Weeds - Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
Weeds - Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
Weeds - Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
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Regionally Prohibited Weed<br />
Serrated Tussock<br />
Description: Tussock grass up to 50 cm tall and 25 cm wide<br />
at base.<br />
flowers: Tiny, inconspicuous and found at the end of<br />
open branched panicles (flower heads) up to 35 cm long.<br />
Originally purple and turning straw coloured. Flowers in<br />
Summer.<br />
leaves: Many, tightly rolled, up to 50 cm long and emerging<br />
from the base. Finely serrated, green but becoming bleached<br />
as they mature.<br />
stems: Up to 1 m, erect but becoming droopy. Flower heads<br />
bear at the end of stems.<br />
Note: Unpalatable, invasive and a prolific seeder (approx.<br />
100,000 seeds per plant). Weed of National Significance.<br />
similar Native species: Could be confused with native<br />
Spear grasses (Austrastipa spp.).<br />
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Nassella trichotoma<br />
(Nassella Tussock, Yass River Tussock)<br />
j f M A M j j A s O N D<br />
CONtROl OPtIONs VECtOR Of sPREAD
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