POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Long-hair Plume-grass

 

150cm 

Very dense, fluffy, pale green flowerheads, up to 25cm long by 3cm wide. 

Grains 

Slender, tufted perennial grass with tall, smooth stems and finely ribbed leafblades, 6mm wide. 

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

 

Largely coastal, in open situations or under light woodland and heath, from sea level to 550m altitude. 

 

 

 

Grown from seed or by division. Seed germinates quickly and has good viability. Suitable for direct seeding. Fast-growing grass, tolerates a wide range of conditions and is an important food source for grazing animals. Suitable below powerlines. 

When mature, the seedheads become wiry or bristly, and seed releases easily. Collect by running hands upwards along seedhead, rub between 2 sheets of corrugated rubber or cut whole seedhead with secateurs and extract seed later. 

 

Several years 

650 

No after-ripening requirement. 

2-5 weeks 

Yes 

 

 

Yes