Scientific Name: Themeda triandra (Themeda australis)

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  • Pronunciation:
    the-MED-ah tri-AND-rah
  • Common Name:
    Kangaroo Grass
  • Derivation:
    Themeda: the-MED-ah: Arabic - thamed - a clay pan triandra:
  • Type:
    Herb , Grass
  • Family:
    POACEAE
  • Flowers:
    False panicles
  • Fruit:
    Caryopsis
  • Vegetation Type:
    Heathland, light woodland situations. Dry Eucalypt Forest open woodlands
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, SBHS, Emu Swamp, W2, W2, Emu Mt., Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Heritage Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Cooroy Primary School, NNP service road, Cooroibah26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Grass book, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Batianoff, Cranks Creek, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, TAFE Girraween Noosa Banks NNP Coastal Noosa North Shore PS BHNR, Marcus Dunes,NNS, Lake Cooroibah, Botany 07, RE 12.12.19.
Cultural Notes

Kangaroo grass was the dominant grass over a large proportion of Australia before European settlement.||Susceptible to grazing stock and has virtually disappeared in some areas.||

Identification Notes

Inflorescence of false panicles.||**LOOK FOR: Lemmas of the upper florets carry long awns.**||

Associated Fauna

Known food plant of Ground Parrots. ||Butterfly host plant: Pale orange dart, Orange ringlet, Klug's xenica, Eastern ringed xenica, Common brown||

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type)|| Suitable for planting as waterway bank rehabilitation||Feature foliage||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||