Pampas grass
Primefact Number: 697 Edition: Second edition Released/reviewed: Sep 2009
Pampas grass (Cortaderia species) belongs to the Poaceae (grass) family.
There are 24 species, with most native to South America and four indigenous to New Zealand.
In NSW, only Cortaderia selloana (common pampas grass) and Cortaderia jubata (pink pampas grass) are present.
Cortaderia richardii (New Zealand pampas grass, toe toe) has been recorded in Tasmania.
In many areas, pampas grass was used as a garden plant, for windbreaks and in soil stabilisation work.
It has spread from these areas and become a major weed in urban areas and coastal bushland.
This Primefact covers the following topics:
- Impact
- Habitat
- Distribution
- Description
- Life cycle
- Spread
- Control and management
- Legislation.
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