The vegetation of the high mountain grasslands of the north-eastern Transvaal was sampled by using stratification based on geology and land types. Data was classified by TWINSPAN procedures and refined by using the Braun··Bianquet method. This resulted in the recognition of three vegetation units namely wetlands, boulderies and grasslands which represent a moisture gradient. Wetlands comprised four major communities and ten minor plant communities while boulderies resulted in four major communities and seven minor communities. The grasslands comprised four major plant communities which were subdivided into twenty eight minor communities. All identified communities were described and ecologically interpreted and a species list was compiled combining the data gathered in the area by other authors. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / Plant Science / unrestricted
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24003 |
| Date | 17 April 2013 |
| Creators | Burgoyne, Priscilla Merle |
| Contributors | Prof G J Bredenkamp, Prof N van Rooyen, upetd@up.ac.za |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Rights | © 1995 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria |
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