| % of respondents who named species as dominant | |||||||
Scientific name |
Local name |
Grazing suitability /trends† |
Goodhope (n = 38) |
Matlolakgang (n = 42) |
Xanagas (n = 45) |
χ² |
P value‡ |
| Aristida congesta | Seloka | U/I | 97.4 | 52.4 | 88.9 | 28.5 | *** |
| Cenchrus ciliaris | Mosekangwetsi | P | List of grasses | 0 | 2.2 | NA | NA |
| Cynodon dactylon | Motlho | V/S | 100.0 | 19.0 | 2.2 | 93.2 | *** |
| Eragrostis pallens | Motsikiri | P/D | 68.4 | 26.2 | 0 | 46.6 | *** |
| Eragrostis rigidior | Rathethe | P/D | 26.3 | 31.0 | 0 | 16.1 | *** |
| Megaloprotachne albescens | Mohaha | U/I | 0 | 81.0 | 0 | 92.3 | *** |
| Schmidtia pappophoroides | Tshwang | V | 0 | 11.9 | 55.6 | 39.9 | *** |
| Stipagrostis uniplumis | Tshikitshane | P/D | 55.3 | 59.5 | 53.3 | 0.35 | NS |
| Urochloa trichopus | Phoka | P | 0 | 2.4 | 55.6 | 51.6 | *** |
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†(U) unpalatable, (P) palatable, (V) very suitable, (I) increasing, (S) stable, (D) decreasing ‡ *** = P < 0.001; NA => 20% cells have expected values less than 5; NS = P > 0.05 | |||||||