The basal cover of elephantgrass (Pennisetum purpureum, Schum.) cultivar `Napier' was determined using three methods: line-transect (L), quadrat (Q), and photography (P). Ten samples for each method were collected in a 1,800 m2-plot. Mean values of the basal area for the three methods were 44 %, and no statistic difference (P>0.05) was detected between L and Q and Q and P methods. Differences observed between L and P methods were statistically significant (P<0.05). Determination by the L method (47.6 %) was higher in relation to P (41.7 %) method.
Pennisetum purpureum; methodology; basal area
