Scientific Name: Deyeuxia monticola

Common Name: mountain bentgrass

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Poaceae

Form Description: Erect tufted or occasionally decumbent perennial.

Flowers: Panicle 2-20cm, contracted and often dense.

Fruit: Caryopsis

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationGrasslandWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Open and usually well drained situations, occasionally also in wet sclerophyll forest, all regions of the state from sea level on the east coast to over 1400m in the Central Highlands.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • 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