Grasses
This page contains information on grasses found in Australia. Please click on the grass cultivar name to access full details.
| Aleman | Echinochloa polystachya (aleman grass) |
Amity |
| Andropogon | Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) |
Kent |
| Austrodanthonia | Austrodanthonia linkii (wallaby grass) |
Bunderra |
| Austrodanthonia richardsonii (wallaby grass) |
Taranna | |
| Bothriochloa | Bothriochloa insculpta (creeping bluegrass) |
Bisset Hatch |
| Brachiaria | Brachiaria decumbens (signal grass) |
Basilisk |
| Brachiaria humidicola (Koronivia grass) |
Tully | |
| Buffel | Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel) |
American Biloela Boorara Gayndah Lawes Molopo Nunbank Tarewinnabar West Australian |
| Cocksfoot | Dactylis glomerata (cocksfoot) |
Aberystwyth-S.26 Aberystwyth-S.143 Berber Brignoles Currie Cressy Grasslands-Apanui Kasbah Porto |
| Couch grass | Cynodon nlemfuensis x C. dactylon (Bermuda grass) |
Burton |
| Digitaria | Digitaria milanjiana (finger grass) |
Arnhem Jarra |
| Digitaria eriantha (digit grass) |
Premier | |
| Eragrostis | Eragrostis curvula (African lovegrass) |
Consol |
| Fescue | Festuca arundinacea (tall fescue) |
Aberystwyth S.170 Alta Demeter Fraydo Kentucky 31 Melik |
| Forage Sorghum | Sorghum x almum (Columbus grass) |
Crooble |
| Sorghum vulgare (sweet sorghum) |
Early Orange Saccaline Sumac Sugardrip Tracy White African |
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| Sorghum spp. hybrid (sweet Sudan grass hybrids) |
Lahoma Piper SS.6 Sucro |
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| Sorghum spp. hybrid (forage sorghum hybrids) |
Bantu FS-22A Silk Sudax SX-11A Zulu |
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| Sorghum halepense x S. roxsburghii (hybrid sorghum) |
Krish | |
| Hymenachne | Hymenachne amplexicaulis (hymenachne) |
Olive |
| Panic | Panicum coloratum var. makarikariense (Makarikari grass) |
Bambatsi Burnett Pollock |
| Panicum maximim (panic or Guinea grass) |
Gatton Hamil Makuene Riversdale |
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| Panicum maximim var trichoglume (green panic) |
Petrie | |
| Paspalum | Paspalum scrobiculatum (scrobic) |
Paltridge |
| Paspalum plicatulum (plicatulum) |
Bryan Hartley Rodd’s Bay |
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| Paspalum notatum (Bahia grass) |
Competidor | |
| Pennisetum | Pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass) |
Capricorn |
| Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet) |
Ingrid Pearl Katherine Pearl Tamworth |
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| Pennisetum clandestinum (Kikuyu grass) |
Breakwell Crofts Noonan Whittet |
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| Phalaris | Phalaris aquatica (phalaris) |
Atlas PG Australian Australian II El Golea Holdfast Landmaster PX22 Sirocco Sirolan Sirosa Siro Seedmaster Uneta |
| Puccinellia | Puccinellia ciliata (puccinellia) |
Menemen |
| Rhodes | Chloris gayana (Rhodes grass) |
Callide Katambora Pioneer Samford |
| Rye | Secale montanum (secale) |
Black Mountain |
| Ryegrass | Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) |
Avalon Brumby Grasslands Nui Grasslands Ruanui Kangaroo Valley Martlet Medea Tasdale Tasmanian No.1 Victorian |
| Lolium multiflorum (Italian ryegrass) |
Aristocrat Grasslands Paroa Grasslands Tama Midmar |
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| Hybrid ryegrass | Grasslands Ariki Grasslands Manawa |
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| Lolium rigidum (annual ryegrass) |
Merredin Early Wimmera |
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| Setaria | Setaria sphacelata (setaria) |
Kazungula Nandi Narok Solander Splenda |
| Setaria incrassata (purple pigeon grass) |
Inverell | |
| Timothy | Phleum pratense (timothy) |
Grasslands Kahu |
| Urochloa | Urochloa mosambicensis (Sabi grass) |
Nixon |
| Veldt Grass | Ehrharta calycina (perennial veldt grass) |
Mission |
| Wheatgrass | Thinopyrum ponticum (tall wheatgrass) |
Dundas Tyrrell |
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