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

Annotated Grasses Checklist - Malolotja Nature Reserve

Heteropogon contortus (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Speargrasstanglehead
Occasionally found in grassland at all altitudes.

Diheteropogon amplectens (Nees) Clayton
(Andropogon amplectens Nees)
Broad-leaved bluestem
Frequent in high altitude sourveld grassland.

Diheteropogon filifolius (Nees) Clayton
(Andropogon filifolius (Nees) Clayton)
Thread-leaved andropogon
Abundant in sourveld grassland at high altitudes.

Themeda triandra Forssk.
Redgrass Siswati: Insinde
Common in grasslands at all altitudes.

Digitaria diagonalis (Nees) Stapf var. diagonalis
(D. trichopodia Stent)
(D. uniglumis (A. Rich.) Stapf)
Brown seed finger grass Siswati: Lugoba
Fairly common in .high altitude grassland areas.

Digitaria flaccida Stapf
Lugobaflaccid finger grass
Occasionally found in high altitude sourveld grassland.

Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers.

Uncommon, one record from Mgwayisa hills, at high altitude.

Digitaria maitlandii Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
(D. apiculata Stent)
Siswati: Lugoba
Common in high altitude grasslands.

Digitaria monodactyla (Nees) Stapf
(D. monodactyla var. explicata Stapf)
One finger grass
Uncommon component of high altitude grasslands.

Digitaria setifolia Stapf
Fine leaved finger grass
Occasionally found in high altitude sourveld grassland.

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