Dryopoa dives

SPECIES MANAGEMENT PROFILE

Dryopoa divestasmanian giant mountaingrass

Group:	Magnoliophyta (flowering plants), Liliopsida (monocots), Poales, Poaceae
Status:	Threatened Species Protection Act 1995: rare Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Not listed
Endemic Status:	Found in Tasmania and elsewhere

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Notesheet (more detailed information)

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Key Points

Important: Is this species in your area? Do you need a permit? Ensure you’ve covered all the issues by checking the Planning Ahead page.
Important: Different threatened species may have different requirements. For any activity you are considering, read the Activity Advice pages for background information and important advice about managing around the needs of multiple threatened species.

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Surveying

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To ensure you follow the law - check whether your survey requires a permit. Always report any new records to the Natural Values Atlas, or send the information direct to the Threatened Species Section. Refer to the Activity Advice: Surveying page for background information.

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giant mountaingrass

Reproductive material is required to confirm the identity of this tall, robust, coarse, tufted perennial grass, which flowers from November to March (Flora of Victoria). Most herbarium specimens have been collected from December to February. As the species has often recorded after fire and on track edges, surveys should focus on recently burnt sites or sites kept open by disturbance.
In Tasmania, Dryopoa dives occurs on Snug Plains in wet or damp sclerophyll forest, tea tree scrub, tussockland and sedgeland, often on the edge of animal or vehicular tracks. Typically it occurs within clumps of Gahnia grandis in the ecotone between heathy moorlands and damp sclerophyll forest.

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Helping the species

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Cutting or clearing trees or vegetation

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Burning

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Agriculture

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Construction

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Subdivision

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Earthworks

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Changing water flow / quality

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Use of chemicals

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Recreation

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Further information

Check also for listing statement or notesheet pdf above (below the species image).

Cite as: Threatened Species Section (). (): Species Management Profile for Tasmania's Threatened Species Link. Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. Accessed on .

Contact details: Threatened Species Section, Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, GPO Box 44, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7001. Phone (1300 368 550).

Permit: A permit is required under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 to 'take' (which includes kill, injure, catch, damage, destroy and collect), keep, trade in or process any specimen or products of a listed species. Additional permits may also be required under other Acts or regulations to take, disturb or interfere with any form of wildlife or its products, (e.g. dens, nests, bones). This may also depend on the tenure of the land and other agreements relating to its management.