Grasses


 

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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Tapirlord wrote:
26 Aug 2025
Hi ConBoekel, thanks for your sighting. The media you provided is missing or unclear. To help us verify this sighting, please provide additional media.

Unverified Grass
MattM wrote:
25 Aug 2025
This looks like one of the exotic grasses. Probably Cock's Foot or Phalaris.

Unverified Grass
MattM wrote:
25 Aug 2025
The leaves look quite folded like in Eleusine tristachya and Chloris truncata. I have suggested Eleusine as it tends to be a darker green and more rubbery than Chloris.

Eleusine tristachya
abread111 wrote:
23 Aug 2025
looks like Chilean needle grass

Eleusine tristachya
19 Aug 2025
Agree ... 👎

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