Acroceras macrum

Nile Grass

Perennial with stems up to 1 m high. The rhizomes and stolons from a dense sward. Common on floodplains, river banks and swamp edges in eastern and southern Africa, where it provides very palatable and nutritious dry-season grazing. Gives large yields of hay. Withstands waterlogging but not drought. Used to improve moist natural pastures by planting splits or rhizome cuttings.