Home
Calendar
Past Events
About Us
Contact
Membership
Links
Plant Database
Search
Family Index
Communities
Municipalities
Threatened Species
Botanical Glossary
Newsletters
Bush Sounds
Municipalities
Image not available.
Scientific Name
Zoysia macrantha
Family Name
POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)
Common Name
Prickly Couch (grass)
Status
Height
30cm
Flowers
A short spike, up to 1.5cm long
Fruit
Grains
Form
Low-growing smooth perennial grass with well-developed rhizomes. Internodes short and purplish, and surrounded by shining, striped, straw-coloured scales.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; King Island; Northern Midlands; West Coast
Communities
Habitat Notes
Mostly coastal, especially on granite-derived sands, often just above the high-tide mark
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Commonly grazed by marsupials. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
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
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
Copyright 2000-2009, Understorey Network Incorporated. Updated 2024-12-12
Database development and website design by
Andrew Smith