stargrass

The hollows are generally without trees, but are covered with a stiff stargrass; and they frequently spread out into melon flats, covered with true Box.

Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830

We also crossed chains of water-holes surrounded by a coarse stargrass; these now changed into creeks with deep and irregular beds, lined with Melaleucas, and now again dwindled into shallow channels, scarcely to be recognised amidst the surrounding scrub.

Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830

One change in the river over those years has been a dramatic increase in the amount of water stargrass, a native species named for its tiny yellow flowers that has taken over the lower Yakima, said Marcella Appel, water resource specialist with the Benton Conservation District.

Tri-City Herald: Front 2009

A combination of lots of nutrients and sunlight reaching the bottom of the river about 2000 and 2001 may have encouraged the growth of the stargrass.

Tri-City Herald: Front 2009

The same improved water clarity that makes an aerial survey for redds possible also may have contributed to the growth of water stargrass.

Tri-City Herald: Front 2009