Family Index

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Scientific Name

Deyeuxia monticola

Family Name

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Common Name

Bent Grass

Status

Height

1.35m (135cm)

Flowers

Fruit

Grains

Form

Erect tufted or occasionally decumbent perennial

Municipalities

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

Communities

Grassy Vegetation; Montane Vegetation; Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Tas., open and usually well drained situations, occasionally also in wet sclerophyll forest, all regions of the state from sea level on the East Coast to over 1400m in the Central Highlands, Vic., N.S.W.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Shady

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Loam; Sandy; Well-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

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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