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Scientific Name
Distichlis distichophylla
Family Name
POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)
Common Name
Australian Saltgrass
Status
Height
30cm
Flowers
Flower heads are 2.5-5cm long, and terminal on upright leafy stems. Male and female flowers occur on separate plants. Flowers in spring, or in response to rain.
Fruit
Grains
Form
Branched creeping grass, with rhizomes more than 1m long, and narrow leaf blades up to 5cm long. Old leaf sheaths are persistent.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
Coasts and estuaries around the state, and salt lagoons in the Midlands.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
By division of spreading prostrate stems. Useful for soil conservation in coastal areas due to binding properties. Considered to be of little pasture value. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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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.
Yes
Cutting Notes
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