Rhodes Grass

Chloris gayana

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Supports grazers/browsers Useful Sun Semi-shade Annual Perennial
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:32 a.m.	Supports birds Easy to grow Useful Sun Grass Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Greg Tasney source
• (c) naived, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Harry Rose, some rights reserved (CC BY) source
• (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Arthur Chapman source
• (c) Luis Vigosa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Luis Vigosa source
• (c) יאיר אור, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by יאיר אור source