Spreading Tussock-grass,
Slender Tussock-grass
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [taxonomic issues] |
Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [taxonomic issues] |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [taxonomic issues] |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern [well protected within reserves] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Near Threatened [largely protected in coastal woodlands] |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened [Mt Lofty, Stirling; rocky habitat] |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [on islands, taxonomic issues] |
Talia (EYB04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [on islands, taxonomic issues] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 9
Prior names
Poa humifusa
Poa caespitosa var. tenera
Common names
Spreading Tussock-grass
Slender Tussock-grass
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA MSB | 37,000 (9.7 g) 37,000 (9.7 g) | | 12-Dec-2006 | RJB70680 Southern Lofty | 1-Aug-2007 | 55% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.