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Perennial Veldt Grass

Perennial Veldt Grass

Ehrharta calycina

Variable, perennial grass, 0.3-1 m high with a creeping, branched, rhizome. The leaf blade is up to
0.7 cm wide, expanded or rolled. The seed head is narrow, 10-17 cm long, lax and drooping, orange-red
when mature. Common in sandy areas, including coastal dunes, mallee and woodland in higher rainfall parts.

Threat / Problem
• Invades disturbed areas, displacing native species.

Spread
• Reproduces vegetatively and from seed, spread mainly through wind, water and movement of contaminated soil.

Control
• Manually remove individual plants, ensuring all rhizomes are removed, bag and dispose of by deep burial if seed is present.
• Spot spray larger infestations, in Autumn before flowering.

Perennial Veldt Grass

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Kangaroo Grass

Kangaroo Grass

Themeda triandra

Attractive tufted perennial grass that can grow to 1.5 m. Leaves are 10-50 cm long and 0.2-0.5 cm wide, green to grey drying to an orange brown in summer. Flowering from December to February, it produces large distinctive red-brown spikelets with black awns 4-7 cm long.

It commonly grows in grassland and open woodland in full sun to part shade on sandy to clay soils and needs little water once established. Massed planting make an attractive garden feature.

Kangaroo Grass