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Native Grasses, Sedges & Rushes

This is only a small selection of the diversity of native grasses that we can grow! 

​To view full list and order plants from our Nursery, visit our page on Evergreen Connect
Austrostipa bigeniculata  'Kneed Spear-Grass'
  • Tufted, erect to 1.2m high
  • Small, ribbed, leathery leaves
  • Hairy seeds with long bristles
Austrostipa bigeniculata  'Kneed Spear-Grass'

Austrostipa elegantissima  'Feather Spear-Grass'
  • Perennial grass with flower stems to 2m
  • Distinctive spreading, fluffy seedhead
  • Branches covered in long silky hairs
Austrostipa elegantissima  'Feather Spear-Grass'

Bothriochloa macra  'Red-leg Grass'
  • Tall reddish perennial to 80cm high
  • Slender reddish flowering stems
  • Most productive January-February
Bothriochloa macra  'Red-leg Grass'

Carex appressa  'Tall Sedge' 
  • Large, erect tussock to 120cm tall
  • Bright green, arching blades
  • Flowers in small clusters at ends of angled flowering stems
Carex appressa  'Tall Sedge'

Hemarthria uncinata  'Mat Grass'
  • Rhizomatous mat-forming, to 80cm tall
  • Linear blades, often reddish
  • Seasonally wet or waterlogged sites, clay soils
Hemarthria uncinata  'Mat Grass'

Imperata cylindrica   'Blady Grass'
  • Coarse, erect to 100cm high
  • Silky hairs at nodes, long leaf blades
  • Flower spikelets covered in copious fine hairs
Imperata cylindrica   'Blady Grass'

Juncus amabilis 'Hollow Rush'
  • Spreading or clumped 
  • Cylindrical flowering stems (culms)
  • Flowers made of six small brown tepals held in clusters at tip of culms
Juncus amabilis 'Hollow Rush'

Lachnagrostis filiformis   'Common Blown-Grass'
  • Tufted annual or perennial grass
  • Light green flat or folded leaf blades
  • Clustered florets on short-lived branched stems
Lachnagrostis filiformis   'Common Blown-Grass'

Lomandra longifolia  'Spiny Headed Matt-Rush'
  • Tufted perennial growing to 120cm
  • Flat or slightly concave leaves
  • Dainty cream-yellow flowers in clusters
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Poa labillardierei  'Common Tussock'
  • Large, densely tufted grass tussock
  • Rough grey/blue-green foliage
  • Small straw-colored flowers on 130cm tall branched stems
Poa labillardierei  'Common Tussock'

Rytidosperma ceaspitosa   'Common Wallaby Grass'
  • ​Tufted perennial grass, flowering stem to 90cm
  • Leaf blades flat or rolled, fluffy inflorescences
  • Found in most of Victoria; except montane, saline, or densely forested areas 
Rytidosperma ceaspitosa   'Common Wallaby Grass'

Rytidosperma duttonianum    'Brown-Backed Wallaby Grass'
  • ​Robust tufted perennial grass, flowering stems to 80cm
  • Leaf blades hairless, flat or channelled
  • Seasonally inundated habitats with heavy soils, lowland
Rytidosperma duttonianum    'Brown-Backed Wallaby Grass'

Themeda triandra   'Kangaroo Grass'
  • Grass tussock to 1m tall
  • Linear blade leaves often tinged red
  • Triangular shaped flower clusters
Themeda triandra   'Kangaroo Grass'

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