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Eragrostis eriopoda
Also called Plain Neverfail, Wire Wandarrie Grass, Woollybutt Grass
Naked woollybutt grass is a perennial tussock grass native to arid and semi-arid Australia, growing in a ring shape from deep roots. It is a tough, drought-hardy pasture grass whose key to growing is full sun and very little water.
Eragrostis eriopoda, the woollybutt grass, is a species of love grass in the family Poaceae, native to most of Australia. It is a major grass species of the mulga savanna. In the same genus as teff, its seeds are edible, but very small.
Eragrostis eriopoda like many grasses in the Poaceae family utilises C4 photosynthesis, making it more efficient than C3 plants in higher temperatures - something common in arid zones.
E. eriopoda can be utilised as a pasture grass. It is a heavy seeder as well as being drought hardy and fairly resistant to heavy grazing, making it suitable to agriculture in the semi arid zones. The grass itself is quite palatable to stock, and they will choose to graze it.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eragrostis eriopoda by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
