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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.

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]

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,…

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]

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…

The path down the mt. with plains in background, & road & camp smoke etc etc. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 15, 1920]

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]

A photograph of tall grass along a path with borassus palms in the back.

A photograph of tall grass along a path with borassus palms in the back.

A photograph of tall echinochloa, that reaches to about 12 feet high.

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 andropogon sorghum from which seed was collected.

A photograph of an andropogon sorghum bunch aloong with Homer Shantz standing in the middle of it.

A photograph of tall grass that's very abundant along with Homer Shantz standing in it.

A photograph of tall grass in the foreground with fine tall trees in the background.

Tall forest trees, acacia like - also broad leaf and Alpinia or betel palm like plants in the back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Tall fine fresh grass 2 ft. high, vines and cucumbers etc. Bushes dead at top as a result of fire. Trees all rather small. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 12, 1920]

A photograph of tall corn stalks with Homer Shantz standing amongst the stalks, grabbing out to one of them.

A photograph of tall sprawly acacias and kigelia on the bank of the Lualaba river.

A photograph of tall acacias.
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