Plants of the Castlemaine District

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Brown-top Bent. *Agrostis capillaris
Small flowers. Lemmas smaller and thinner than the glumes. With a slender awn from near the base, or awnless. Flowers ripen to a brown colour.

Common Blown-grass. *Lachnagrostis filiformis
Small flowers. Lemmas smaller and thinner than the glumes. Slender awn from near the base. Flower branches finally spreading widely. Wet areas.

Spear Grasses Austrostipa species.
Tall or medium grasses. Single long-awned lemma, awn continuous with the lemma. Lemmas 5-9mm long.

Introduced Spear Grasses *Nassella species.
Tall or medium grasses. Single long-awned lemma, awn continuous with the lemma. Lemmas 5-9mm long. Summit of lemmas with a crown.

Serrated Tussock *Nassella trichotoma.
Medium, leafy grass. Single long-awned lemma, Lemma asymmetrical at the summit. with the lemma. Lemmas 2-3.5mm long.

Brush Wire-grass Aristida behriana.
Spreading grass with dense cluster. Lemmas large with three slender awns.

*Aristida ramosa Cane Wire-grass.
Tall slender grass. The awn divides into three long awns.

*Piptatherum milliaceum Rice Millet.
Tall slender grass. The lemmas are shorter than the glumes and have a small readily decidous awn.