Coolatai grass control option
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Coolatai grass

Hyparrhenia hirta

Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Grass
  • Fire hazard
  • Habitat: pastures, native vegetation

Impact

Invades pastures and bushland. Fire hazard.

Description

  • Perennial grass forming large tussocks.
  • Leaves to 35 cm long, 5 mm wide, rough like sandpaper.
  • V-shaped pairs of spikelets on branched flowering stems.

Control options

Legal requirements in each region

To find out which landscape region you're in visit the NatureMaps website.

Alinytjara Wiluṟara

Eyre Peninsula

Green Adelaide

Hills and Fleurieu

Kangaroo Island

Limestone Coast

Murraylands and Riverland

Northern and Yorke

South Australian Arid Lands

Page Last Reviewed: 06 Sep 2021
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