Bronberg grasses
The following grasses have been positively identified.
The grasses may be found in the book “Guide to
Grasses of South Africa”by Frits van Oudtshoorn. Many more grasses are
present but not yet identified.
Alternatively click on a link below to go to a photo of a particular grass (we are still gathering photos of grasses in the Conservancy!)
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Alloteropsis semialata subsp. semialata | Black-seed
grass |
| Andropogon eucomus | Snowflake grass |
| Andropogon huillensis | Large silver Andropogon |
| Aristida adscensionis | Annual Three-awn |
| Aristida congesta subsp. congesta | Tassel Three-awn |
| Aristida transvaalensis | Rock Three-awn |
| Bewsia biflora | False Love-grass |
| Cenchrus ciliaris | Blue buffalo grass, Bloubuffelsgras |
| Chloris pycnothrix | Spiderweb grass |
| Chloris virgata | - |
| Ctenium concinnum | Sickle Grass |
| Cymbopogon excavatus | Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass |
| Cymbopogon plurinodes | Narrow-leaved Turpentine Grass |
| Cynodon dactylon | Couch Grass |
| Digitaria brazzae | Brown Finger Grass |
| Digitaria eriantha | Common Finger Grass |
| Digitaria monodactyla | One-finger Grass |
| Diheteropogon amplectens | Broad-leaved Bluestem |
| Eleusine coracana | Goose Grass |
| Elionurus muticus | Wire Grass |
| Eragrostis biflora | Shade Eragrostis |
| Eragrostis capensis | Heart-seed Love Grass |
| Eragrostis gummiflua | Gum Grass |
| Eragrostis cf lehmanniana | Lehmann’s Love Grass |
| Eragrostis racemosa | Narrow Heart Love Grass |
| Eragrostis rigidior | (Broad) Curly Leaf |
| Eragrostis trichophora | Hairy Love Grass |
| Eustachus paspaloides | Brown Rhodes Grass |
| Festuca scabra | Munnik Fescue |
| Harpochloa falx | Caterpillar Grass, Ruspergras |
| Heteropogon contortus | Spear Grass |
| Hyparrhenia hirta | Common thatching grass |
| Hyparrhenia tamba | Blue thatching grass |
| Imperata cylindrica | Cottonwool Grass |
| Loudetia flavida | Pointed Russet Grass |
| Loudetia simplex | Common Russet Grass |
| Melinis nerviglumis | Bristle-leaved Red Top |
| Melinis repens subsp. repens | Natal Red Top |
| Monocymbium ceresiiforme | Boat Grass |
| Panicum maximum | Guinea Grass |
| Panicum natalense | Natal Panicum |
| Paspalum dilatatum | Dallis grass |
| Paspalum scrobiculatum | Veld Paspalum |
| Perotis patens | Cat’s tail, bottle-brush grass |
| Pogonarthria squarrosa | Herringbone Grass |
| Schizachyrium sanguineum | Red Autumn Grass |
| Setaria lindenbergiana | Mountain Bristle Grass |
| Setaria pallide-fusca | Garden Bristle Grass |
| Setaria sphacelata var sphacelata | Common Bristle Grass |
| Setaria sphacelata var sericea | Golden Bristle Grass |
| Setaria verticillata | Bur Bristle Grass |
| Sporobolus africanus | Ratstail Dropseed |
| Sporobolus cf fimbriatus | Dropseed Grass |
| Themeda triandra | Red Grass |
| Trachypogon spicatus | Giant Spear Grass |
| Tragus berteronianus | Carrot-seed Grass |
| Triraphis andropogonoides | Broom Needle Grass |
| Tristachya biseriata | - |
| Tristachya leucothrix | Hairy Trident Grass |
| Tristachya rehmannii | Broom Trident Grass |
| Urelytrum agropyroides | Quinine Grass |
| Urochloa mosambicensis | Bushveld Signal Grass |
