POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Scrambling Tussockgrass

 

60cm 

Flowerheads 1-12cm long and pyramid-shaped when mature, bearing pale green or purplish spikelets. 

Grains 

Trailing, perennial tussock grass with long, smooth, slender stems producing clusters of shoots from the nodes. Leaves are floppy, linear and 5-20cm long. 

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar 

 

Moist, well-drained and shaded situations, from sea level to 800m. 

 

 

 

Propagates easily from seed, or by division of large plants. Cut back in autumn to promote new growth. Attracts seed-eating birds and provides cover for small lizards. Suitable below powerlines. 

Small, in tall, finely branched seedheads. As seed matures, seedheads change from green to light brown. Seed is released within 3-14 days of seed maturity. When the seed is ripe, it will fall when the seedheads are rubbed between your fingers. Cut stalks with secateurs to collect. 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes 

 

 

Yes