Dianella caerulea, Blue Flax Lily. Family Asphodelaceae.
Grasses and grass like plants.
There are many different species of grass and strappy grass like plants in Lane Cove National Park, both natives and weeds. All featured here are indigenous plants.
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Bordered Panic Grass
Entolasia marginata
Family: Poaceae - the grass family
Height: to 80 cm in the open. Up to 4 metres long when growing through undergowth.
Wiry Panic Grass
Entolasia stricta
Family: Poaceae - the grass family
Height: to 80 cm in the open. Up to 1.5 metres long when growing through undergowth.
Tussock Grass
Poa affinis
Family: Poaceae - the grass family
Height: up to 1.2 metres
Blue Tussock Grass
Poa sieberiana
Family: Poaceae, the grass family
Height: to 100 cm
Kangaroo Grass
Themeda triandra
Family: Poaceae, the grass family
Height: to 120 cm
Love Grass
Eragrostis brownii
Family: Poaceae, the grass family
Height: to 60 cm
Forest Hedgehog Grass
Echinopogon ovatus
Family: Poaceae, the grass family
Height: to 120 cm
Tufted Hedgehog Grass
Echinopogon caespitosus
Family: Poaceae, the grass family
Height: to 150 cm
Stout Bamboo Grass
Austrostipa ramosissima
Family: Poaceae, the grass family
Height: 1 to 2.5 metres
Basket Grass
Oplismenus aemulus
Family: Poaceae - the grass family
Height: to 3 cm
Creeping beard grass
Oplismenus imbecillis
Family: Poaceae, the grass family
Height: to 3 cm
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Blady Grass
Imperata cylindrica
Family: Poaceae, the grass family
Height: to 120 cm
Three Awn Speargrass
Aristida vagans
Family: Poaceae, the grass family
Height: to 80 cm
Couch
Cynodon dactylon
Family: Poaceae, the grass family
Height: to 30 cm
An Australian native. It is also widespread in other parts of the world. Sometimes called Bermuda grass.
Spiny Headed Mat rush
Lomandra longifolia
Asparagaceae, the asparagus family
Height: up to 1 metre
Many flowered Mat Rush
Lomandra multiflora
Asparagaceae, the asparagus family
Height: up to 90 cm
Tufted Mat Rush
Lomandra brevis
Asparagaceae, the asparagus family
to 20 cm in diameter
Lomandra
Lomandra confertifolia
Asparagaceae, the asparagus family
Height: 70 cm leaves
Wattle Mat Rush
Lomandra filiformis
Asparagaceae, the asparagus family
20 cm diameter
River Mat Rush
Lomandra fluviatalis
Asparagaceae, the asparagus family
Height: to 75 cm
Rough saw sedge
Gahnia aspera
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 65 cm
Red fruited saw sedge
Gahnia sieberiana
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 200 cm
Black fruited saw sedge
Gahnia melanocarpa
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 120 cm
Tall saw sedge
Gahnia clarkei
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 200 cm
Variable saw sedge
Lepidosperma laterale
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 100 cm
Saw sedge
Lepidosperma urophorum
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 150 cm
Saw sedge
Lepidosperma concavum
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 60 cm
Saw Sedge
Lepidosperma elatius
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 180 cm
this group is under taxonomic revision
Lepidosperma
Lepidosperma viscidum
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 60 cm
This group is under taxonomic review, and may be split to several new species.
Knobby club rush
Ficinia nodosa
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 100 cm
Bare twig rush
Machaerina juncea
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 90 cm
Thick Twist Rush
Caustis pentandra
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 120 cm
Slender flat sedge
Cyperus gracilis
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 40 cm
Cyperus
Cyperus tetraphyllus
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 50 cm
Black bog rush
Schoenus melanostachys
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 4 metres
Heath bog rush
Schoenus ericetorum
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 40 cm
Common bog rush
Schoenus apogon
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 55 cm
Tall sedge
Carex appressa
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 120 cm
Feather Sedge
Ptilothrix deusta
Family: Cyperaceae, the sedge family
Height: to 80 cm
Common rush
Juncus usitatus
Family: Juncaceae the rush family
Height: to 110 cm
rush
Juncus continuus
Family: Juncaceae the rush family
Height: to 115 cm
rush
Juncus planifolius
Family: Juncaceae the rush family
Height: to 60 cm
Chordiflex
Chordifex fastigiatus
Family: Restionaceae, the restios
Height: to 100 cm
Eurychorda
Eurychorda complanata
Family: Restionaceae, the restios
Height: to 120 cm
Lepyrodia
Lepyrodia scariosa
Family: Restionaceae, the restios
Height: to 90 cm
Setters Twine
Gymnostachys anceps
Family: Araceae, the carrot family
Height: to 150 cm
Broad Leaf Grass Tree
Xanthorrhoea arborea
sub family: Xanthorrhoeoideae
Height: to 4 metres
Forest Grass Tree
Xanthorrhoea media
sub family: Xanthorrhoeoideae
Height: to 2.5 metres
Grass Tree
Xanthorrhoea resinosa
sub family: Xanthorrhoeoideae
Height: to 2.5 metres
Skeleton fork fern
Psilotum nudum
Family: Psilotaceae the fork ferns
Grass fern
Schizaea rupestris
Family: Schizaeaceae