PILANESBERG GAME RESERVE - GRASSES LIST |
Family |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
GRAMINAE/POACEAE |
Andropogon chinensis |
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Anthephora pubescens |
English |
Wool Grass |
Afrikaans |
Borseltjiegras |
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Aristida adscensionis |
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Aristida congesta subsp. barbicollis |
English |
Spreading Three-awn |
Afrikaans |
Lossteekgras |
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Aristida congesta subsp. congesta |
Tassel Three-awn |
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Aristida junciformis |
Gongoni Three-awn |
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Bewsia biflora |
False Love Grass |
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Bothriochloa bladhii |
Purple Plume Grass |
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Bothriochloa insculpta |
Pinhole Grass |
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Bothriochloa radicans |
Stinking Grass |
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Brachiaria brizantha |
Common Signal Grass |
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Brachiaria eruciformis |
Sweet Signal Grass |
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Brachiaria serrata |
English |
Velvet Signal Grass |
Afrikaans |
Fluweelsinjaalgras |
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Cenchrus cilliarus |
Foxtail Buffalo Grass |
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Chloris pycnothrix |
Spiderweb Grass |
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Chloris virgata |
Feather-top Chloris |
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Chrysopogon serrulatus |
Golden Beard Grass |
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Cymbopogon excavatus |
Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass |
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Cymbopogon plurinodis |
Narrow-leaved Turpentine Grass |
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Cynodon dactylon |
Couch Grass |
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Digitaria argyrograpta |
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Digitaria eriantha |
Common Finger Grass |
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Diheteropogon amplectens |
Broad-leaved Bluestem |
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Elionurus muticus |
English |
Wire Lemongrass |
Afrikaans |
Suurpol |
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Enneapogon cenchroides |
Nine-awned Grass |
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Enneapogon scoparius |
Bottlebrush Grass |
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Eragrostis biflora |
Shade Eragrostis |
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Eragrostis capensis |
Heart-seed Love Grass |
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Eragrostis chloromelas |
(Narrow) Curly Leaf |
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Eragrostis gummiflua |
Gum Grass |
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Eragrostis heteromera |
Bronze Love Grass |
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Eragrostis inamoena |
Tite Grass |
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Eragrostis lehmanniana |
Lehmann's Love Grass |
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Eragrostis pseudosclerantha |
Footpath Love Grass |
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Eragrostis racemosa |
Narrow Heart Love Grass |
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Eragrostis rigidior |
(Broad) Curly Leaf |
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Eragrostis superba |
English |
Saw-tooth Love Grass |
Afrikaans |
Weeluisgras |
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Eustachys paspaloides |
English |
Fan Grass/Brown Rhodes Grass |
Afrikaans |
Bruin Hoenderspoor |
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Fingerhuthia africana |
Thimble Grass |
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Heteropogon contortus |
Spear Grass |
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Hyparrhenia filipendula |
Fine Thatching Grass |
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Hyparrhenia hirta |
Common Thatching Grass |
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Imperata cylindrica |
Cottonwool Grass |
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Loudetia simplex |
Common Russet Grass |
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Melinis repens subsp. repens |
Natal Red Top |
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Panicum coloratum |
Small Buffalo Grass |
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Panicum maximum |
Guinea Grass |
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Panicum repens |
Couch Panicum |
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Paspalum dilatatum |
Dallis Grass |
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Paspalum distichum |
Water Couch |
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Pennisetum macrourum |
Riverbed Grass |
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Pennisetum thunbergii |
Thunberg's Pennisetum |
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Perotis patens |
Cat's Tail |
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Phragmites australis |
Common Reed |
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Pogonarthria squarrosa |
Herringbone Grass |
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Setaria lindenbergiana |
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Setaria megaphylla |
Broad-leaved Bristle Grass |
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Setaria sphacelata var. sericea |
Golden Bristle Grass |
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Setaria sphacelata var. sphacelata |
Common Bristle Grass |
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Setaria sphacelata var. torta |
Creeping Bristle Grass |
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Setaria verticillata |
Bur Bristle Grass |
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Sporobolus africanus |
Ratstail Dropseed |
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Sporobolus pyramidalis |
Catstail Dropseed |
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Themeda triandra |
English |
Red Grass |
Afrikaans |
Rooigras |
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Trachypogon spicatus |
Giant Spear Grass |
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Tragus berteronianus |
English |
Common Carrot-seed Grass |
Afrikaans |
Gewone Wortelsaadgras |
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Tricholaena monachne |
Blue-seed Grass |
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Trichoneura grandiglumis |
Small Rolling Grass |
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Urochloa mosambicensis |
Bushveld Signal Grass |
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Urochloa oligotricha |
Perennial Signal Grass |