Common Swamp Wallaby-grass

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Common Swamp Wallaby-grass - Paul Gullan/Viridans Images

Amphibromus nervosus

Tufted grass to 1.5 m tall. Pale flat green leaves smooth and hairless to 30 cm long and 1.5-3.5 mm wide. Seedheads with long bristle (awn) to 22 mm long.

Details
Flora Type
Grasses
Distinctive Features

The tip of the leaf blade is long and slender.
Biology

Perennial. Grows in freshwater swamps, floodplains, riverbanks and drains, and grassy wetland. Flowers in response to rain or flooding. Can grow in overgrazed pastures so long as it is wet. Rootstock needs temporary inundation to promote growth.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Oct-Jan
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Amphibromus
Species
nervosus

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Amphibromus species are all semi or fully aquatic. The seedheads of swamp wallaby grasses differ from wallaby grasses as they do not look fluffy as they age. Provides habitat for frogs.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Similar in appearance to A. neesii but seeds differ.
Native Status
Native