LAPALALA WILDERNESS: GRASSES SPECIES LIST Common name Scientific name Stab grass Andropogon schirensis Aristida aequiglumis Aristida argentea Spreading Three-awn Aristida congesta subsp.barbicollis Tassel Three-awn Aristida congesta subsp. Congesta Ngongoni Three-awn Aristida junciformis subsp. Junciformis Giant Three-awn Aristida merdionalis Long-awned Three-awn Aristida stipitata subsp. graciliflora Rock Three-awns Aristida transvaalensis False Love Grass Bewsia biflora Pinhole Grass Bothriochloa insculpta Black-footed Signal Grass Brachiaria nigropedata Velvet Signal Grass Brachiaria serrata Blue Buffalo Grass Cenchrus ciliaris Spiderweb Grass Chloris pycnothrix Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass Cymbopogon excavatus Cymbopogon marginatus Narrow-leaved Turpentine Grass Cymbopogon plurinodis Couch Grass Cynodon dactylon Finger Grass Digitaria eriantha Broad-leaved Bluestem Diheteropogon amplectens Wire Grass Elionurus muticus 1 Nine-awned Grass Enneapogon cenchroides Bottlebrush Grass Enneapogon scoparius Needle Grass Enteropogon macrosatchyus Heart-seed Love Grass Eragrostis capensis Curly Leaf Eragrostis chloromelas Weeping Love Grass Eragrostis curvula Gum Grass Eragrostis gummiflua Lehmann’s Love Grass Eragrostis lehmannia Tough Love Grass Eragrostis plana Narrow Heart Love Grass Eragrostis racemosa Broad-leaved Curly Leaf Eragrostis rigidior Sawtooth Love Grass Eragrostis superba Hairy Love Grass Eragrostis trichophora Fan Grass Eustachys pasapaloides Spear Grass Heteropogon contortus Yellow Thatching Grass Hyparrhenia dissolua Common Russet Grass Loudetia simplex Bristle-leaved Red Top Melinis nerviglume (Rhynchelytrum) Natal Red Top Melinis repens (Rhynchelytrum) Broad-leaved Panicum Panicum deustum Guinea Grass Panicum maximum Common Paspalum Paspalum dilatatum Cat’s Tail Perotis patens Herringbone Grass Pogonarthria squarrosa Silky Autumn Grass Schizachyrium jeffreysii 2 Red Autumn Grass Schizachyrium sanguineum Sand Quick Schmidtia pappophoroides Vlei Bristle Grass Setaria incrassata Broad-leaved Bristle Grass Setaria megaphylla Garden Bristle Grass Setaria megaphylla Common Bristle Grass Setaria sphacelata var. sphacelata Ratstail Sporobolus africanus Bushveld Dropseed Sporobolus fimbriatus Fringed Dropseed Sporobolus pectinatus Red Grass Themeda triandra Giant Spear Grass Trachypogon spicatus Bushveld Signal Grass Urochloa mosambicensis References used: Old Lapalala list – further checks and ID’s to be done with Roger and other conservation staff, to expand and update the list. 3 .