Microlaena stipoides
Weeping Grass at Watson, ACT
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| Microlaena stipoides | waltraud | 24 Apr 2026 |
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With some annual exotic grass. This is one of the Friends of Mt Majura, Mondays @ The Fair volunteer team "Cleavers under native Cherry Ballart" project sites, where volunteers treated Cleavers, Black Nightshade and other nutrient loving herbaceous weeds, followed by planting and direct seeding of Weeping Grass (WG), Microlaena stipoides. The idea: the perennial WG loves to grow in shady positions and moister sites such as under tree canopy and drainage lines; it thrives in nutrient enriched soil; being perennial it will out-compete annual exotic grasses; and finally herbaceous (non-grass) weed regrowth can be sprayed with selective herbicide or manually removed. WG seems to be quite competitive, tolerates grazing pressure perhaps due to its vegetative growth and withstands dry conditions and heat waves in summer.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.168289-35.229775
- Altitude 632.0m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 20 Apr 2026 02:52 PM Recorded on
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Species information
- Microlaena stipoides Scientific name
- Weeping Grass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1634.4m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides
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