Family Index

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Scientific Name

Elymus scaber

Family Name

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Common Name

Rough Wheatgrass

Status

Height

120cm

Flowers

Flowerhead up to 35cm long with alternate spikelets.

Fruit

Grains

Form

Highly variable perennial grass, erect or abruptly bent, with stems much longer than the leaves. Leaves are flat or weakly inrolled, and up to 30cm long.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; 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

Habitat Notes

Widespread in open situations or under light woodland, from sea level to 1200m altitude. N.W., Midlands, Furneaux Group, Ben Lomond, Central Highlands, East Coast and West Coast.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed or by division. Surface sow. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Sep

Oct

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Dec

Seed Collecting Months

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Nov

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Sowing Months

Jan

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Jul

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

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Oct

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Each seed has an awn ('tail') up to 4cm long. Collect by running hands upwards along seedhead, or cut whole seedhead with secateurs and extract seed later.

Seed Treatment Method

Storage

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Has an after-ripening period of 1-6 months. Seed from wetter or coastal areas require shorter storage.

Germination Time

2-5 weeks

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