Plants of the Castlemaine District
Australian Salt-grass - a local native (Distichlis distichophylla)
Family: Poaceae (Grass family).
Other names: Emu Grass, Pineapple Grass
Identification:
- 30 cm tall, coarse, prickly grass
- creeping rhizomes to 1 m long
- grows in damp, saline areas
- forms mats where water is abundant