Family Index

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Scientific Name

Zoysia macrantha

Family Name

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Common Name

Prickly Couch (grass)

Status

Height

30cm

Flowers

A short spike, up to 1.5cm long

Fruit

Grains

Form

Low-growing smooth perennial grass with well-developed rhizomes. Internodes short and purplish, and surrounded by shining, striped, straw-coloured scales.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; King Island; Northern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Mostly coastal, especially on granite-derived sands, often just above the high-tide mark

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Commonly grazed by marsupials. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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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.

Cutting Notes