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Scientific Name
Festuca archeri
Family Name
POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)
Common Name
Archer's Fescue
Status
Extinct
Height
60cm
Flowers
Flowerhead up to 22cm long with pale spikelets.
Fruit
Grains
Form
Loosely tufted grass with green, smooth, rolled leaves and smooth stems.
Municipalities
Launceston
Communities
Habitat Notes
Tasmanian endemic. Known only from the type specimen, locality unknown.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
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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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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