Recommended publications
Grass identification
Anderson, E. (1993). Plants of central Queensland, their identification and uses. Agdex 301/80. Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane. ISSN 0727 6273.
Brook, G. & McGarva, L. (1998). The glove box guide to plants of the NSW rangelands. NSW Agriculture. ISBN 0 7313 1487 5.
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, L.H (1992). Plants of western New South Wales. Inkata Press. ISBN 0 409 30687 8.
Eddy.D., Mallinson, D., Rehwinkel, R. & Sharp, S. (1998). Grassland Flora – A field Guide for the Southern Tablelands (NSW & Act). Environment, ACT; World Wide Fund for Nature, Australia; NSW National Parkes and Wildlife Service. ISBN 0 7313 6021 4.
Harden, G.J. 1993. Flora of New South Wales, Volume 4. New South Wales University Press, Kensington, Sydney. ISBN 0 86840 188 9
Henry, D.R., Hall, T.J., Jordon, D.J., Milson, J.A., Schefe, C.M. & Silcock, R.G (1995). Pasture Plants of Southern Inland Queensland. Agdex 130/10. Department of Primary Industries, Queensland, Q195016.
Kahn, L. & Heard, B. (1997). Pasture Plants of the Slopes and Tablelands of NSW. A field Guide to the Recognition and Attributes of 70 Plants. Department of Land and Water Conservation. ISBN 0 7313 0327 X.
Mitchell, M. (1996). Native grasses – Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia. Agmedia. ISBN 0 7306 6543 7.
Simon, B. K. 1993. A Key to Australian Grasses. 2nd Edition. Dept. of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland. ISBN 0727-6273.
Roberts, B.R. & Silcock, R.G. (1982). Western Grasses – A Grazier's Guide to Grasses of South West Queensland. UQS Press, Toowoomba, Queensland. ISBN 0 949414 60 3.
Wheeler, D.J.B., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Norton, B.E. (1990). Grasses of New South Wales. 2nd. Ed. University of New England. ISBN 0 85834 861 6.
Harvesting, sowing and management
Beisel, A. (1983). Harvesting chaffy grass seed with the Woodward Flail-Vac Seed Stripper. In Range and Pasture Seeding in Southern Great Plains (Eds. H.T. Wiedemann and J.F. Cadenhead), Proceedings of a symposium at Vernon, Texas, 19 October 1983, Texas A & M University. pp 55–59.
Cole, I. & Waters, C. (1997). Harvesting and sowing native grasses. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the NSW Grasslands Society (1997). 28–30 July, Dubbo. Ed. Alison Bowman and David Michalk. pp 95–103. ISBN 1038–4453
Loch, D.S., Johnston, P.W., Jensen, T.A. & Harvey, G.L. (1996). Harvesting, processing, and marketing Australian native grass seed. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. Vol. 39. pp. 591–599.
Native Grass Workshop Proceedings. (1990). Ed P.M. Dowling & D.L. Garden. 16 & 17 October, 1990. Dubbo, NSW. ISBN 0 7241 9918 7.
Proceedings of the First Native Grasses Conference – Better Pastures, Naturally. (2000) March 16–17, 2000, Mudgee, New South Wales. Ed. C.M. Waters. Stipa Native Grasses Association. ISBN 0 7347117 27.
Proceedings of the Second Australian Workshop on Native Seed Biology for Revegetation (1996). 11–12 October 1996. Newcastle, New South Wales. Ed. S.M. Bellairs & J.M. Osborne. Australian Centre for Minesite Rehabilitation Research. ISBN 0 646 323857.
Proceedings of the Second Australasian Perennial Grass Workshop. (1995). 17–19 October 1995, Launceston, Tasmania.
Proceedings of the Third Australian Workshop on Native Seed Biology for Revegetation (1999). 17–18 May, 1999, Perth Western Australia. Ed. C.J. Asher & L.C. Bell. Australian Centre for Minesite Rehabilitation Research. ISBN 0 9585366 51.
Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the NSW Grasslands Society (1997). 28–30 July, Dubbo. Ed. Alison Bowman & David Michalk. ISBN 1038 4453
Scholz, G. (1996). Practical Guide to Rangeland Revegetation in New South Wales: Using Native Grasses. Technical Report No. 33. Department of Land and Water Conservation. ISBN 0 7310 7396 7.
