Scientific Name: Deyeuxia contracta

Common Name: compact bentgrass

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Poaceae

Form Description: Very variable erect or ascending perennial.

Flowers: Green or purplish.

Fruit: Caryopsis

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
GrasslandWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Under light eucalypt cover and on the margins of wet sclerophyll forest from sea level to about 400m, north-west, east coast, west coast, south-west.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method

Seed Information

Germination Time

3-7 weeks