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    Native Grasses: Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia
    Native Grasses: Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia
    Native Grasses: Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia
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    Native Grasses: Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia

    By Meredith M. Mitchell

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    Native Grasses: Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia is an easy-to-use tool for identifying some of the most common native grasses in temperate Australia. The text describes 17 species in detail, covering general features as well as specific distinguishing features. Full-colour photographs of the whole plant, as well as close-ups of significant parts of the plants such as the seedhead, leaf blade, seed and ligule, accompany each species description.

    The handbook provides advice on grassland management as well as highlighting the benefits of native grasses to the environment, agriculture, landscaping and upland hydrology.

    Please note that this book is spiral-bound.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLandlinks Press
    Release dateApr 15, 2002
    ISBN9780643102729
    Native Grasses: Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia

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      Book preview

      Native Grasses - Meredith M. Mitchell

      NATIVE

      GRASSES

      An Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia

      Third Edition

      Meredith Mitchell

      Photographs by John Schneider

      © CSIRO 2002

      Reprinted 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

      All rights reserved. Except under the conditions described in the Australian Copyright Act 1968 and subsequent amendments, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, duplicating or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Contact the publisher for all permission requests.

      National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry

      Mitchell, Meredith.

      Native Grasses: identification handbook for temperate Australia.

      3rd ed.

      Bibliography.

      ISBN 0 643 06656 X.

      1. Grasses – Australia – Identification. 2. Grasses – Identification. I. Title. 584.90994

      Available from

      Landlinks Press

      150 Oxford Street (PO Box 1139)

      Collingwood VIC 3066

      Australia

      Landlinks Press is an imprint of CSIRO PUBLISHING

      Set in 9/11 Minion

      Cover and text design by James Kelly

      Typeset by James Kelly Design

      Printed in Australia by Impact Printing

      This publication may be of assistance to you but the publisher and its employees do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication.

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Glossary

      Generalised anatomy of a grass

      Cane Wire Grass

      Wallaby Grass

      Spear Grass

      Red Grass

      Windmill Grass

      Tall Windmill Grass

      Silky Blue Grass

      Cotton Panic Grass

      Spreading Umbrella Grass

      Common Wheat Grass

      Nineawn Grass

      Curly Windmill Grass

      Brown’s Lovegrass

      Weeping Grass

      Tussock Grass

      Snow Grass

      Kangaroo Grass

      References

      Further reading

      Acknowledgments

      The author would like to thank all concerned for their help and support in the production of this book.

      The project was supported by

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