Perennial Rye-grass

Perennial Rye-grass

Perennial Rye-grass

Lolium perenne


Perennial. One of the most valuable and nutritious pasture grasses. Widely grown in high rainfall areas of southern Australia. Invades native wetlands and riverside vegetation as well as cereal pastures. 


Details Description
Type
Graminoid
Group
Grass
Identifying Characteristics

Tussock to 60 cm tall. Leaves dark green, flat, glossy, 30 cm long to 7 mm wide. The flower head is a 20 cm long spike. Flowers September-February.

Distinctive Features

The individual flowers on the dense flower spike do not have a stalk and are recessed into the stem.

Life Form Group
Graminoid
Life Form Codes
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid (MTG)
EVC types
EVC 132_61: Heavier-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 132_62: Lighter-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 132_63: Low-rainfall Plains Grassland
EVC 649: Stony Knoll Shrubland
Native Status
Introduced
Weed Status Invasiveness
High INVASIVE
Weed Status Impact
Low IMPACT
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Lolium
Species
perenne
Perennial Rye-grass
Native to Europe, temperate Asia and northern Africa. Widespread in southern Australia.

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.