Important grasses for northern (n), central (c) and southern (s) Queensland Desirable perennial grasses Black speargrass Buffel grass Desert bluegrass/forest Mitchell Early spring grass Forest bluegrass Kangaroo grass Queensland bluegrass Sabigrass Heteropogon contortus (- n,c) Cenchrus ciliaris (n , c, s*) Bothriochloa ewartiana (- n, c, s) Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha (c,s) Bothriochloa bladhii (- n, c, s) Themeda triandra (- n, c, s) Dichanthium sericeum (- c, s) Urochloa mosambicensis (+ n, c, s*) Intermediate value grasses (perennials and annuals) Barbwire grass Button grass Comet grass Fairy grass Finger grasses Golden beard or ribbon grass Indian bluegrass or couch Leafy nine-awnlbottle washer Liverseed grass Mulga mitchell Native couch Panics Pitted bluegrass Poverty grass Red Natal grass Silky browntop Slender chloris 1\virly windmill grass Woodland love grass Undesirable or low value grasses Fairy grass Five minute grass Granite love grass One seed grass Pigeon grass Rat's tail grasses Rough speargrass Small burr grass Sedges Slender bamboo grass Wiregrass , feathertop Wiregrass , dark Wiregrass, Jericho Wiregrass , many-headed Wiregrass, purple Cymbopogon rejractus (n, c, s) Dactyloctenium radulans (+ c) Perotis rara (+ n, c, s) Sporobolus caroli (+ c, s) Digitaria species (s) Chrysopogonjallax (n , c, s) Bothriochloa pertusa (+ n *) Enneapogon polyphyllus (+ n, c, s) Urochloa panicoides (+ *) Thyridolepis species (s) Brachyachne convergens (+ ) Panicum species ( + ) Bothriochloa decipiens (n, c, s) Eremochloa bimaculata (c, s) Melinis repens (+ n, c, s) Eulalia aurea (E.julva) (- n, c) Chloris divaricata (+ n, c, s) Enteropogon species (+ c, s) Eragrostis sororia (+ n, c, s) Sporobolus australasicus (+ n, c, s) Tripogon loliiformis (+ c, s) Eragrostis molybdea (+) Cleistochloa subjuncea Setaria species (n, c, s) Sporobolus species (+ n, c, s) Stipa scabra (s) Tragus australianus (+ n, c, s) Cyperus and Fimbristylis ( + ) Stipa verticillata (+ s) Aristida latifolia ( + n, c, s) A calycina (+ c, s) Ajerichoensis (+c, s) A caput-medusae (+ s) A ramosa (+ c, s) + indicates that this species increases under heavy grazing; - indicates this species decreases under heavy grazing; * indicates exotic species. The intermediate value rating applies to a species in its relevant soil type. 38