Kangaroo grass

Family: Poaceae
Scientific name: Themeda triandra
Description: Plant Form: Tufted perennial grass. Size: Up to 1.5 m tall. Stem: Many stems tightly grouped forming clumps. Nodes usually smooth, sometimes powdery or hairy. Leaves: Blades up to 50 cm long, greyish-green or sometimes bluish-green appearance, and sparsely hairy. The leaf join is hairy with the leaves folded inward. Flowers: Large seed heads, often reddish, with narrow green leaf-like bracts. With a drooping appearance. Fruit and Seeds: Clustered spikelets with a fertile spikelet in the centre which has a long, black, twisted awn. Habitat: This native grass inhabits a very wide range of environments across Australia, but particularly open woodlands, grasslands, and rangelands. Distinguishing Features: Generally shorter than non-native Grader grass (Themeda quadrivalvis) and with larger, less hairy seed heads. Impacts: Note - this is a native species. Weed Status: Non-weedy native lookalike Weed Type: Lifeform: Grassy

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