Semple, W.S., Koen, T.B. & Cole I.A. (1999). Establishing native grasses in degraded pastures of central western New South Wales. The Rangeland Journal. 21 (2). pp. 153–167.
Simpson, P.C. & Langford, C. (1999). Managing high rainfall native pastures: on a whole farm basis. New South Wales Agriculture.
Native grass seed industry
Mortlock, W. (1999). Native Seed in Australia. A survey of collection, storage and distribution of native seed for revegetation and conservation purposes. FloraBank, Yarralumla, ACT.
Native Grass and Legume Seed Industry Workshop Proceedings (1996). Ed. C.M. Waters & W.J. Noad. 26–27 March 1996, Roma, Queensland. ISBN 0 7310 5785 6.
Proceedings of the First Workshop of the Australian Native Grass and Legume Seed Industry Association. (1997). 22 September 1997, Brisbane, Queensland.
Waters, C.M. & Monsen S.B. (1999). Stop, proceed with caution : Recommendations for the developing Australian native grass seed industry. Proceedings of the Third Australian Workshop on Native Seed Biology for Revegetation. 17–18 May 1999, Perth. Eds. C.J. Asher & L.C. Bell. Australian Centre for Mining Environmental Research.
Dispersal unit and seed germination information
Whalley, R. D. B. (1987). Dispersal unit and germination information on members of the Poaceae. In. P. J. Langkamp (Ed.), Germination of Australian Native Plant Seed. (pp. 207–210). Melbourne: Inkata Press.
Astrebla spp. (Mitchell grass)
Bowman, A. (1992). Curly Mitchell grass. Agfact P2.5.37. New South Wales Agriculture.
Campbell, M.H., Bowman, A.M., Bellotti. W.D., Munich, D.J. & Nicol, H.I. (1996). Recruitment of curly Mitchell grass (Astrebla lappacea) in north-western New South Wales. The Rangeland Journal. 18 (1). pp. 179–187.
Lambert, F.J., Bower, M., Whalley, R.D.B., Andrews, A.C. & Bellotti, W.D. (1990). The effects of soil moisture and planting depth on emergence and seedling morphology of Astrebla lappacea (Lindl). Domin., Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 41. pp. 367–76.
Orr, D.M. (1975). A review of Astrebla (Mitchell grass) pastures in Australia. Tropical grasslands. 9 (1). pp 21–36.
Orr, D.M. & Evenson, C.J. (1991). Effect of single clipping on the seed production response of Astrebla spp. Australian Rangeland Journal. 13 (1), pp. 57–60.
Partridge, I (1996). Managing Mitchell grass – a grazier's guide. Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane. ISBN 0 7242 5968 6.
Roberts, B.R. & Silcock, R.G. (1982). Western Grasses – A graziers Guide to Grasses of South West Queensland. UQS Press, Toowoomba, Queensland. ISBN 0 949414 60 3.
Bothriochloa macra (Red grass)
Huxtable, C. H. A. and Whalley, R. D. B. (1999). Emergence and survival of three native grass species sown on roadsides on the northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany. 47: 221–235.
Mitchell, M. (1996). Native grasses – Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia. Agmedia. ISBN 0 7306 6543 7.
Semple, W.S., Koen, T.A. & Waterhouse, D. (1997). Consequences of some one-off events and exclosure on a red grass (Bothriochloa macra) - wallaby grass (Danthonia eriantha) pasture in the central west of NSW. The Rangeland Journal. 19. (2). pp. 206-15.
Chloris truncata (Windmill grass)
Mitchell, M. (1996). Native grasses – Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia. Agmedia. ISBN 0 7306 6543 7.
Roberts, B.R. & Silcock, R.G. (1982). Western Grasses – A grazier's Guide to Grasses of South West Queensland. UQS Press, Toowoomba, Queensland. ISBN 0 949414 60 3.
Austrodanthonia spp. (Wallaby grasses)
Huxtable, C. H. A. and Whalley, R. D. B. (1999). Emergence and survival of three native grass species sown on roadsides on the northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany. 47: 221–235.
