University of Tasmania: Rice Grass Took Over a Tasmanian Wetland for Decades - Scientists Finally Have Proof It Can Come Back
March 10, 2026
March 10, 2026
HOBART, Australia, March 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tasmania issued the following news:
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Rice grass took over a Tasmanian wetland for decades. Scientists finally have proof it can come back
Walk the edge of Duck Bay in North-West Tasmania at low tide and what you notice first is the grass. Thick, waist-high, unbroken across what were once some of Tasmania's most productive coastal wetlands.
No native samphire. No small fish work . . .
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Rice grass took over a Tasmanian wetland for decades. Scientists finally have proof it can come back
Walk the edge of Duck Bay in North-West Tasmania at low tide and what you notice first is the grass. Thick, waist-high, unbroken across what were once some of Tasmania's most productive coastal wetlands.
No native samphire. No small fish work . . .