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Good references for local grass species:

Fact Sheets from Grasses of Australia

For example, Themeda triandra, Kangaroo Grass

And Rytidosperma, Wallaby Grasses, by species

 

May I highly recommend to each of you making plants' sightings here in NatureMapr, 
one of the top in the world, plant identification processes, guide books and references, 

by: 
excellent Ian D. Clarke (1950–) 
botanist from the National Herbarium of Vic. and Royal Botanic Gardens :

(2015) 
Name those grasses :
identifying grasses, sedges and rushes.
Melbourne, Victoria :
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria .
ISBN: 9780980407648 .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6936301
–includes grasses (Poaceae) but as said in the subtitle, not only grasses, furthermore sedges (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Restionaceae) .
– available in printed paperback book . 


All the best, 
Jason Stewart 2025 June 17th .

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:
15 Jun 2025
One of our few weeds that can be sprayed during wiinter
Nassella neesiana
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
11 Jun 2025
Ref' (in brief, without citation):

→ https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/83f8e247-fc89-459d-a651-b12b54f9b236
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Lagurus ovatus
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
8 Jun 2025
Kikuyu grass . I am closely familiar for over 35 years, including ecological restoration hands on getting dirty practical removal work in sensitive richly diverse ground vegetation in many places across south-eastern Au.

Ie. to many years trained eyes has, characteristic leaves' sheaths including their patterns of hairs, ligules and veins, leaves' blades visual patterns, rotting leaves and leaves sheaths visual patterns, and so on .

Best to dig this out including all underground rhizomes. Fine roots can get cut off and left as they will die off due to not having growth buds to grow back with.

If you want to prove this yourself with fertile material, you may wait until flowering – the flowering stamens and styles come out hidden between the bases of the leaves out above the leaves' sheathes where these fertile parts grow from –have to check for them – hidden as the name clandestina alludes to.
Cenchrus clandestinus
MattM wrote:
6 Jun 2025
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