Lodge, G.M. (1993). The domestication of the Native Grasses Danthonia richardsonii Cashmore and Danthonia linkii Kunth for Agricultural Use. I. Selecting for Inflorescence Seed Yield. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 44. pp 59–77.
Lodge, G.M. (1996). Wallaby grass – a domesticated native grass Agfact No. P2.5.39. New South Wales Agriculture.
Lodge, G.M. & Schipp, A.J. (1993). The domestication of the Native Grasses Danthonia richardsonii Cashmore and Danthonia linkii Kunth for Agricultural Use. II. Agronomic and Morphologic variation. Australian Journal of Agruicultural Research 44. pp79–88.
Lodge, G. M. & Schipp, A. J. (1993). Effects of depth and time of sowing on emergence of Danthonia richardsonii Cashmore and Danthonia linkii Kunth. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 44, pp. 1311–1322.
Mitchell, M. (1996). Native grasses – Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia. Agmedia. ISBN 0 7306 6543 7.
Semple, W.S., Koen, T.A. & Waterhouse, D. (1997). Consequences of some one-off events and exclosure on a red grass (Bothriochloa macra) - wallaby grass (Danthonia eriantha) pasture in the central west of NSW. The Rangeland Journal. 19 (2). pp. 206–15.
Dichanthium sericeum (Queensland bluegrass)
Mitchell, M. (1996). Native grasses – Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia. Agmedia. ISBN 0 7306 6543 7.
Roberts, B.R. & Silcock, R.G. (1982). Western Grasses – A graziers Guide to Grasses of South West Queensland. UQS Press, Toowoomba, Queensland. ISBN 0 949414 60 3.
Elymus scaber (Common wheatgrass)
Mitchell, M. (1996). Native grasses – Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia. Agmedia. ISBN 0 7306 6543 7.
Heteropogon contortus (Black spear grass)
Grice, A.C. & McIntyre, S. (1995). Speargrass (Heteropogon contortus) in Australia: dynamics of species and community. The Rangeland Journal. 17. (1) pp. 3–25
Roberts, B.R. & Silcock, R.G. (1982). Western Grasses - A grazier's Guide to Grasses of South West Queensland. UQS Press, Toowoomba, Queensland. ISBN 0 949414 60 3.
Microlaena stipoides (Microlaena)
Huxtable, C. H. A. and Whalley, R. D. B. (1999). Emergence and survival of three native grass species sown on roadsides on the northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Australian Journal of Botany. 47: 221–235.
Jones, C., & Murphy, M. (1995). Microlaena persistence, protein and productivity in comparison with Danthonia and four introduced grass species. Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the Grassland Society of NSW. 12–13 July 1995, Armidale. Ed. J. Ayres, D.Michalk & H. Lloyde Davies. ISBN 1038 4453.
Mitchell, M. (1996). Native grasses – Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia. Agmedia. ISBN 0 7306 6543 7.
Stafford, J. (1996). Weeping Rice-grass (Microlaena stipoides), species information sheet. Native Grass Resources Group Inc. September 1996. Mount Lofty Ranges Catchment Centre, Mount Barker. South Australia. 5251.
Themeda triandra (Kangaroo grass)
Groves, R.H., Hagon, M.W. & Ramakrishnan, P.S. (1982). Dormancy and germination of seed of eight populations of Themeda australis. Australian Journal of Botany. 30. pp. 373–86.
Loch, D.S., Paterson, M. & Harvey, G.L. (1999). Proceedings of Greening Australia NT Native Grass Revegetation Workshop. Katherine, Northern Territory, 17–18 March 1999, pp. 14–21.
Mitchell, M. (1996). Native grasses – Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia. Agmedia. ISBN 0 7306 6543 7.
Roberts, B.R. & Silcock, R.G. (1982). Western Grasses – A grazier's Guide to Grasses of South West Queensland. UQS Press, Toowoomba, Queensland. ISBN 0 949414 60 3.
Stafford, J. (1998). Kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra), species information sheet. Native Grass Resources Group Inc. September 1998. Mount Lofty Ranges Catchment Centre, Mount Barker. South Australia. 5251.
