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The phytosociology and syntaxonomy of relatively low-altitude areas in the North-eastern Mountain Sourveld, in the eastern Transvaal escarpment region
Koedoe | Vol 37, No 2 | a338 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v37i2.338
| © 1994 W.S. Matthews, G.J. Bredenkamp, N. van Rooyen
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 August 1994 | Published: 27 August 1994
Submitted: 27 August 1994 | Published: 27 August 1994
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W.S. Matthews, University of Pretoria, South AfricaG.J. Bredenkamp,, South Africa
N. van Rooyen, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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An analysis of the vegetation of the relatively low altitude regions of the North-eastern Mountain Sourveld of the eastern Transvaal escarpment is presented. Releves were compiled in 53 stratified random sample plots. ATWINSPAN-classification, refined by Braun-Blanquet procedures, revealed seven plant communities. In the hierarchical classification one class, one alliance, four associations, four subassociations and two valiants are recognised. Formal syntaxonomic descriptions of the syntaxa are given. All communities are related to specific environmental conditions, of which geology, aspect, altitude and rockiness of the soil surface are the most important.
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Biaun-Blanquet piocedures Grassland Biome, syntaxonomic classification, new syntaxa.
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