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Species | Family | Ecological status | Life form†| Cleared | Uncleared |
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Grasses | |||||
 Aristida bipartita (Nees.) Trin & Rupr. | Poaceae | Increaser II | P | 7.3 | 4.5 |
 Aristida congesta subsp. barbicollis Roen. & Schult. | Poaceae | Increaser II | WP | 2.2 | 0.8 |
 Bothriochloa insculpta (Hochst.) ex A. Rich. | Poaceae | Increaser II | WP | 2.1 | 3.0 |
 Brachiaria eruciformis (Sibth. & Sm.) Griseb. | Poaceae | Increaser II | A | 9.9 | 3.2 |
 Chloris virgata Sw. | Poaceae | Increaser II | A | 1.0 | 0.0 |
 Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. | Poaceae | Increaser II | P | 5.8 | 5.4 |
 Digitaria eriantha (Stent.) Steud. | Poaceae | Decreaser | P | 5.6 | 7.8 |
 Eragrostis lehmanniana (Nees.) | Poaceae | Increaser II | P | 14.5 | 16.0 |
 Fingarhuthia africana Lehm. | Poaceae | Increaser II | P | 0.1 | 0.0 |
 Heteropogon contortus (L.) Roen & Schult. | Poaceae | Increaser II | P | 0.3 | 0.0 |
 Ischaemum afrum (JF Gmel.) Dandy | Poaceae | Increaser I | P | 1.2 | 2.9 |
 Panicum coloratum L. | Poaceae | Decreaser | P | 6.2 | 0.7 |
 Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E. Hub | Poaceae | Decreaser | P | 0.7 | 0.0 |
 Sporobolus ioclados (Trin.) Nees. | Poaceae | Increaser II | WP | 0.0 | 0.6 |
 Sporobolus ludwigii Hochst. | Poaceae | Increaser II | P | 0.0 | 2.6 |
 Sorghum versicolor Andersson. | Poaceae | Increaser II | P | 0.2 | 0.0 |
 Tragus berteronianus (Schult.) | Poaceae | Increaser II | A | 4.0 | 1.5 |
 Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy. | Poaceae | Increaser II | A | 0.9 | 0.5 |
 Total |  |  |  | 62.0 | 49.6 |
Forbs | |||||
 Achyranthes aspera (L.) Griseb. | Amaranthaceae | Invader | P | 0.0 | 0.0 |
 Amaranthus hybridus (L.) Timeroy. | Amaranthaceae | Invader | P | 0.8 | 0.7 |
 Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) Schinz. | Acanthaceae | Increaser II | P | 8.6 | 18.0 |
 Chochorous asplenifolius (Burch.) | Tiliaceae | Invader | P | 5.6 | 5.2 |
 Commelina benghalensis L. | Commelinaceae | Invader | P | 0.2 | 1.4 |
 Corbichonia decumbens (Forssk.) Exell. | Molluginaceae | Increaser II | A | 5.5 | 8.8 |
 Crabbea acaulis N.E.Br. | Amaranthaceae | Invader | P | 0.4 | 0.2 |
 Crabbea angustifolia (Nees.) Nees. | Amaranthaceae | Invader | P | 1.4 | 0.1 |
 Embrosia artemisiifolia L. | Asteraceae | Invader | P | 0.4 | 0.3 |
 Gomphrena celosoides Mart. | Amaranthaceae | Invader | P | 0.0 | 0.0 |
 Hibiscus trionum L. | Loranthaceae | Increaser II | A | 2.4 | 0.8 |
 Ipomoea sinensis (Desr.) Choisy. | Convolvulaceae | Invader | P | 0.1 | 0.0 |
 Jamesbrittennia aurantiaca Burch | Scrophulariaceae | Invader | P | 0.2 | 0.1 |
 Justicia flava (Vahl.) Vahl. | Acanthaceae | Increaser II | P | 1.9 | 7.7 |
 Kohautia virgata (Willd.) Bremek | Acanthaceae | Increaser II | P | 1.4 | 1.9 |
 Kyphocarpa angustifolia (Moq.) Lopr. | Amaranthaceae | Invader | A | 0.7 | 0.2 |
 Schkuhria pinnata (L.) Kuntze ex Thell. | Asteraceae | Invader | P | 1.5 | 0.2 |
 Nidorella resedifolia DC. | Acanthaceae | Increaser II | A | 0.7 | 1.0 |
 Spermacoce sinensis (Klotzsch.) Hiern. | Rubiaceae | Increaser II | A | 2.0 | 0.2 |
 Phyllanthus maderaspatensis L. | Phylanthaceae | Invader | A | 1.5 | 1.0 |
 Phyllanthus uniraria | Phylanthaceae | Invader | A | 0.7 | 0.5 |
 Tribulus terrestris (L.) Oliv. | Zygophyllaceae | Invader | A | 0.1 | 0.1 |
 Total |  |  |  | 36.1 | 48.4 |
Legumes | |||||
 Crotalaria heidmannii Schinz. | Fabaceae | Invader | P | 0.3 | 0.1 |
 Senna italica Mill. | Fabaceae | Increaser II | P | 0.1 | 0.1 |
 Sesbania bispinosa (Willd.) Pers. | Fabaceae | Increaser II | B | 0.2 | 0.1 |
 Rhyncosia minima (L.) Pers. | Fabaceae | Increaser II | P | 0.5 | 0.5 |
 Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. | Fabaceae | Invader | P | 0.3 | 0.4 |
 Total |  |  |  | 1.4 | 1.2 |
Succulents | |||||
 Kalanchoe brachyloba Welw. ex Britten | Crassulaceae | Invader | P | 0.3 | 0.4 |
 Portulaca quadrifida L. | Portulacaceae | Invader | A | 0.1 | 0.0 |
 Total |  |  |  | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Others | |||||
 Cyperus rotundus L. | Cyperaceae | Invader | P | 0.1 | 0.4 |
 Rush spp. | Hyacinthaceae | – | – | 0.0 | 0.0 |
 Total |  |  |  | 0.1 | 0.4 |