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Scientific Name
Deyeuxia monticola
Family Name
POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)
Common Name
Bent Grass
Status
Height
1.35m (135cm)
Flowers
Fruit
Grains
Form
Erect tufted or occasionally decumbent perennial
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Grassy Vegetation; Montane Vegetation; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Tas., open and usually well drained situations, occasionally also in wet sclerophyll forest, all regions of the state from sea level on the East Coast to over 1400m in the Central Highlands, Vic., N.S.W.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Clay; Loam; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Seed Information
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Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
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Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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