Genus: Nasella

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Poaceae

There are about 15 species worldwide (South America) of which three have become naturalised in southern Africa. Nassella tenuissima (White tussock, Witpolgras) and Nassella trichotoma (Nassella tussock, Nassella polgras) are Category 1 weeds in South Africa.