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34 native species of grasses local to the area (unless otherwise indicated by #) have been found on the Pinnacle Nature Reserve.

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click images to enlarge tap images to enlarge   Scientific name   [Common name]
Barbed wire grass
Cymbopogon refractus [Barbed wire grass]
  Amphibromus nervosus   [Common swamp wallaby grass]
  Anthosachne scabra   [Common wheatgrass]
  Aristida ramosa   [Purple wire-grass]
  Austrostipa bigeniculata   [Kneed speargrass]
  Austrostipa nodosa   [Knotty speargrass]
  Austrostipa scabra   [Corkscrew grass, Slender speargrass]
  Bothriochloa macra   [Red grass, Redleg grass]
  Chloris truncata   [Windmill grass]
  Cymbopogon refractus   [Barbed-wire grass]
  Dichanthium sericeum   [Queensland bluegrass]
PLume grass
Dichelachne sp. [PLume grass]
  Dichelachne crinita   [Long-hair plume grass]
  Digitaria brownii   [Cotton panic grass]
  Echinopogon sp. (genus)   [Hedgehog Grass]
  Enneapogon nigricans   [Nine-awned grass]
  Eragrostis brownii   [Brown's Lovegrass]
  Eragrostis leptostachya    [Paddock lovegrass]
  Eragrostis parviflora   [Weeping lovegrass]
  Eragrostis trachycarpa    [Rough-grain lovegrass]
  Lachnagrostis filiformis   [Common Blown Grass]
  Microlaena stipoides   [Weeping grass]
  Panicum effusum   [Hairy panic]
  Paspalidium distans Non-local native species#   [Shotgrass]
  Poa sieberiana   [Snowgrass]
  Rytidosperma caespitosum   [Ringed wallaby grass]
Kangaroo grass
Themeda triandra [Kangaroo grass]
  Rytidosperma carphoides   [Short wallaby grass]
  Rytidosperma duttonianum   [Brown-back wallaby grass]
  Rytidosperma laeve   [Bare-backed wallaby grass]
  Rytidosperma pallidum   [Red-anthered wallaby grass]
  Rytidosperma pilosum   [Smooth-flowered wallaby grass]
  Rytidosperma racemosum var. racemosum   [Striped wallaby grass]
  Sorghum leiocladum   [Wild sorghum ]
  Sporobolus creber   [Slender Rat's Tail Grass]
  Themeda triandra   [Kangaroo grass]
  Tripogonella loliiformis   [Five-minute Grass]
       
Wild sorghum
Sorghum leiocladum [Wild sorghum]
 
Red anther wallaby grass
Rytidosperma-pallidum [Red anther wallaby grass]
 
Slender rats tail grass
Sporobolus creber [Slender rats tail grass]
Slender rats tail grass]
Sporobolus creber [Slender rats tail grass]

 


For more photos from the Pinnacle and elsewhere in the ACT, follow this link to NatureMapr

https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Locations/Guide/63/8