| Family | Botanical name | Description |
| Cyperaceae Juss. | Cyperus arenarius Retz. | Small erect herb with long underground creeping rhizome. Spike in terminal clusters. |
| Cyprus rotundus L. | Small erect herb. Leaf at the base of the flowering stalk. Growing near water chanals. Vern. Kabah, Motha, Chia, Dela etc. | |
| Schoenoplectus littoralis (Schrad) Palla | A tall erect rhizomatous herb. Common in shallow running water around the streams. Spikes borne on terminal portion of stiff stalk. | |
| Juncaceae Juss. | Juncus maritimus Lam. | A clump forming species with long stiff branches. Leaves present near the base only, cylindric, sharply tipped. Flowers in cluster in terminal portion. Fruit capsule, ovoid-trigonous. Seed many, oblong-elliplical, ± brownish. Vern. Chab. |
| Liliaceae Juss. | Asphodelus tenuifolius | Erect green herb. Common in cultivated onion crops. Leaves few borne at the base, linear. Flowers white in terminal receme. Fruit capsule. Seed black. |
| Poaceae Barnhart. | Aeluropus lagopoids (L.) Trin. ex Thw | Small prostate to erect rhizomatous perennial herb. Leaf-blade, narrow, stiff, pungent. Flowers in spikelets, densely crowded in compact, globosepenicle, spikelets 4 - 8 flowered. Usually forming patches on sandy to saline soils, especially around marshy places. A common species in arid places. |
| Aristida species | Very common grass in Ranikot Fort area. It has 4 to 5 species in the field morphologically difficult to identify. Vern. Lumb grass. | |
| Brachiaria eruciformis (J. E. Smith) Griseb | A common loosely tufted erect herb. Leaf blade, linear to narrowlanceolate. Inflorescence of 3 - 12 racemes. Spikelet arranged in raceme. | |
| Cenchrus setigerus Vahl | Small erect herb. Leaf blade, linear, spikelets with spines, brown to black. Vern. Dhaman. | |
| Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss) stapf. | Very common fodder gross. Leaf blade, long upto 25 cm. Clump forming erect tall gross upto 65 cm high. Leaf sheath silky hairy, Spikelets in spreading panicles. A common deseart species on rocky slopes. | |
| Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones) Schult. | An erect tall gross with fragrant roots. Leaves flat, spikelets in racemes, densely hairy, slightly lemon scented gross. Vern. Poi. | |
| Dactyloctenium aristatum Link. | Spreading herb. Prostrate to erect, Spikes compact, usually 6. Vern. Sanwri. | |
| Digitoria ciliaris (Retz) Koel | Geniculately tall herb, with green leaves. Flowers in racemes, 2 - 12 digitate. Spikelets arranged along entire length. Common on moist shady places. | |
| Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn | Tufted annual grass. Leaves folded, spikes slender. A common fodder gross in moist places. |