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All states and territories of Australia support cattle breeding in a wide range of climates. Cattle production is a major industry that covers an area in excess of 200 million hectares. The Australian beef industry is dependent on export markets, with over 60% of Australian beef production exported, primarily to the United States , Korea and ...
Native millet is specifically a C4 tussock forming perennial with glabrous blue-green blade-like leaves with a pale line running down the middle on the front of the leaves and a protruding spine, known as the keel, at the back of the leaves. The grass can grow up to 145 cm tall with seed heads that can grow up to approximately 40 cm in length.
Australia is also a centre of diversity for the Proteaceae, with woody, well-known genera such as Banksia, Dryandra, Grevillea, Hakea, the waratah and Australia's only commercial native food crop, the macadamia. Australia also has representatives of all three legume subfamilies. Caesalpinioideae is notably represented by Cassia trees.
Themeda triandra is a species of C 4 perennial tussock-forming grass widespread in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific [2].In Australia it is commonly known as kangaroo grass [3] and in East Africa and South Africa it is known as red grass and red oat grass or as rooigras in Afrikaans.
Poa labillardierei is a dense coarsely tufted grasses and can reach a height of 120 cm. [4] The large grass is a perennial, [8] that germinates from seed or division. [4] Leaves mostly basal, very long; sheath usually pallid at the base, upper ± scabrous; ligule c. 0.5 mm long, truncate; blade to 80 cm long, flat or inrolled, to 3.5 mm wide ...
Microlaena stipoides grows to a height of approximately 0.7 metres and produces delicate, drooping stalks of spikelets. [3] The naked caryopses (grains) are similar in shape to rice grains but smaller, approximately 5 mm long, with a mass that varies widely, ranging from 1 mg to 7 mg. [5] [6] [8] The grass grows best in acidic soils and is drought- and frost-tolerant. [9]
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Tufts of Chrysopogon fallax from Queensland Australia. Chrysopogon fallax is a densely tufted perennial grass spreading by rooting stolons as well as seed. [4] Most leaves are basal and dead sheaths remain attached giving the plant a characteristic 'wooly' appearance. [5] Culms are 30–120 cm (12–47 in) tall with 3–5 glabrous nodes.