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Scientific Name
Poa clelandii
Family Name
POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)
Common Name
Purplish Tussockgrass
Status
Height
70cm
Flowers
In a 10cm long flowerhead of spikelets, which is contracted at first and spreading later.
Fruit
Grains
Form
Erect, tufted perennial grass with green or purplish stems, purplish leaf sheaths and folded leaves up to 25cm long.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
Wide range of habitats, including coastal sands in the N.E., under light eucalypt forest in the Midlands, and poorly drained sites in grass-sedgeland in the Central Highlands and S.W.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Propagates easily from seed, or by division of large plants. Cut back in autumn to promote new growth. Attracts seed-eating birds and provides cover for small lizards. Lowland plants are taller, with strongly flattened stems; plants from higher altitudes are smaller with less flattened stems. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Feb
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Small, in tall, finely branched seedheads. As seed matures, seedheads change from green to light brown. Seed is released within 3-14 days of seed maturity. When the seed is ripe, it will fall when the seedheads are rubbed between your fingers. Cut stalks with secateurs to collect.
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Yes
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
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