Aquatic Plants

Poa labillardierei​
              Common Tussock

Wetland Planting Zone	Ephemeral Batter
Approved Format	>90cm3 plants (such as 93cc HIKO stock)
Family	Poaceae
Form	Poa labillardierei is a large, densely tufted grass tussock
Foliage	Leaves are rough grey/blue-green, flat-bladed or tightly rolled leaves, needle-like with often a sharp tip, to 80cm.
Flowers	Composed of small straw-coloured bracts, held on spreading and branched flowering stems to 130cm tall, spring-summer
Fruit	Small soft rice grain-like seed, straw coloured
Habitat	Common to a variety of habitat areas with good soil moisture, such as drainage lines
Distinctive Features	Tussocking leaves usually half as high as flowering stem
Similar Species	There are a number of Poa species that generally occur in drier sites. Poa siberiana has shorter flowering stems and seeds are not held in bracts with fine web-like hairs.
Comments	Often inappropriately used in drier revegetation sites