DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
African Feather grass (Pennisetum macrourum) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
| Scientific name: Common name: Status: Habitat: | Pennisetum macrourum Trin. African feather grass Regionally Prohibited weed for the Mallee, North Central, Corangamite, Port Phillip & Westernport (East & West), Goulburn Broken, North East, West Gippsland, East Gippsland and Wimmera CMAs. Regionally Controlled weed in the Glenelg-Hopkins CMA. Subhumid warm-temperate regions where it occurs normally on streambanks, roadsides and poorer pastures, often in areas of sandy soil and annual rainfall above 600 mm. (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). African feather grass invades lowland grassland & grassy woodland, riparian vegetation, and freshwater wetlands (Carr et al 1992). |
Related Links
Weed Identification Note for African Feather grass - on the Weeds Australia website (external link). Information is provided on the generalised current distribution in Australia as well as other information such as origin, distinguishing features, dispersal etc.
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This document was last reviewed on 24/09/2008