Communities

Scientific Name

Austrostipa flavescens

Family Name

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Common Name

Yellow Spear-grass

Status

Height

1.5m (150cm)

Flowers

Spikelets green or purplish. Brownish-yellow, dark brown

Fruit

Grains

Form

Tufted or shortly rhizomatous perennial

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Tamar

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Grassy Vegetation

Habitat Notes

Tas., coastal up to 100m, commonly on dunes. North-West, King Is, Furneaux, North East, East Coast, West Coast, W.A., Vic., S.A., N.S.W

Site Tolerance

Exposed

Frost Tolerance

Tender

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Loam; Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Well-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

Jan

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Cutting Months

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes