A photograph of tall grass in the foreground with fine tall trees in the background.
Homer Shantz Photograph Collection (MS 481)
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A photograph of tall grass that's very abundant along with Homer Shantz standing in it.
A photograph of an andropogon sorghum bunch aloong with Homer Shantz standing in the middle of it.
A photograph of andropogon sorghum from which seed was collected.
A photograph of 10 feet high echinochloa, which is the most prominent grass on these flats. There is also setaria mixed in.
A photograph of tall echinochloa, that reaches to about 12 feet high.
A photograph of tall grass along a path with borassus palms in the back.
High mt. in center and cottage in fore center with sweet potato, manihot, corn etc. In the back acacia, m'mormes, and tall Andropogon grass. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 15, 1920]
The path down the mt. with plains in background, & road & camp smoke etc etc. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 15, 1920]
Panorama of grassy mts. - see herbarium collection here. It shows a small patch of high forest in a cleft in the rocks or a steep ravine opposite elevation above the lake. It is seen therefore that these mts. are not very high. They are beautifully contoured - remind one of the hills along the ... River in Oregon - but are uniformly grassed over. And the little banana, manihot, corn plantations mark this as very productive. Often the soil is dark and rich looking. Along some of the ridges it is red and looks a little clay or lateritic like. Much like some of the Transvaal land between Johannesburg and Pretoria. Evidence of fire present in grass. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 16, 1920
A detail of grassland - Protea, Vernonia, Gladiolis, and grasses and sedges. The grass is rather short - much shorter than prairie - more like our Palouse grassland. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 16, 1920]
Sporobolus like grass - here eaten by cattle. Abundant near base of steeper slopes. In fore of photo. Hill in back with Balsamorrhiza like plant near top - also gladiolis, clematis, 2 leguminous shrubs. Blue star flower. Castilleja like mint, and Proteas. Typical of hill country. This grass is not regarded as one of their best - but it is grazed by cattle and many of the plants cut back in this way. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 17, 1920]
Tall grass in fore - cultivation and a few trees - wooded hills in back. A mango at left in back. We should be nearing Tabora. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 28, 1920]
A photograph of a path wth tall panicum-like grass growing along the sides of the path. There is an indigenous person walking on the path in the background.
A photograph of tall imperata grass along a path with borassus palms in the back. Delporto and Shantz are standing on the path.
A photograph of tall grass and bush. There is open coarse spikelet grass, andropogon, hairy mint, combretum and trees.
A photograph of tall grass and bush. This is typical of the bush savanna in Bukama and the grass is about 4 feet high.
A photograph of tall grass along a path with palms in the back.