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"Brachiaria" can grow in many environments, from swamps to shady forest to semidesert, but generally do best in savannas and other open tropical ecosystems such as in East Africa. In Angola, "B. brizantha" grows on termite mounds and in the ecotone between grassland and woodland habitat. In the Kora National Reserve in Kenya, "Brachiaria" dominates the ground layer along with "Aristida". In India, the native "B. ramosa" is an important food source for the Eurasian collared dove ("Streptopelia decaocto") and "Brachiaria" species are forage for other local herbivores.