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Scientific Name : Tetrarrhena juncea Common Name : Forest wire-grass Height : Up to 8 Description : A Perennial grass with long stems climbing and twining through low vegetation. Stems are wiry and Scabrous and much branched. Leaves 10 to 80 mm long, and up to 5 mm wide, flat, spreading from the stem. Flowers occur in Spike-like Racemes, 20 to 70 mm long. Habitat : Mostly in wet forests, climbing through low shrubs. Distribution : Common in Fosters Gully. Common throughout Southern Victoria and also in Tasmania and New South Wales. Flowering Season : November to December Family : Poaceae

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