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Zoysia macrantha
Also called Coast Couch, Prickly Couch
Zoysia macrantha, prickly couch, is a creeping perennial grass native to coastal dunes and salt marshes in eastern Australia, grown mainly as a tough groundcover in lawns and dune stabilization. It tolerates salt and waterlogging, so it suits sites where most lawn grasses struggle.
Zoysia macrantha, the prickly couch, is a type of grass.
It is a creeping perennial plant found near the coastal dunes and inland salt marsh habitats in Eastern Australia. Two subspecies are recognized, Zoysia macrantha subsp. macrantha and Zoysia macrantha subsp. walshii.
Both subspecies have partially overlaping distributions where subsp. macrantha is found from Byfield in Central Queensland down to Eastern and South Victoria. Subsp. walshii occurs from Eastern Victoria to Eastern South Australia, and Tasmania.
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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.
