Grass Species

Grass Species of Rajaji National Park

Polypogon monspeliensis

Polypogon monspeliensis (Rabbitsfoot Grass) Polypogon monspeliensis, commonly known as annual beard-grass or annual rabbitsfoot grass, is a species of grass. It is an annual grass growing to heights between 5 centimeters and one meter. The soft, fluffy inflorescence is a dense, greenish, plumelike panicle, sometimes divided into lobes. The spikelets have long, thin, whitish awns, …

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Phragmites karka

Phragmites karka (Narkul) Narkul grown in swampy river sides.Tall Reed is a perennial reed, with creeping rhizomes. Culms are erect, up to 10 m tall. Leaf-blades are 30-80 cm long and 1.2-4 cm wide, hairless, rough to touch beneath, the tips flat and stiff. Rhachilla, long, silky hairy above the lowest lemma. Flowering: April-November

Perotis hordeiformis

Perotis hordeiformis The grass grown in Sandy areas. Inflorescence composed of racemes. Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Glumes similar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma.

Paspalidium flavidum

Paspalidium flavidum (Yellow Watercrown Grass) Yellow Watercrown Grass is a perennial grass, characterized by by spikes separated by 2-4 times their length, and spikelets spherical. Stems (culms) are tufted, slightly compressed, 1-3 ft tall from a prostrate base. Flowering: July-October.

Oplismenus composites

Oplismenus composites Annuals grass. Culms 25-80 cm long, trailing, creeping and rooting at the lower nodes; nodes softly hairy. Leaves 1.5-7 x 0.8 – 2 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, base oblique. Lower glume 2-3 x 1 mm. Upper glume 2-3 x 1 mm, ovate-elliptic, Lower floret barren. Upper floret bisexual.

Oplismenus burmanii

Oplismenus burmanii Oplismenus burmannii is a flowering plant that can be found in Florida and on Hawaii, but is native to Zimbabwe. The plant’s leaves are 5 centimetres long and 1.5 centimetres wide and are undulate as well. Its glumes are of pinkish-red colour and are much longer than the spikelet.

Neyraudia arundinacea

Neyraudia arundinacea (Khail) Perennial with short scaly rhizomes. Culms 2–4 m. high and up to 1 cm. in diameter, almost woody. Leaf-blades up to 60 cm. long and 10 mm. broad, mostly rolled, scabrid, the tip filiform. Panicle lanceolate, 30–80 cm. long and 8–12 cm. broad, dense, light brown.

Imperata cylindrica

Imperata cylindrica (Panni) Imperata cylindrica (commonly known as cogongrass  or kunai It has also been introduced to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southeastern United States. It is a highly flammable fire-adapted species, and can spread rapidly by colonizing disturbed areas and encouraging more frequent wildfires.