Poacita

- A dense shiny fawn green (dead leaves are mixed in with fresh green ones) tussock -30 to 70cm tall
- Leaves tightly folded, leathery, smooth above, fringed with hairs along the margins below; tip sharp.
- Leaf sheath creamy brown, shiny, with rough margin.
- Ligule is leathery, very short and even.
- Flower heads (30-100cm) do not stand proud of leaves. Panicle is open, slender, rough, with twisted branches. Awns absent