Short Wallaby-grass

Short Wallaby-grass

Short Wallaby-grass

Rytidosperma carphoides

Perennial. Grows in heavy soils. Can become common at sites where the grass is cut by grazing or mowing. Most wallaby grass species are rapid colonisers of disturbed ground, particularly dry, poor soils. They can survive heavy grazing and drought. 

Details Description
Type
Graminoid
Group
Grass
Former Scientific Name
Austrodanthonia carphoides
Identifying Characteristics

Smaller tussock, growing to 50 cm tall but often much less. Leaves very thin 1 mm wide and rolled inwards, up to 20 cm long. The leaf blade surface is ribbed and covered with fine hairs. Flowers October-December.
Distinctive Features

Compact fluffy seed heads.
Life Form Group
Graminoid
Life Form Codes
Tiny Tufted Graminoid (TTG)
EVC types
EVC 132_62: Lighter-soils Plains Grassland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Rytidosperma
Species
carphoides
Short Wallaby-grass
Occurs in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.