DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
African Lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
| Scientific Species: | Eragrostis curvula |  'Control African Lovegrass' sign near Maffra |
Common Name: | African lovegrass | |
Status: | Regionally Controlled in the North Central, Corangamite, Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West), Goulburn Broken, North East, West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMAs. Restricted in the Mallee, Wimmera and Glenelg-Hopkins CMAs. | |
Habitat: | Semi-arid subtropical grasslands and open scrublands, mainly on acid sands and light sandy loams (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). It is found in disturbed soils along roadsides, railway tracks, riverbanks and waste places, from where it invades adjacent degraded pastures (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). African lovegrass will invade heathland and heathy woodland, lowland grassland and grassy woodland and freshwater wetlands. (Carr et al 1992). |
 African Lovegrass |  | |
 Seed heads of African Lovegrass |
Related Links
Weeds Information Note on African Lovegrass - on the DPI website.
Weed Identification Note for African Lovegrass - 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