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Digitaria eriantha Steud.

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Common names: common finger grass, digit grass, giant pangola grass, Pongola finger grass, Smuts finger grass; woolly finger grass (Eng.); kortbeenhoenderspoor, kruisgras, Smutsvingergras, wolvingergras, (Afr.); isikonko (isiZulu); mangole maseka (Setswana); mmoyane, moeane ( Sesotho).

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Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

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Common names: rat’s tail dropseed, rat’s tail grass, rush grass, tough dropseed (Eng.); fynsaadgras, saadgras, taaipol, vleigras, rotstert, taaipolfynsaadgras (Afri.); matshiki (isiZulu)

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Bergbambos tessellata (Nees) Stapleton (= Thamnocalamus tessellatus (Nees) Soderstr. & R.P.Ellis)

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Common names: Drakensberg bamboo, wild bamboo, African bamboo, southern mountain bamboo (Eng.); bergbamboes (Afr.); uduli, uqalo (Xho.)

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Melinis repens (Wild.) Zizka subsp. repens

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Common names: Natal red top (Eng.); bergrooigras (Afr.)

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Setaria verticillata (L.) P.Beauv.

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Common names: bristly foxtail grass, bur bristlegrass, cat’s tails, klits setaria, love grass (Eng.); kat(te)stert(gras), klawergras, kleefgras, klitsgras, steekgras (Afr.); isinama (isiNdebele); isinama (isiZulu) ; isitshube, bohome-ba-lipoli, moghouma, moxoma (Sesotho)

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Heteropogon contortus (L.) Roem. & Schult.

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Common names: tanglehead, spear grass (Eng.); pylgras, assegaaigras (Afr.); isitupe (IsiZulu); makurwane (Setswana); selokana, seloka (Sesotho)

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Cymbopogon caesius (Hook. & Arn.) Stapf

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Common names: common turpentine grass, broad-leaved turpentine grass (Eng.); lemoengras, buchugras (Afr.); iMbanjana (Ndebele); muWaa (Kalanga); Moshanyna-oa-marallaneng (SeSotho); imBubu, imBanjane (isiZulu).

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Phragmites australis (Cav.) Steud.

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Common names: commom reed; fluitjiesriet (Afr.); lehlaka (SeSotho.); umHlanga (isiZulu.); lutanga (Tshivenda.)

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Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy

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Common names: bushveld signal grass, white buffalo grass, herringbone grass (Eng.); bosveldbeesgras, witbuffelsgras (Afr.)

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Tricholaena monachne (Trin.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

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Common names: blue seed grass (Eng.); blousaadgras (Afr.)

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