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Scientific Name | Festuca caprina Nees |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Festuca caprina Nees var. curvula Lehm., Festuca caprina Nees var. irrasa Stapf, Festuca caprina Nees var. macra Stapf, Festuca nubigena Jungh., Festuca nubigena Jungh. subsp. caprina (Nees) St.-Yves |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/01/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. Fish, J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread along the Drakensberg Escarpment of South Africa and extending further north to Zambia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Montane grassland, often in wetlands or in valleys near streams. |
Population |
A common to locally dominant species (Gibbs Russell et al. 1990).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Festuca caprina Nees var. caprina | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Festuca caprina Nees var. curvula Lehm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Gibbs Russell, G.E., Watson, L., Koekemoer, M., Smook, L., Barker, N.P., Anderson, H.M. and Dallwitz, M.J. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 58:1-437. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Launert, E. 1971. Gramineae. In: A. Fernandes, E. Launert and H. Wild (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 10 (Part 1):11-152. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Linder, H.P. 1986. POACEAE Diverse notes on Southern African Pooids. Bothalia 16(1):59-61.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Fish, L., Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2012. Festuca caprina Nees. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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