Grass Species of Rajaji National Park
Bothriochloa pertusa (Indian-Bluegrass) This grass is used as a lawn, as it can form a dense mat. It is occasionally seeded in landscaping projects, along roadsides and in degraded fields, for example. It is planted for erosion control and mine reclamation. It has been used in no-till systems, in which it is grown in a …
Arundo donax (Baru) Arundo donax grows in damp soils, either fresh or moderately saline. It has been widely planted and naturalised in the mild temperate, subtropical and tropical regions. Arundo donax generally grows to 6 metres (20 ft) in height.
Arundinella pumila (Dwarf Reedgrass) It is commonly seen on roadsides and wasteland in the month of October. Leaves are flaccid, lance shaped. They can be 2-4 inches long or up to 14 inches long. Flowers are borne in wide open panicles, 2-10 inches. Whole plant eaten by animal.
Arundinella nepalensis (Tut nal) Arundinella nepalensis is an evergreen, clump-forming grass with short, scaly rhizomes; it produces slender to stout, erect culms usually 90 – 200 cm tall, occasionally to 300cm. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a thatch.
Arundinella bengalensis (Tut nal) This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Arundinella. The grass grown condition in forested areas. Leaves is eaten by the concerned animals.
Arthraxon lancifolius (carpetgrass) Culms procumbent; lower nodes rooting, nodes hairy. Leaves to 1.5 x 0.5 cm, ovate, acute, margins minutely serrulate, glabrous, base rounded with few long hairs. Edaphic conditions the grass grown in walls, rocks. Whole parts of plant eaten by concerned animals.
Aristida adscensionis (Teen Kanta) Aristida adscensionis is a species of grass. It grows easily in disturbed and waste areas and has potential to become a weed. This annual bunchgrass is quite variable in appearance, its size and shape determined largely by environmental conditions. It grows in a tuft to heights between 5 and 80 centimeters. …
Narenga phphyrocoma (Narenga) Culm solid, about 1 cm in diameter, tall reed, up to 2 m tall. Blade about 12 mm wide; ligule tongue-shaped, about 4 mm long, ciliate. Inflorescence an oblong panicle, up to 20 cm long, margins membranous and folded.
Apluda mutica (Tachula) Mauritian Grass is a rambling perennial grass, with culms up to about 3 m long, This is considered to be a fairly good fodder grass and is readily eaten by cattle when young. It is very common in the plains and at low elevation in the Himalayas. In hedges and bushy places …
Alloteropsis ciimicina (Summer Grass) It is an annual grass with tufted and slender culms, about 2 ft. tall. Leaves are ovate-lanceshaped, broadly cordate at the base. Awn small stout from the top of spikelet. The grass grown conditions in Dry slopes. Leaves, grains eaten by birds and rodents are the parts that is eaten by …