Aquatic Plants
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 |