Food Vegetation Types Utilized by Gorillas
of Study Groups 4, 5, 8, and Nunkie's Group
(from Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey)
Fern Type
Polypodium sp.
Grass - Sedge Type
Arundinaria alpina
Carex petitiana
Cyperus sp.
Pennisetum purpureum
Herbaceous Type
Carduus afromontanus
Carex petitiana
Chaerefolium silvestre
Cineraria grandiflora
Conyza gigantea
Cynoglossum amplifolium
Cynoglossum geometricum
Helichrysum formosissimum
Helichrysum guilelmii
Laportea alatipes
Leucas deflexa
Lobelia giberroa
Lobelia wollastonii
Peucedanum kerstenii
Peucedanum linderi
Rumex ruwenzoriensis
Senecio maranguensis
Senecio trichopterygius
Solanum nigrum
Thalictrum rynchocarpum
Urtica massaica
Shrub Type
Pycnostachys goetzenii
Rubus apetalus
Rubus runssorensis
Tree Type
Afrocrania volkensii
Erica arborea
Hagenia abyssinica
Hypericum revolutum
Pygeum africanum
Rapanea pulchra
Senecio alticola
Senecio erici-rosenii
Veronia adolfi-friderici
Xymalos monospora
Pararsitic Type
Ganoderma applanatum
Loranthus luteo-aurantiacus
Vine Type
Basella alba
Clematis simensis
Crassocephalum bojeri
Droguetia iners
Galium spurium
Mikania cordata
Piper capense
Stephania abyssinica
Stehania dinklagei
Urera hypselendron