Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

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Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
Buffelgrass
Cenchrus ciliaris
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • green
  • purple
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Napier Millet
Cenchrus geniculatus
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Near water
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
Rhodes Grass
Chloris gayana
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • green
  • yellow
Feb Dec
Annual Perennial Grass
Spider Web Chloris
Chloris pycnothrix
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Sun Semi-shade
  • green
  • yellow
Annual Grass
Feather Finger Grass
Chloris virgata
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Near water
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • green
  • red
  • yellow
Feb Dec
Annual Perennial Grass
Narrowleaf Turpentine Grass
Cymbopogon pospischilii
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
Bermuda grass
Cynodon dactylon
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Attractive
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: disturbed Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Ground cover Perennial Grass
Broad-Leaved Blue Stem
Diheteropogon amplectens
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis capensis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • green
  • purple
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
African love grass
Eragrostis curvula
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Pioneer species
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
Narrow Heart Love Grass
Eragrostis racemosa
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
Caterpillar Grass
Harpochloa falx
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Useful Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
  • green
  • yellow
Jan Feb Mar Apr Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Tanglehead
Heteropogon contortus
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Easy to grow
Useful Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • white
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Dec
Perennial Grass
Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Useful
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • white
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Marsilea macrocarpa
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Edible
In water
Shade
Fern Forb
Melinis repens grandiflora
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species Sub-climax species
  • green
  • yellow
Annual Perennial Grass
Natal grass
Melinis repens repens
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds Supports bees
Medicinal Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species Sub-climax species
Soil: disturbed
  • green
  • red
  • yellow
Jan Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
Annual Perennial Grass
Crimson Bluestem
Schizachyrium sanguineum
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Useful
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
Vlei bristle grass
Setaria nigrirostris
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
Setaria pumila pallidefusca
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
  • green
  • yellow
Annual Grass
Golden Bristle Grass
Setaria sphacelata sericea
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Near water
Sun Semi-shade
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
African bristlegrass
Setaria sphacelata sphacelata
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
Hooked Bristle Grass
Setaria verticillata
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Useful
Shade Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
  • green
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Dec
Annual Grass
Kangaroo Grass
Themeda triandra
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful Attractive
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • green
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Hairy Trident Grass
Tristachya leucothrix
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
  • green
  • yellow
Grass

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