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Sorghum plumosum (R.Br.) P.Beauv.
Plume Canegrass

Reference
Ess.Agrostogr. 132,165,178 (1812)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.7-3 m high. Fl. yellow-brown, Jan to Aug or Oct. Sand, clay, loam, alluvium. Swamps, claypans, watercourses, waterholes, valleys.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 August 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.