Table 2 Percent (%) contribution of herbaceous species to total biomass production in cleared and uncleared sites

Aristida bipartita

L

8.0

11.6

Aristida congesta subsp. barbicollis

L

11.4

2.0

Sporobolus ludwigii

L

0.0

4.3

Tragus berteronianus

L

1.5

0.0

Brachiaria eruciformis

M

4.0

5.2

Bothriochloa insculpta

M

1.8

3.2

Chloris virgata

M

2.9

0.0

Cynodon dactylon

M

5.7

7.4

Eragrostis lehmanniana

M

15.5

11.0

Fingerhuthia africana

M

0.0

0.8

Ischaemum afrum

M

5.8

20.1

Digitaria eriantha

H

8.5

8.9

Heteropogon contortus

H

0.3

0.0

Panicum colorotum

H

12.5

2.7

Setaria sphacelata

H

2.2

7.4

Sesbania bispinosa

H

0.5

0.0

Urochloa mosambicensis

H

2.3

5.7

Forbs

U

14.4

8.8

Indigofera species

U

0.6

0.4

Rhyncosia minima

U

1.3

0.4

Sena italica

U

0.7

0.0

Tephrosia purpurea

U

0.3

0.0