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Non-native plants of the British Indian Ocean Territory

This is a guide to the non-native plant species of the British Indian Ocean Territory that are found outside of ornamental plantings.
This list is based on work from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and SWCA Hawai'i as part of the creation of a plant ...more ↓

Bulbostylis thouarsii
Aromatic Kyllinga 1
Cyperus aromaticus
Poorland Flatsedge 2
Cyperus compressus
Variable Flatsedge 3
Cyperus difformis
tall flatsedge 4
Cyperus eragrostis
Rice flat-sedge 5
Cyperus iria
Swamp Flatsedge 6
Cyperus ligularis
whitehead spikesedge 7
Cyperus mindorensis
Bunchy flat-sedge 8
Cyperus polystachyos
Cyperus richardii 9
Roadside Flatsedge 10
Cyperus sphacelatus
tropical flatsedge 11
Cyperus surinamensis
golden bamboo 12
Bambusa vulgaris
Jamaican crabgrass 13
Digitaria horizontalis
False Couch Finger Grass 14
Digitaria longiflora
East Indian crabgrass 15
Digitaria setigera
Southern Sandbur 16
Cenchrus echinatus
feathery pennisetum 5
Cenchrus polystachios
green summer grass 17
Urochloa distachya
guinea grass 5
Megathyrsus maximus
Cup Grass 18
Eriochloa procera
Natal grass 19
Melinis repens
beardgrass 20
Schizachyrium condensatum
Barbas de Indio 21
Andropogon bicornis
maritime bluestem 22
Andropogon tenuispatheus
Kleberg's bluestem 5
Dichanthium annulatum
Australian Bluestem 5
Bothriochloa bladhii
Johnson grass 23
Sorghum halepense
Maize 24
Zea mays
Paspalum nutans 25
seashore paspalum 26
Paspalum vaginatum
Perennial Ryegrass 27
Lolium perenne
smut grass 5
Sporobolus indicus
Giant Ratstail Grass 28
Sporobolus pyramidalis
Thalia Lovegrass 2
Eragrostis atrovirens
Close-headed Love-grass 29
Eragrostis elongata
Feather Lovegrass (Japanese Lovergrass) 30
Eragrostis tenella
mexican sprangletop 26
Diplachne fusca uninervia
Pinewoods Fingergrass 26
Eustachys petraea
Bermuda grass 31
Cynodon dactylon
Finger Grass 32
Chloris barbata
Goose Grass 5
Eleusine indica
southern cattail 33
Typha domingensis
Flat-leaved Vanilla 34
Vanilla planifolia
Spider plant 35
Chlorophytum comosum
Crinum latifolium 36
Cuban zephyrlily 37
Zephyranthes rosea
Silver Queen 38
Aglaonema commutatum
giant taro 39
Alocasia macrorrhizos
lesser duckweed 40
Lemna aequinoctialis
beehive ginger 41
Zingiber spectabile
Hyphaene 42
tropical spiderwort 43
Commelina benghalensis

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