Sunday Creek Plants
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Trees Acacia
Trees Ac - Eu
Trees D-Er
Trees Eucalyptus and Corymbia
Trees Ev -L
Trees M -Z
Shrubs A - E
Shrubs F - Z
Vines, mistletoes and orchid
Native grasses - red soil
Native grasses - clay soils
Forbs - blue and purple flowers
Forbs - yellow flowers A - L
Forbs - yellow flowers M - Z
Forbs - red, peach and orange flowers
Forbs - pink and mauve flowers
Forbs - green and/or very small flowers
Forbs - white flowers
Introduced pastures
Problem weeds
Minor weeds
Sedges
Native grass - both red and clay soil
Aquatics
Grasses are the Poaceae family.
'Arista' means awned or bearded.
Aristida hygrometrica
An unpalatable and fairly uncommon grass.
Brachyachne convergens
Common name: Native couch.
Couch produces little bulk but colonises bare areas well.
Chloris lobata
An uncommon small plant.
Chrysopogon fallax
Common name: Golden beard grass.
A tough, sharp edged perennial of moderate value.
Wallabies dig up the roots to eat the thickened yellow 'nuts.'
Cymbopogon bombycinus
Common name: Native lemon grass.
This useful perennial doesn't appear in large areas at Sunday Creek.
Dactyloctenium radulans
Common name: Button grass.
Common in disturbed areas and around yards. It can be poisonous to hungry stock.
Enneapogon pallidus
Common name: Conehead grass.
This grass is perennial but has little bulk.
Enneapogon polyphyllus
Common name: Limestone grass.
Eriachne armitii
This annual grows in seasonally wet areas.
Eriachne ciliata
Common name: Slender wandarrie grass.
This is a small sparse ridge annual.
Eriachne obtusa
A minor grass on gravelly ridge country.
Heteropogon contortus
Common name: Black speargrass.
Black spear is grazed well while it is short and green, but rapidly becomes unpalatable.
Mnesithea formosa
A small ridge grass of little bulk or grazing value.
Perotis rara
Common name: Comet grass.
Small and annoying in socks.
Sehima nervosa
Common name: White grass.
A valuable perennial.
Setaria apiculata
Common name: Pigeon grass.
A palatable grass producing little bulk.
Sporobolus australasicus
Common name: Fairy grass.
Themeda triandra
Common name: Kangaroo grass. A useful fodder.
Triodia pungens
Common name: Soft spinifex.
We have only small areas on ridges, not much grazed but the seedheads are palatable.
Urochloa reptans
Common name: Summer grass. A palatable annual.