Family | Poaceae |
Description | Tussock-forming perennial grass to 1.2m high |
Flowering time | summer-autumn |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | woodland |
Soil types | usually well drained sands, loams, alluvium as well as rocky skeletal soils |
Values/uses | |
-habitat values | |
-amenity/ornamental values | A beautiful landscaping plant, useful clump-forming habit and attractive in flower. Leaves are slightly lemon-scented. |
-economic/functional values | Useful for revegetation of infertile sites. |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | extremely high |
-compaction | low |
-waterlogging | low |
-shade | low-average |
-soil salinity | not known |
-salt spray | not known but probably average |
-pH | 5-7 |
-minimum temperature | -3 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 3000 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | none |
-treatment | none |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | not known but not difficult to germinate |
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