Plants of the Castlemaine District
Open panicles with 2 or 3 unawned awned lemmas
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Aira species.
Hair-grasses.
Small delicate grass. Glumes with two lemmas about 2mm long. One or both lemmas with a dorsal slender awn.
Hair-grasses.
Small delicate grass. Glumes with two lemmas about 2mm long. One or both lemmas with a dorsal slender awn.
Oat Grasses. *Avena species 
Tall grass with gaping glumes. Awn exserted from two small or slender teeth.
Tall grass with gaping glumes. Awn exserted from two small or slender teeth.
Annual Veldt-grass Ehrhartia longiflora. 
Medium grasses. Reddish glumes and drooping spikelets. Very common.
Medium grasses. Reddish glumes and drooping spikelets. Very common.
Panic Veldt-grass *Ehrhartia calycina. 
Medium grasses. Distinctive reddish glumes.
Medium grasses. Distinctive reddish glumes.
Barnyard Grass *Echinochloa crus-galli. 
Medium grasses. Green leaves and crowded spikelets. Often in drains. There are awned and unawned forms of this grass.
Medium grasses. Green leaves and crowded spikelets. Often in drains. There are awned and unawned forms of this grass.
Yorkshire Fog *Holcus lanatus. 
Medium grass. The leaves and flower clusters are softly hairy. The upper lemma has a short, hooked awn. Very Common.
Medium grass. The leaves and flower clusters are softly hairy. The upper lemma has a short, hooked awn. Very Common.
Annual Fog *Holcus annuus. 
Smallish grass. The leaves and flower clusters are softly hairy. The glumes terminte in soft awns, the awns about equal to the glumes. Uncommon.
Smallish grass. The leaves and flower clusters are softly hairy. The glumes terminte in soft awns, the awns about equal to the glumes. Uncommon.