Family Index

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Scientific Name

Trisetum spicatum

Family Name

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Common Name

Bristle Grass

Status

Height

6-35cm

Flowers

Spike-like, green or purplish flowerhead, 2-7cm long.

Fruit

Grains

Form

Tufted perennial grass with flat or folded leaves, stems with small, soft erect hairs towards the bottom, and velvety towards the top.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Kentish; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

On skeletal soils, rock clefts, cliff ledges, heaths, alpine shrubbery and grass-herb woodland. From 800-1500m, in the Central Highlands, South West, Ben Lomond and Mt. Wellington.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Probbaly propagated by seed. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Oct

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Dec

Seed Collecting Months

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Oct

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Dec

Sowing Months

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Aug

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Oct

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Cutting Months

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Dec

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.

Cutting Notes