Australian Grasses

In this book, for the first time, all of the State's grasses have been carefully drawn, including more than 450 line drawings and 20 paintings illustrating typical members of each tribe. Grasses of South Australia provides easy-to-read, up-to-date and valuable information for everyone with an interest in grasses, including people working in agriculture and those involved in conservation and revegetation.

Most Australian grasses are as spectacularly beautiful as the finest the rest of the world has to offer, while naturally being better adapted to the varied Australian climates. This book describes around 200 species of grasses, sedges, rushes, grasstrees and related plants, and is illustrated with photos taken in rainforests, wetlands, mallee scrub, and gardens from around the country.

Native Seeds is a premier seed producing company that specializes in high quality seed of key species of Australian native grasses that have a wide range of applications. Founded on rigorous science and in collaboration with universities and organizations around Australia, Native Seeds is able to advise, support and supply seed to those interested in using native grasses for revegetation. pasture, lawns or landscaping applications. This book should assist those wanting to identify and use native grasses as it contains information about successfully growing native grasses that is not generally available elsewhere.

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2008 NOMINEE The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Award for a Significant Work in Botanical or Horticultural Literature now we have easier and better access to grass data than ever before in human history. That is a marked step forward. Congratulazioni Professor Quattrocchi!-Daniel F. Austin, writing in Economic Botany &n