Practical Exam - Pastures Flashcards by Tim Lindsay | Brainscape

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What pasture species is this?

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Buffel Grass

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What pasture species is this?

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Caribbean Stylo

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What pasture species is this?

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Cocksfoot

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Couch

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What pasture species is this?

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Kangaroo Grass

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What pasture species is this?

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Kikuyu

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Lucerne

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Paspalum

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Perennial Ryegrass

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Phalaris

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Red Clover

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Red Grass

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Rhodes Grass

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Silverleaf Desmodium

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Subterranean Clover

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Tall Fescue

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Wallaby Grass

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Weeping Grass

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White Clover

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What pasture species is this?

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Yellow Serradella

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Buffel Grass - Origin of Species

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Introduced

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Buffel Grass - Average Rainfall required

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300mm

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Buffel Grass - Environmental Adaptation and lifecycle

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Tropical Perennial grass

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Buffel Grass - region of growth

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Arid environments - WA, QLD, west NSW

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Buffel Grass - Adaptive traits

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Drought tolerance very high
Responds quickly after drought breaking rain

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Caribbean Stylo - Environmental adaption and lifecycle

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Tropical Perennial Legume

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Caribbean Stylo - Average rainfall required

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800mm

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Caribbean Stylo - Region of growth

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Tropical and warmer subtropical environements

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Caribbean Stylo - Adaptive traits

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Can behave as an annual
Persistent under heavy grazing

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Caribbean Stylo - Origin of species

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Introduced

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Cocksfoot - Environmental Adaptation and Lifecycle

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Temperate Perennial grass

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Cocksfoot - Origin of species

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Introduced

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Cocksfoot - Adaptive traits

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tolerant of acid soils, low fertility soils, grazing and frost

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Cocksfoot - Region of growth

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Cool temperate medditerranean environments on tablelands and slopes

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Cocksfoot - Average rain required

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450mm South, 750mm North

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Couch - Adaptive Traits

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Tolerant to drought, salinity, flooding and heavy grazing

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Couch - Region of growth

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Tropical and sub tropical environemnts, some temperate environements.

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Couch - Average rainfall required

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600mm

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Couch - Origin of species

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Both

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Couch - Envirnmental adaptation and lifecycle

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Tropical perennial grass

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Kangaroo Grass - Origin of species

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Native

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Kangaroo Grass - Apaptive Traits

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Tolerant of drought

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Kangaroo Grass - Region

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Very widespread across most of Australia

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Kangaroo Grass - Rainfall required

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400mm South, 500mm North

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Kangaroo Grass - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle

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Native perennial warm season grass

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Kikuyu - Origin of species

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Introduced

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Kikuyu - Adaptive Traits

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Tolerant to heavy grazing, moderate to high drought tolerance, moderate frost tolerance

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Kikuyu - Region of growth

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Coastal, tableland and slopes in subtropical

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Kikuyu - Average rainfall

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800mm (summer dormant)

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Kikuyu - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle

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Tropical Perennial grass

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Lucerne - Adaptive traits

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Very drougt tolerant, moderate to high frost tolerance, moderate tolerance of salinity and sodicity

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Lucerne - Region of growth

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Most widely grown and adapted legume. Grown in all states

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Lucerne - Average rainfall required

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375mm south, 400mm north

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Lucerne - Origin of species

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Introduced

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Lucerne - Environmental Adaptation and Lifecycle

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Temperate Perennial Legume

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Paspalum - Adaptive traits

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Withstands heavy grazing and trampling, Spreads vegitativly

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Paspalum - Region of growth

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Tropical and subtropical coastal environements

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Paspalum - Average rainfall required

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800mm (summer dormant)

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Paspalum - origin of species

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Introduced

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Paspalum - Environemtnal adaptation and Lifecycle

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Tropical perennial grass

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Perennial Ryegrass - Adaptive traits

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Resistant to cold weather and frost

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Perennial Ryegrass - region of growth

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Temperate environments on coast, tablelands and some slopes

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Perennial Ryegrass - Average rainfall required

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700mm south, 800mm north

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Perennial Ryegrass - oirigin of special

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Introduced

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Perennial Ryegrass - Environemtal adaptations and lifecycle

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Temperate perennial grass

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Phalaris - Adaptive traits

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Drought tolerant, grazing tolerant once established, frost tolerant, summer dormant, flood tolerant

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Phalaris - Region of growth

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cool temperate (tablelands and slopes) and medditerrainian environments

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Phalaris - Average Rainfall required

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500mm south, 700mm north

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Phalaris - Origin

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Introduced

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Phalaris - Environemtal adaptation and lifecycle

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Temperate Perennial grass

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Red Clover - adaptive traits

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Winter dormant, certain varieties more drought tolerant

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Red Clover - Region of growth

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high rainfall coastal and tableland areas

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Red Clover - average rainfall required

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700mm south, 800mm north

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Red Clover - Origin of species

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Introduced

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Red Clover - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle

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Temperate perennial legume

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Red Grass - Adaptive traits

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High tolerance of drought and heat

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Red Grass - region of growth

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coastal, tablelands and slopes

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Red Grass - Average rainfall required

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400mm south, 500mm north

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Red Grass - Origin of species

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Native

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Red Grass - Environmental adaptations and lifecycle

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warm season perennial

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Rhodes Grass - Adaptive traits

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tolerant of saline soils, heavy grazing and burning. moderate to high drought tolerance

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Rhodes Grass - region of growth

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widely adapted tropical and subtropical on coast and slopes

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Rhodes Grass - average rainfall required

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500mm

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Rhodes Grass - origin of species

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Introduced

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Rhodes Grass - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle

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Tropical perennial grass

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Silverleaf Desmodium - adaptive traits

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tolerates acid soils, moderate tolerance of shade, easily spread

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Silverleaf Desmodium - region of growth

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Tropical and subtropical coastal environments

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Silverleaf Desmodium - Average rainfall required

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1000mm+ (summer dominance)

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Silverleaf Desmodium - Origin of species

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Introduced

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Silverleaf Desmodium - Enviromental adaptation and lifecycle

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Tropical perennial Legume

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Subterranian Clover - Adaptive traits

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protected seeds aids with regeneration, tolerant to grazing, tolerates moderately acid soils

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Subterranian Clover - Region of growth

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best suited legume for large area of southern NSW

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Subterranian Clover - Rainfall required

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375mm south, 600mm north

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Subterranian Clover - Origin

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Introduced

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Subterranian Clover - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle

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Temperate annual legume

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Tall Fescue - Adaptive traits

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Moderate drought tolerance, tolerates water logging

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Tall Fescue - region of growth

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Coastal and temperate environements with reliable summer rainfall

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Tall Fescue - average rainfall required

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650mm temperate types, 450mm mediterranean types

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Tall Fescue - origin of species

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Introduced

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Tall Fescue - Environmental Adaptation and lifecycle

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Temperate perennial grass

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Tall Fescue - Environmental Adaptation and lifecycle

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Temperate perennial grass

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Wallaby Grass - adaptiove traits

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high frost and drought tolerance, persists under heavy grazing

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Wallaby Grass - region

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widely distributed, especially tablelands and slopes

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Wallaby Grass - rainfall

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400mm south, 500mm north

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Wallaby Grass - origin

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Native

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Wallaby Grass - Environmental adaptation and lifecycle

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temperate perennial grass

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Weeping Grass - Rain

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500mm south, 600mm north

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Weeping Grass - Origin

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Native

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Weeping Grass - Environmental adaptaion and lifecycle

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cool season perennial grass