Annotated Grasses Checklist - Malolotja Nature Reserve - Eswatini National Trust Commission website

Annotated Grasses Checklist - Malolotja Nature Reserve

Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Weeping love grass
Abundant, particularly on disturbed ground such as along roadsides and on previously cultivated areas, at various altitudes.

Eragrostis gummiflua Nees
Gum grass
Uncommon, recorded from middle Malolotja valley.

Eragrostis hierniana Rendle
(E. uniglumis Hack.)

Uncommon, recorded from middle Malolotja valley.

Eragrostis sp. c.f. micrantha Hack.

Uncommon, one record from middle Malolotja valley, collected by Professor Compton in the Forbes Reef area.

Eragrostis patentissima Hack.

Occasionally found in high altitude grasslands.

Eragrostis plana Nees
Fan love grass
Common in high altitude areas, often on old fields.

Eragrostis racemosa (Thunb.) Steud.
Narrow heart love grass
Freguently found in open grassland, at various altitudes.

Eragrostis sclerantha Nees subsp. sclerantha

Occasionally found in grasslands at high altitudes.

Microchloa caffra Nees
Pincushion grass
Abundant in high altitude grasslands.

Rendlia altera (Rendle) Chiov.
(R. nelsonii (Stapf) Chiov.)
Toothbrush grass
Abundant in high altitude grasslands.

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