Species Stipagrostis amabilis (Schweick.) De Winter (Dune reed)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Liliopsida
  • --- order: Poales
  • ---- family: Poaceae
  • ----- species: Stipagrostis amabilis
Characteristics:perennial large shrub-like grass, up to 2 m tall, colonizer of unstable dune tops, expanded rootstock system, tufted growth
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van der Walt and le Riche 1999: 91
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