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