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  • Grasses include Eulalia leschenaultiana, Setaria adhaerens, Chloris barbata, Heteropogon contortus and, in the higher areas, Themeda spp. including T. frondosa and T. triandra.

    Komodo National Park, Indonesia 2008

  • The grasslands are composed mainly of Imperata cylindrica, Saccharum spontaneum, Heteropogon contortus, Chloris barbata, Chrysopogon aciculatus, and Scleria cochinchinensis, along with many herbs and shrubs.

    Nicobar Islands rain forests 2008

  • Between the closed woodlands, there are grasslands dominated by Andropogon gayanus, Heteropogon contortus, and Hyparrhenia spp.

    Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands 2008

  • In drier areas, grass species such as Themeda triandra, Panicum maximum, Heteropogon contortus, Enneapogon cenchroides, and Urochloa mossambicensis figure prominently, while thatch grass species Hyperthelia dissoluta and Hyparrhenia hirta are important in moister areas.

    Zambezian and Mopane woodlands 2008

  • The typical grasses in this habitat include Chrysopogon fulvus, Heteropogon contortus, Eremopogon foveolatus, Aristida setacea, and Dactyloctenium spp.

    Deccan thorn scrub forests 2008

  • The dominant grasses are Eulalia leschenaultiana, spear grass (Heteropogon contortus, Themeda frondosa), and Themeda triandra.

    Lesser Sundas deciduous forests 2008

  • The grass cover includes Stipagrostis uniplumis, Aristida meridionalis, A. congesta, Eragrostis pallens, E. superba, Heteropogon contortus, Cymbopogon excavatus, and Digitaria eriantha.

    Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands 2007

  • Barber's pole worm or wire worm (Haemonchus contortus).

    Chapter 13 1994

  • -- The twisted stomach worm, _Haemonchus contortus_, is the most injurious internal parasite of sheep.

    Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig

  • In some places Erythrina was very common, Gentiana, Dipsacus, Sedum and Didymocarpus contortus on rocks,

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

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