This introduced groundcover
is commonly known as
thatch grass.
Hyparrhenia rufa
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Poaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
In Fraser Coast Region listed as a non-declared environmental weed – for all areas excluding K'gari (Fraser Island).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 10 Fraser Coast localities: Gundiah, Granville, Walliebum, Walligan, Burrum Heads, Yengarie, Maryborough, St Mary, Gootchie, Maryborough West.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
