Northern Restoration mix 1kg

There is a distinction between conservation and revegetation. Revegetation or restoration is actively reintroducing material onto a site that either no longer occurs there naturally or is in such low occurrence that it cannot yield sufficient seed to permit natural recruitment of following generations.

Conservation, on the other hand, is more about retaining what is on site and undertaking steps to increase its occurrence. We suggest that people use native grasses as the first stage of a well-planned revegetation program that will span several years. Grasses are the primary colonisers of new landscapes. They hold the fresh and unstable soil together and in doing so they establish the soil conditions for the successful establishment of the secondary and tertiary colonizers, the shrubs and trees.

GRASSES IN THE MIX

Silky Bluegrass (Dichanthium sericeum)

• This grass prefers warmer, drier sties. It is adapted to a broad range of climatic types and soils.  Has a high drought & heat tolerance, moderate frost tolerance and most importantly a high grazing tolerance
• It is also very good at recruiting new seedlings from earlier generations and will rapidly cover areas if soil conditions suit.

Giant Spear Grass (Heteropogon triticeus)

• Giant Spear grass is among one of the taller non-bamboo grasses in Far North Queensland.
• The stems (or more specifically culms) can get up to over two metres
• Spear grass does not withstand waterlogging but may bear short periods of flooding.

Black Spear grass (Heteropogon contortus)

• Black Spear grass grows on a range of soils types.
• It is a significant pasture grass in Northern Australia and can be used to regenerate over grazed pastures.
• This grass grows where there is a marked wet and dry season. It is a typical species of tropical and sub-tropical tall grasslands in Australia.
• Seed will germinate when temperatures are between 25^oC and 30^oC.

Clustered Lovegrass (Eragrostis elongata)

• Clustered Lovegrass is a warm season perennial, fairly short lived that will grow to about 50cm high.
• It is a good coloniser after rain, on a variety of soils, with good drainage.

Plains Grass (Austrostipa aristiglumis)

• Plains grass is a warm season native perennial grass that will grow up to growing in tufts up to 2m tall.
•  It does  quite well on soils with  it good moisture, high fertility, and neutral to alkaline soils.
• Plains grass is particularly frost sensitive but drought tolerant.

C4 Blend of Grasses - Paspalidium distans (Warrego Summer Grass), Urochloa subquadripara (Green Summer Grass or Arm Grass Millet), and Bothriochloa macra (Redgrass)

• Redgrass is one of the native grasses that benefits from livestock grazing and is widespread in overgrazed
  pastures
• This species of paspalidium grows on lighter soils with a Ph range above 5. It grows naturally in a large geographic which includes eastern Queensland, the tableland and slopes of NSW and Victoria.
  It is a summer growing C4 perennial grass, growing from October to first frost. It is one of the most palatable and productive native grass species which responds well to summer rain growing to a height of 70 cm.
• Green summer grass, also known as arm grass millet, is regarded as a short-lived perennial grass that produces large quantities of small-medium seed (clover size). It is a colonising species which will spread rapidly; consequently, it will establish quickly from seed. Because of this, it is excellent to sow to transition property to perennial native species

Unfortunately due to quarantine restrictions this MIX is unavailable to Tasmania and Western Australia.

Product updated: 27/5/2024