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Southern Cane-Grass photos

Scientific Name:Eragrostis infecunda
Southern Cane-grass growing in a wet depression
Southern Cane-grass growing in a wet depression
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to South Australia and Victoria.

Plant Description:

Tough, wiry grass to 1 meter high, with long
rhizomatous roots and stolons, stems (culms) 3 mm diameter and often knotty at the base and occasionally branched. Leaves smooth and hairless and inrolled to 3 mm diameter and 15 cm long. Flower-head a loosely contracted panicle, 15 cm long and 8 cm wide, slaty green or grey and shining.

Habitat:

Occurs on seasonally wet, heavy soils of floodplains, swamps and the edges of shallow lakes. Both freshwater and slight to moderate saline environments.


RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Central and Northern, Wimmera, WesternS0, S1, S2W2, W3

Southern Cane-Grass Photos

Dense stand of mature Southern Cane-grass
Dense stand of mature Southern Cane-grass
Photo: A J Brown
Rhizome of Southern Cane-grass
Rhizome of Southern Cane-grass
Photo: A J Brown

New shoots of Southern Cane-grass stolons
New shoots of Southern Cane-grass
Photo: A J Brown

Flower-heads of Southern Cane-grass
Flower-heads of Southern Cane-grass
Photo: A J Brown

Rhizome and tough stem of Southern Cane-grass
Rhizome and tough stem of Southern Cane-grass
Photo: A J Brown

Old flower-heads of Southern Cane-grass with most spikelets dropped
Old flower-heads of Southern Cane-grass with
most spikelets dropped
Photo: A J Brown

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