Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

A quick guide to aliens recorded as naturalized on the Cape Peninsula

As guides can only do 500 species the list stops in "Solanum" and 80 species are omitted (this is our short list: there are over 800 species known at present).

All 500

Acroceras macrum

pacific bent grass ¹
Agrostis avenacea

Aira cupaniana

Marram Grass ²
Ammophila arenaria

sweet vernal grass ³
Anthoxanthum odoratum

tall oat grass ⁴
Arrhenatherum elatius

giant reed ⁵
Arundo donax

slender wild oat ⁶
Avena barbata

wild oat ⁷
Avena fatua

Oat ⁸
Avena sativa

Winter Wild-oat
Avena sterilis ludoviciana

Animated Oat
Avena sterilis sterilis

Bambusa balcooa

purple false-brome ⁹
Brachypodium distachyon

Greater Quaking Grass ¹⁰
Briza maxima

Little quaking-grass ¹¹
Briza minor

Rescue Brome ³
Bromus catharticus

great brome ¹²
Bromus diandrus

soft brome
Bromus hordeaceus molliformis

Fern-grass
Catapodium rigidum

Coast Sandbur ¹³
Cenchrus incertus

Rhodes Grass ⁵
Chloris gayana

Purple Pampas Grass ¹⁴
Cortaderia jubata

Pampas Grass ¹⁵
Cortaderia selloana

bristly dogtail grass ⁵
Cynosurus echinatus

yellow nutsedge ¹⁶
Cyperus esculentus

Cyperus rotundus rotundus ¹⁷

cock's-foot ¹⁸
Dactylis glomerata

Digitaria diversinervis

Digitaria eriantha ¹⁹

Hairy Crabgrass ²⁰
Digitaria sanguinalis

barnyardgrass ²¹
Echinochloa crus-galli

antelope-grass ²²
Echinochloa pyramidalis

nit grass
Gastridium phleoides

thintail grass ²³
Hainardia cylindrica

Yorkshire fog ²⁴
Holcus lanatus

wall barley (ssp. murinum)
Hordeum murinum murinum

Barley ²⁵
Hordeum vulgare

thatching grass ²⁶
Hyparrhenia hirta

Cogon Grass ²⁷
Imperata cylindrica

dwarf rush ²⁸
Juncus capitatus

Juncus imbricatus

Hare's Tail Grass ²⁹
Lagurus ovatus

goldentop grass ³⁰
Lamarckia aurea

Italian Ryegrass ⁵
Lolium multiflorum

Perennial Ryegrass ⁹
Lolium perenne

Mediterraean Rye-grass ⁵
Lolium rigidum

Darnel
Lolium temulentum

Nassella Tussock ³¹
Nassella trichotoma

Guineagrass ³²
Panicum maximum

Torpedo grass ³³
Panicum repens

Panicum subalbidum

Dallis grass ³⁴
Paspalum dilatatum

knot grass ⁵
Paspalum distichum

Bahia grass ³⁵
Paspalum notatum

Vasey Grass ³⁶
Paspalum urvillei

kikuyu grass ³⁷
Pennisetum clandestinum

elephant grass ³³
Pennisetum purpureum

fountain grass ³⁸
Pennisetum setaceum

Periballia minuta

Timothy Canarygrass
Phalaris angusta

harding grass ³⁹
Phalaris aquatica

canary grass ¹²
Phalaris canariensis

Lesser Canary Grass ¹²
Phalaris minor

Annual Meadow-grass ⁴⁰
Poa annua

Smooth Meadow-grass ¹²
Poa pratensis

rabbitfoot grass ⁴¹
Polypogon monspeliensis

water beard grass ⁴²
Polypogon viridis

Borrer's Saltmarsh-grass ⁴³
Puccinellia fasciculata

Triangular Club-rush
Schoenoplectus triqueter

rye ¹²
Secale cereale

Knot Root Bristle Grass ⁴⁴
Setaria geniculata

Setaria sphacelata sphacelata

hooked bristle grass ⁴⁵
Setaria verticillata

Green Bristle Grass ⁴⁶
Setaria viridis

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Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

pacific bent grass 1 Agrostis avenacea

Marram Grass 2 Ammophila arenaria

sweet vernal grass 3 Anthoxanthum odoratum

tall oat grass 4 Arrhenatherum elatius

giant reed 5 Arundo donax

slender wild oat 6 Avena barbata

wild oat 7 Avena fatua

Oat 8 Avena sativa

Winter Wild-oat Avena sterilis ludoviciana

Animated Oat Avena sterilis sterilis

purple false-brome 9 Brachypodium distachyon

Greater Quaking Grass 10 Briza maxima

Little quaking-grass 11 Briza minor

Rescue Brome 3 Bromus catharticus

great brome 12 Bromus diandrus

soft brome Bromus hordeaceus molliformis

Fern-grass Catapodium rigidum

Coast Sandbur 13 Cenchrus incertus

Rhodes Grass 5 Chloris gayana

Purple Pampas Grass 14 Cortaderia jubata

Pampas Grass 15 Cortaderia selloana

bristly dogtail grass 5 Cynosurus echinatus

yellow nutsedge 16 Cyperus esculentus

cock's-foot 18 Dactylis glomerata

Hairy Crabgrass 20 Digitaria sanguinalis

barnyardgrass 21 Echinochloa crus-galli

antelope-grass 22 Echinochloa pyramidalis

nit grass Gastridium phleoides

thintail grass 23 Hainardia cylindrica

Yorkshire fog 24 Holcus lanatus

wall barley (ssp. murinum) Hordeum murinum murinum

Barley 25 Hordeum vulgare

thatching grass 26 Hyparrhenia hirta

Cogon Grass 27 Imperata cylindrica

dwarf rush 28 Juncus capitatus

Hare's Tail Grass 29 Lagurus ovatus

goldentop grass 30 Lamarckia aurea

Italian Ryegrass 5 Lolium multiflorum

Perennial Ryegrass 9 Lolium perenne

Mediterraean Rye-grass 5 Lolium rigidum

Darnel Lolium temulentum

Nassella Tussock 31 Nassella trichotoma

Guineagrass 32 Panicum maximum

Torpedo grass 33 Panicum repens

Dallis grass 34 Paspalum dilatatum

knot grass 5 Paspalum distichum

Bahia grass 35 Paspalum notatum

Vasey Grass 36 Paspalum urvillei

kikuyu grass 37 Pennisetum clandestinum

elephant grass 33 Pennisetum purpureum

fountain grass 38 Pennisetum setaceum

Timothy Canarygrass Phalaris angusta

harding grass 39 Phalaris aquatica

canary grass 12 Phalaris canariensis

Lesser Canary Grass 12 Phalaris minor

Annual Meadow-grass 40 Poa annua

Smooth Meadow-grass 12 Poa pratensis

rabbitfoot grass 41 Polypogon monspeliensis

water beard grass 42 Polypogon viridis

Borrer's Saltmarsh-grass 43 Puccinellia fasciculata

Triangular Club-rush Schoenoplectus triqueter

rye 12 Secale cereale

Knot Root Bristle Grass 44 Setaria geniculata

hooked bristle grass 45 Setaria verticillata

Green Bristle Grass 46 Setaria viridis