Description
There are not many parts of Southern Australia that Wallaby grass cannot be found growing. They occur in ditches, on ridges, on airports, on plains and mountains, near the sea, on poor soils, on perfect soils – they can be found all over southern Australia. What’s more, the various species of wallaby grasses overlap greatly. You will often find three or four species growing alongside each other.
TOLERANCES
Wallaby grass is known for its high drought tolerance, high heat tolerance, high frost tolerance and a high tolerance to acid soils.
SOILS
Oxley Wallaby grass can grow on most soil types from sandy soils to soils with varying levels of clay, and can grow across a range of soil pH levels from acidic to moderately alkaline.
USES
Horticulture – Wallaby grass has been successfully used in-between rows of vines or trees to control erosion. Using Wallaby grass as an interrow crop also reduces surface temperature, and helps with weed control and to lower saline water tables. Wallaby grasses low summer activity means that it will not compete strongly with the vines or trees for moisture.
Landscaping – It is also an attractive and versatile plant for landscaping applications. Golf course roughs commonly use Wallaby grass for its low maintenance requirements. There is also the added benefit that the golf ball can be easy to located in the wallaby roughs, meaning that usually a shot is playable.
Insects & Birds – Wallaby grass is a preferred habitat for many butterflies and moths. This includes the critically endangered Golden Sun Moth.
Click here for our Easy spread Wallaby grass. This product includes Oxley Wallaby florets plus our additional blending agent to give you a much easier and much more consistent sow rate.
There are about 30 native species of Wallaby grass in Australia and they are found in the temperate areas in all states except Northern Territory. This grass is common and widespread. It is often seen on roadsides in open plain country or in lightly forested slopes. In any one area there are usually a number of species growing alongside one another and populations are seldom monocultures. For example the greater Melbourne area has seventeen species.
