloniser that thrives on hostile sites such as skeletal subsoils. Should be more widely used for mining and roadside rehabilitation across its range. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Attractive when in flower. |
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Tolerances | |
-water deficit | high |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | average |
-shade | average |
-minimum temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | not known |
-viability period | not known |
-dormancy | none |
-treatment | none required |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | rapid |
-direct seeding | easy |
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