| Scientific Name | Eragrostis sclerantha Nees subsp. sclerantha | Higher Classification | Monocotyledons | Family | POACEAE | Common Names | Kanariegras (a) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/02/18 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | This taxon is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | It is widespread across the Highveld of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, with a few scattered records from the KwaZulu-Natal coast. It also occurs in Zimbabwe and Angola. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Rand Highveld Grassland, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Eastern Highveld Grassland, Marikana Thornveld, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, East Griqualand Grassland, Thukela Thornveld, Tsakane Clay Grassland, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland, Egoli Granite Grassland, Central Free State Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Income Sandy Grassland, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Klerksdorp Thornveld, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Barberton Montane Grassland, Lydenburg Thornveld, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Ithala Quartzite Sourveld, Mabela Sandy Grassland, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos, Frankfort Highveld Grassland, Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Loskop Thornveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Strydpoort Summit Sourveld, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld | Description | It occurs in sandy soils among quartzitic outcrops in montane and coastal grasslands. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Eragrostis sclerantha Nees subsp. sclerantha | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Cope, T. 1999. Gramineae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 10 (Part 2):1-253. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Fish, L., Mashau, A.C., Moeaha, M.J. and Nembudani, M.T. 2015. Identification guide to southern African grasses. Strelitzia 36. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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 | | von Staden, L. 2020. Eragrostis sclerantha Nees subsp. sclerantha. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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