- Taxon
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Habitat: bank, clay, coast, dry, forest, forest edge, hill, lowland, open, pasture, roadside, rock outcrop, shaded, slope, stone, wasteland
Dispersal: Seed, vegetative
Recognition
- a robust, erect, tufted, bamboo-like, perennial grass up to 2 m high and with shortly branched rhizomes.
- its leaf is up to 1.2 m long, pale greenish cream, with fine and flat hairs on the surface.
- its inflorescence is up to 1.8 m long, and has a large, drooping, straw coloured, flower head.
- Its seed is 2.5 mm long.
Images
References
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.
