Brown-top Bent

Brown-top Bent

Brown-top Bent

Agrostis capillaris

Perennial. This plant's creeping growth habit via rhizomes allows it to smother other plants. One of the worst grass weeds of bushland and agricultural land. It can compete with the vulnerable small milkwort Comesperma polygaloides in remnant grasslands on the basalt plains of western Victoria. 

Details Description
Type
Graminoid
Group
Grass
Identifying Characteristics

A tufted and creeping grass with stems to 70 cm tall. Leaves bright green, flat and smooth, to 17 cm long and 5 mm wide. Flower heads are open and finely branched. Flowers later then most grasses, from December-March.
Distinctive Features

The finely branched flower heads have just one flower per flower cluster (spikelet).
Life Form Group
Graminoid
Life Form Codes
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid (MTG)
EVC types
EVC 68: Creekline Grassy Woodland
Native Status
Introduced
Weed Status Invasiveness
High INVASIVE
Weed Status Impact
High IMPACT
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Agrostis
Species
capillaris
Brown-top Bent
Native to Europe. Occurs in Victoria, Tasmania and 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.