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

cock's-foot ¹⁶
Dactylis glomerata

Digitaria diversinervis

Digitaria eriantha ¹⁷

Hairy Crabgrass ¹⁸
Digitaria sanguinalis

barnyardgrass ¹⁹
Echinochloa crus-galli

antelope-grass ²⁰
Echinochloa pyramidalis

nit grass
Gastridium phleoides

thintail grass ²¹
Hainardia cylindrica

Yorkshire fog ²²
Holcus lanatus

wall barley (ssp. murinum)
Hordeum murinum murinum

Barley ²³
Hordeum vulgare

thatching grass ²⁴
Hyparrhenia hirta

Cogon Grass ²⁵
Imperata cylindrica

Hare's Tail Grass ²⁶
Lagurus ovatus

goldentop grass ²⁷
Lamarckia aurea

Italian Ryegrass ⁵
Lolium multiflorum

Perennial Ryegrass ⁹
Lolium perenne

Mediterraean Rye-grass ⁵
Lolium rigidum

Darnel
Lolium temulentum

Nassella Tussock ²⁸
Nassella trichotoma

Guineagrass ²⁹
Panicum maximum

Torpedo grass ³⁰
Panicum repens

Panicum subalbidum

Dallis grass ³¹
Paspalum dilatatum

knot grass ⁵
Paspalum distichum

Bahia grass ³²
Paspalum notatum

Vasey Grass ³³
Paspalum urvillei

kikuyu grass ³⁴
Pennisetum clandestinum

elephant grass ³⁰
Pennisetum purpureum

fountain grass ³⁵
Pennisetum setaceum

Periballia minuta

Timothy Canarygrass
Phalaris angusta

harding grass ³⁶
Phalaris aquatica

canary grass ¹²
Phalaris canariensis

Lesser Canary Grass ¹²
Phalaris minor

Annual Meadow-grass ³⁷
Poa annua

Smooth Meadow-grass ¹²
Poa pratensis

rabbitfoot grass ³⁸
Polypogon monspeliensis

water beard grass ³⁹
Polypogon viridis

Borrer's Saltmarsh-grass ⁴⁰
Puccinellia fasciculata

rye ¹²
Secale cereale

Knot Root Bristle Grass ⁴¹
Setaria geniculata

Setaria sphacelata sphacelata

hooked bristle grass ⁴²
Setaria verticillata

Green Bristle Grass ⁴³
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

cock's-foot 16 Dactylis glomerata

Hairy Crabgrass 18 Digitaria sanguinalis

barnyardgrass 19 Echinochloa crus-galli

antelope-grass 20 Echinochloa pyramidalis

nit grass Gastridium phleoides

thintail grass 21 Hainardia cylindrica

Yorkshire fog 22 Holcus lanatus

wall barley (ssp. murinum) Hordeum murinum murinum

Barley 23 Hordeum vulgare

thatching grass 24 Hyparrhenia hirta

Cogon Grass 25 Imperata cylindrica

Hare's Tail Grass 26 Lagurus ovatus

goldentop grass 27 Lamarckia aurea

Italian Ryegrass 5 Lolium multiflorum

Perennial Ryegrass 9 Lolium perenne

Mediterraean Rye-grass 5 Lolium rigidum

Darnel Lolium temulentum

Nassella Tussock 28 Nassella trichotoma

Guineagrass 29 Panicum maximum

Torpedo grass 30 Panicum repens

Dallis grass 31 Paspalum dilatatum

knot grass 5 Paspalum distichum

Bahia grass 32 Paspalum notatum

Vasey Grass 33 Paspalum urvillei

kikuyu grass 34 Pennisetum clandestinum

elephant grass 30 Pennisetum purpureum

fountain grass 35 Pennisetum setaceum

Timothy Canarygrass Phalaris angusta

harding grass 36 Phalaris aquatica

canary grass 12 Phalaris canariensis

Lesser Canary Grass 12 Phalaris minor

Annual Meadow-grass 37 Poa annua

Smooth Meadow-grass 12 Poa pratensis

rabbitfoot grass 38 Polypogon monspeliensis

water beard grass 39 Polypogon viridis

Borrer's Saltmarsh-grass 40 Puccinellia fasciculata

rye 12 Secale cereale

Knot Root Bristle Grass 41 Setaria geniculata

hooked bristle grass 42 Setaria verticillata

Green Bristle Grass 43 Setaria viridis