what is gramalote??

[Dravik2]

hello if got a question i'm making a biotope and now if found the following info on the location i'm trying to replicate

REMARKS
Dark brown water, current, grass and gramalote. Flooded stream.

i do not know what gramalote is ??

hope someone can help me

 

[rr16]

Is this biotope in Colombia? A quick google search brings up Gramalote municipality in Colombia.

 

[Dravik2]

nope that was the first thing i found to

the biotope i would like to recreate is this http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/48511
these fish occure at this catch site
http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?HAS_GEOSPATIAL_ISSUE=false&BASIS_OF_RECORD=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN&BASIS_OF_RECORD=OBSERVATION&BASIS_OF_RECORD=UNKNOWN&BASIS_OF_RECORD=FOSSIL_SPECIMEN&BASIS_OF_RECORD=LIVING_SPECIMEN&GEOMETRY=-56.41 -27.18,-56.41 -27.07,-56.21 -27.07,-56.21 -27.18,-56.41 -27.18&DATASET_KEY=c2e3081a-ba91-40cf-b2df-9885a24b37dc

the thing i found at this moment is that crops/grasses grown for livestock are called gramalote in spannish
and the grasses found in paraguay that are called grammalote in spannish are Cortaderia selloana and Eriochloa polystachya so i think these grasses are most likely to grow in this location

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

and the grasses found in paraguay that are called grammalote in spannish are Cortaderia selloana and Eriochloa polystachya so i think these grasses are most likely to grow in this location

<"Cortaderia selloana"> is what we call "Pampus grass" in the UK, it is a popular (and extremely large) garden plant, it definitely isn't suitable as a tank plant.

I'm not familiar with the species but don't think Eriochloa is an aquatic grass either, however there is an aquatic grass with a similar scientific name to Eriochloa polystachya, and that is Echinochloa polystachya.

I think that Echinocloa polystachya grows quite widely along "white water" rivers in S. America, together with Paspapalum ssp etc. The alluvial areas where they grow are known as flood-pain or "várzea".

Have a look at <"Gurupa várzea ecoregion">

cheers Darrel

 

[Dravik2]

thank you i checked the book i found and i made a little spelling error the grass you are mentioning is the grass i meant
i know pampus grass is way to big and i wil not use it but it was a possibility so i mentioned it
thanks for the input