Important grasses for northern (n), central (c) and southern (s) Queensland
Desirable perennial grasses
Black speargrass Buffel grass Desert bluegrass/forest Mitchell Early spring grass Forest bluegrass Kangaroo grass Queensland bluegrass Sabigrass
Heteropogon contortus (- n,c) Cenchrus ciliaris (n, c , s * ) Bothriochloa ewartiana (- n, c, s) Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha (c,s) Bothriochloa bladhii (- n, c , s) Themeda triandra (- n, c, s) Dichanthium sericeum (- c, s) Urochloa mosambicensis (+ n, c , s * )
Intermediate value grasses (perennials and annuals) Barbwire grass Button grass Comet grass Fairy grass Finger grasses Golden beard or ribbon grass Indian bluegrass or couch Leafy nine-awnlbottle washer Liverseed grass Mulga mitchell Native couch Panics Pitted bluegrass Poverty grass Red Natal grass Silky browntop Slender chloris 1\virly windmill grass Woodland love grass
Undesirable or low value grasses Fairy grass Five minute grass Granite love grass One seed grass Pigeon grass Rat's tail grasses Rough speargrass Small burr grass Sedges Slender bamboo grass Wiregrass , feathertop Wiregrass , dark Wiregrass, Jericho Wiregrass , many-headed Wiregrass, purple
Cymbopogon rejractus (n, c, s) Dactyloctenium radulans (+ c)
Perotis rara (+ n, c, s) Sporobolus caroli (+ c, s) Digitaria species (s) Chrysopogonjallax (n, c, s) Bothriochloa pertusa (+ n *) Enneapogon polyphyllus (+ n, c, s) Urochloa panicoides (+ *) Thyridolepis species (s) Brachyachne convergens (+ ) Panicum species ( + ) Bothriochloa decipiens (n, c, s) Eremochloa bimaculata (c, s)
Melinis repens (+ n, c, s) Eulalia aurea (E.julva) (- n, c) Chloris divaricata (+ n, c , s) Enteropogon species (+ c, s) Eragrostis sororia (+ n, c , s)
Sporobolus australasicus (+ n, c, s) Tripogon loliiformis (+ c, s) Eragrostis molybdea (+)
Cleistochloa subjuncea Setaria species (n, c, s) Sporobolus species (+ n, c, s) Stipa scabra (s) Tragus australianus (+ n, c, s) Cyperus and Fimbristylis ( + ) Stipa verticillata (+ s) Aristida latifolia ( + n, c, s) A calycina (+ c, s) Ajerichoensis (+c, s)
A caput-medusae (+ s)
A ramosa (+ c, s)
+ indicates that this species increases under heavy grazing; - indicates this species decreases under heavy grazing; * indicates exotic species. The intermediate value rating applies to a species in its relevant soil type.
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Other important plants
Native legumes
Birdsville indigo Glycine, hairy Glycine pea Rhynchosia Tick trefoil
IndigoJera linnaei Glycine tomentella Glycine tabacina Rhynchosia minima Desmodium varians
Broad-leaved weeds indicating heavy grazing Flannelweeds Fruit salad plant Mexican poppy Pigweed
Other problem plants
Currant/blackberry bush Heartleaf Limebush Mimosa bush Mother -of-millions Par kinsonia Parthenium Pimelea Rubbervine
Sida and Abutilon spp. Pterocaulon redo lens Argemone ochroleuca Portulaca spp.
Carissa ovata Gastrolobium grandiflorum (n)
Eremocitrus 9 lauca AcaciaJarnesiana Bryophyllum spp. Parkinsonia aculeata (n) Parthenium hysterophorus Pimelea spp. (s) Cryptostegia grandiflora (n)
Many of these plants are illustrated and described in:
Is your pasture past it? for the northern region,
Plants of central Queensland: their identification and uses for central Queensland,
Pasture plants of southern inland Queensland for the south.
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Buffel grass
Queensland bluegrass
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Desert bluegrass [forest mitchelO
Sabi grass
Indian bluegrass (Indian couch)
Early spring grass
Fairy grass (S. carolV
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Leafy nine-awn grass or bottle washer
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Liverseed grass
Woodland love grass
Pitted bluegrass
Silky brown top
Slender chloris
Button grass
Comet grass
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Native couch
Small burr grass
Fairy grass (S. australasicus)
Rats tail grass
Red Natal grass
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Sedge (Cyperus sp.j
Barbwire grass
Slender bamboo grass
One-seed grass
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Jericho wiregrass
Feathertop wiregrass
Purple wiregrass
Granite lovegrass
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