Texas needlegrass control option
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  • Situation

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Texas needlegrass

Nassella leucotricha

Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Grass
  • Habitat: pastures, native vegetation

Impact

Invades pastures and bushland. Sharp seeds.

Description

  • Perennial grass with a tussock of narrow basal leaves.
  • Seedhead is an open panicle of many pale green spikelets.
  • Seeds with an awn surrounded at its base by a crown of bristles.

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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