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 .


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MattM wrote:
6 hrs ago
@Cuumbeun this is Yorkshire Fog (Holcus lanatus). It's also a common weed of damp sites. It has purplish spikelets and often a silvery blue colour to the leaves and stems.

Holcus lanatus
Cuumbeun wrote:
8 hrs ago
Looks like Poa annua (?) . An annual weed of damp sites

Holcus lanatus
NanetteHooker wrote:
2 Dec 2025
Cenchrus purpureus

Unverified Grass
NanetteHooker wrote:
2 Dec 2025
Stenotaphrum micranthum = coastal species.

Unverified Grass
NanetteHooker wrote:
2 Dec 2025
Cenchrus, possibly Cenchrus ciliaris.

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