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Scientific Name
Austrostipa flavescens
Family Name
POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)
Common Name
Yellow Spear-grass
Status
Height
1.5m (150cm)
Flowers
Spikelets green or purplish. Brownish-yellow, dark brown
Fruit
Grains
Form
Tufted or shortly rhizomatous perennial
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Tamar
Communities
Coastal Vegetation; Grassy Vegetation
Habitat Notes
Tas., coastal up to 100m, commonly on dunes. North-West, King Is, Furneaux, North East, East Coast, West Coast, W.A., Vic., S.A., N.S.W
Site Tolerance
Exposed
Frost Tolerance
Tender
Soil Tolerance
Clay; Loam; Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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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
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