Grass Species of Rajaji National Park
Dogotaroa setogera (Crab Grass) culms 20-80 cm high, geniculately ascending from a decumbent base. Leaf-blades broadly linear to lanceolate, 3-25 cm long, 3-12 mm wide. The nerves evenly spaced or with a wide central interspace, appressedly or silky pubescent, rarely with a ciliate frill, very rarely with stiff bristles; fruit lanceolate, grey to yellowish-brown.
Digiratia ciliaris (Crabgrass) Digitaria ciliaris is a species of grass known by the common names southern crabgrass, tropical finger-grass, tropical crabgrass or summer grass. Crabgrass is a tufted or creeping annual grass. Stems are rising, 20-100 cm long, base prostrate, rooting at the lower nodes. This grass is as annual that can grow up to …
Digitaria abludens (Summer Grass) Digitaria is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions. Annual; culms 15-90 cm high, erect or geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades 5-15 cm long, 2-5 mm wide. The grass grown in Forest floor. Whole plant eaten by concerned animal.
Dichanthium annulatum (Sheda Grass) Sheda Grass is a perennial grass, up to about 25 cm tall. Distinguishing feature is that ligule is a membrane about 1 mm high. Inflorescence branches. Spikelet’s paired, sessile spikelet is fertile. This is a popular pasture grass in many areas. It can be used in fields for grazing livestock, and …
Desmostachya bipinnata (Daab) Daabh is a harsh rihozomous perennial grass. Culms are stout, up to 1.2 m high. Leaf-blades are up to 65 cm long, 3.8-10.5 mm wide when unrolled. Lemmas are straw-coloured or suffused with purple, 1.8-2.7 mm long. Flowering: July-November.
Dendrocalamus strictus (Lathi Bans) Dendrocalamus strictus is a bamboo species belonging to the Dendrocalamus genus. The culms (stems) are often solid. It is a tall, dull long green-colored bamboo species, which grows in thickets consisting of a large number of heavily branched, closely growing culms. It reaches a height of 6–18 m.
Dactyloctenuum aegyptium Dactyloctenium aegyptium, or Egyptian crowfoot grass is a member of the family Poaceae native in Africa. The plant mostly grows in heavy soils at damp sites. This grass creeps and has a straight shoot which are usually about 30 centimeters tall.
Cytococcum pantens Culms hollow, creeping, smooth and glabrous, upper part of Culm more erect to 15-60cm tall, rooting at the nodes. Leaf sheaths loosely pilose, with tubercle-based hairs.
Cyrtococcum accrescens Culms hollow, creeping, upper part of culms more erect to 15-45 cm long and 7-9 -noded and rooting from the lower nodes. Glumes similar but shorter than the spikelet, thinner than the fertile lemma. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume, obovate, 1.5-1.7 mm long; equal the spikelet, membranous and pilose. …
Cynodon arcuatus (Dog’s Tooth grass) Cynodon arcuatus is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is native to warm temperate to tropical regions, It is also noted for its common use on the surface of greens on golf courses, as well as football and baseball playing fields. and its species are commonly known …