Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass)

See also: plants

wood-duck-meadows was designed to provide sizeable horse paddocks, with lots of grass. This includes Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass or green panic) which is a tall, tufted perennial grass that grows in clumps. Which means that after a good season with lots of rain there is a requirement for a lot of mowing. Without which the paddocks are overgrown with stands of 3+ metre high grass. Not surprisingly, this grass is considered a week in Queensland

History at Wood Duck Meadows

Beyond on-going mowing, throughout 2024 and 2025 there were early starts on removing the grass. At this stage the main method is manual removal of individual tufts.