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Scientific Name

Tetrarrhena distichophylla

Family Name

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Common Name

Hairy Ricegrass

Status

Height

Flowers

Flowerhead is erect and spike-like, 1-2cm long and bearing 4-12 plump spikelets.

Fruit

Grains

Form

Very variable grass with branching stems. The lower stems are prostrate and rooting at the nodes, and the upper stems are erect. Leaves are 4.5cm long, with the upper surface strongly ribbed and densely covered with long and short hairs.

Municipalities

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

Communities

Habitat Notes

Wide range of habitats, open or spareely treed, in damp situations or dry situations prone to winter inundation, from lowland areas to 200m altitude. King Island, N.E., Midlands, East Coast and West Coast.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Apr

May

Jun

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

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