Dryopoa

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|name = Giant mountain grass

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|genus = Dryopoa

|parent_authority = Vickery

|species = dives

|authority = (F.Muell.) Vickery

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|synonyms =

  • Festuca dives F.Muell.
  • Glyceria dives (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.
  • Poa dives (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  • Panicularia dives (F.Muell.) Kuntze

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Dryopoa , or giant mountain grass, is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.Vickery, Joyce Winifred 1963. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(3):195.Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The only known species is Dryopoa dives, native to New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria.{{Cite web |url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:384064 |title=Atlas of Living Australia, Dryopoa Vickery |access-date=27 March 2015 |archive-date=3 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403005331/http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:384064 |url-status=dead }} The name Dryopoa (tree-grass) is derived from the Greek language, with dryos meaning tree and poa meaning grass.

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