Habitat: alpine, bank, clay, cliff, coast, dry, flat , forest, forest edge, gap, grassland, gravel, hill, lake margin, log, lowland, margin, open, pasture, peat, ridge, roadside, rock outcrop, scree, shaded, sheltered, shrubland, silt, slope, stone, terrace, track, wasteland

Dispersal: Seed

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • an perennial grass usually growing up to 1 m tall, and forming loose or dense swards and spreading by short rhizomes.
  • its leaves are up to 15 cm long, scabrid, and flat or rolled.
  • its openly branched seed-heads are lax and with many spreading branches.
  • these seed-heads are made up of numerous purplish brown to greenish spikelets 1.5-3 mm long.
  • its seeds are about 1 mm long.
 Images
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42. [as Agrostis capillaris Huds.]