Table 1 Relative densities (%) of grass species at various piospheric distances

Aristida adoensis

1.3

5.8

0.5

1.9

0.9

NP

0.9

4

1

4.1

Bothriochloa insculpta

11.5

6.6

3.6

4.8

5.5

4.4

5

2

7.6

6.9

Brachiaria lacnatha

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

1.3

NP

NP

NP

1.4

Chloris pycnothrix

7.1

3.9

2.1

0.9

2.3

4.4

NP

2.8

1

NP

Cymbopogon excavatus

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

3.9

0.9

3.2

1

3.4

Cymbopogon vallidus

1.7

0.9

2.6

1.9

2.7

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

Cynodon dactylon

11.1

6.2

2.6

3.9

2.7

10.1

5.4

3.6

2.1

NP

Digitaria macroblephara

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

1.8

8

NP

NP

Digitaria milanjiana

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

1.6

1.5

NP

Digitaria scalarum

2.6

1.3

19.3

21.3

0.9

7.9

10

NP

14.2

NP

Eragrostis tenuifolia

16.4

13.3

11.5

9.7

7.4

9.3

7.7

NP

3.6

2

Eriochloa fatmensis

0.8

NP

NP

NP

NP

7.7

6.3

11.2

NP

1.4

Hyparrhenia hirta

2.6

1.7

1.6

5.8

1.8

2.2

0.5

NP

1.1

2.7

Hyperrhenia lintonii

2.2

NP

2.1

3.8

0.5

1.3

3.6

29.7

3.6

9.6

Michrocloa kunthii

NP

0.8

1

NP

0.5

NP

0.5

NP

5.6

NP

Pennisetum mezianum

1.3

NP

NP

0.97

NP

NP

1.8

NP

NP

NP

Setaria holstii

25.7

24.3

26

21.3

37.7

13.6

17.2

NP

18.8

32.9

Setaria sphacelata

NP

NP

4.7

1.93

NP

1.3

3.6

29.7

3.6

9.6

Setaria verticillata

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

8.4

NP

NP

NP

NP

Sporobolus discosporus

NP

NP

NP

NP

NP

1.3

0.5

NP

NP

NP

Sporobolus pyramidalis

NP

1.9

3.6

1.93

5.6

NP

NP

NP

0.5

NP

Themeda triandra

15.1

29.2

18.7

19.3

30.2

23.4

36.2

29.7

38.1

34.3