Family | Poaceae |
Description | Low, moderately rhizomatous perennial warm season grass. |
Flowering time | Summer-Autumn |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Grasslands and Grassy Woodlands |
Soil types | A range of soils from heavy cracking clays to light sandy loams. Tolerates moderately low fertility. |
Values/uses | |
-habitat values | Important component of native grasslands. |
-amenity/ornamental values | One of the better native grasses for lawns. |
-economic/functional values | Moderate forage value for livestock in pasture. Tolerates grazing much better than Kangaroo Grass and many other pasture species. Also valuabe as a soil stabiliser where pastures suffer from drought or overgrazing. Reasonably fast to establish. |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | very high |
-compaction | average to high |
-waterlogging | average to high |
-shade | low |
-minimum temperature | -15 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 300 |
-viability period | average |
-dormancy | none |
-treatment | none |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 36 days for total germination |
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