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Scientific Name

Distichlis distichophylla

Family Name

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Common Name

Australian Saltgrass

Status

Height

30cm

Flowers

Flower heads are 2.5-5cm long, and terminal on upright leafy stems. Male and female flowers occur on separate plants. Flowers in spring, or in response to rain.

Fruit

Grains

Form

Branched creeping grass, with rhizomes more than 1m long, and narrow leaf blades up to 5cm long. Old leaf sheaths are persistent.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Coasts and estuaries around the state, and salt lagoons in the Midlands.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

By division of spreading prostrate stems. Useful for soil conservation in coastal areas due to binding properties. Considered to be of little pasture value. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

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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.

Yes

Cutting Notes