Austrostipa scabra

Spear Grass

Perennial grass 30-80cm tall.  

Leaves with a smooth, hairy, or rough sheath at the base. Leaves to 25cm long,

Flowers in summer.

Tolerates dryness. 

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Botriochloa macra

Red-leg Grass

Tufted perennial grass, 30-60cm high, with tough reddish purple flowering stems.

Flat linear pointed leaves to 20cm long. Flowers in summer to early autumn.

Well-drained clay loam soil in full or part sun. Tolerates dry periods.

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Carex appressa

Tall Sedge

Robust, tufted plant, 50cm-1.2m high x 50cm-1m wide.

Most soils, tolerating periods of inundation. Useful for stabilizing eroded stream banks and land slips.

Full sun.

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Carex bichenoviana

Curley Sedge

An ornamental tussock grass 0.5-1 mH and 0.5-1 mW for damp localities, wetlands, ponds, dams and watercourses.

Tolerates seasonal or temporary inundation.

Butterfly attracting, caterpillar food. Habitat for small birds.

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Carex fascicularis

Tassel Sedge

Dense sedge to 1m x 1m.

Drooping flower spikes in spring-summer. Most soils, tolerating periods of inundation.

Full/part sun. Good for stabilizing eroded stream banks and landslips.

Great accent plant near garden water features.

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Cymbopogon refractus

Barbed-wire Grass

Tufted perennial grass.

Basal leaves to 50cm, flower stems to 1.2m. Notable for its seed heads, which look like barbed wire, and its aromatic leaves.

Most soils in full or part sun. Frost resistant. 

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Juncus usitatus

Common Rush

Tufted perennial to 1m tall.

Flowers mainly in spring or summer, although old flowers are often present year-round. Full/part sun.

Naturally found in damp and periodically wet areas, usually in shallow water from marginal wet areas to marshlands.

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Microlaena stipoides

Weeping Grass

Perennial native grass suitable as a lawn substitute when mown or grazed regularly.

Best in moist, well-drained soil in full sun or part shade.

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Poa labillardieri

Common Tussock

Attractive tufting grass to 80cm.

Pale-green foliage topped with feathery green-beige flowers in summer.

Most soils in full sun or some shade. Tolerates dry or wet periods.

Attracts birds and butterflies

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Poa sieberiana

Snow Grass

Very variable dense tufting grass, to 30cm high x 40cm wide, stems to 90cm.

Well-drained soil in full sun or part shade.

Adaptable, establishing readily under existing Eucalypts. Attracts butterflies.

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Rytidosperma caespitosum

Wallaby Grass

Variable native perennial grass to 70cm high.

May form a dense tussock or a small tufted plant.

Full or part sun in well-drained moist soil, including sand and loams.

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Themeda triandra

Kangaroo Grass

Attractive soft erect or sprawling perennial tussock to 40cm high x 75cm wide, stems to 90cm.

Most well-drained soils in full or part sun. Drought tolerant.

Food source and shelter for native fauna.

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