Scientific Name: Tetrarrhena juncea

Common Name: forest wiregrass

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Poaceae

Form Description: Straggling grass with wiry stems up to 6m long which scramble over supporting vegetation. Leaves are up to 13cm long and rough on the upper surface, with a prominent midrib.

Flowers: Flower head erect and spikelike, 5cm long.

Fruit: Caryopsis

Municipality
BurnieCentral CoastDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayLatrobeNorthern MidlandsWest Tamar
Plant Communities
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Habitat Notes

Uncommon, but forming extensive colonies scrambling over the understorey in coastal eucalypt forest, in the north-west and on the west coast.

Site Tolerance

Dry

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Propagation Method

Seed Information