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Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs

Reference
Austrobaileya 6:572 (2003)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Upright, tussocky herb (grass), to 3 m high. Black soil, red levee soil, white sand, sandstone. Sand dunes, near creeks, in dune valleys.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 May 2004

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Dampierland, Jarrah Forest, Northern Kimberley, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Perth, Pindanland, Southern Jarrah Forest.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Broome, Canning, Derby-West Kimberley, Plantagenet, Wyndham-East Kimberley.