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Zambezian Mopane Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Zambezian Mopane Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This type groups mopane-dominated and other open dry types of savanna occurring in the lowlands of southern Eastern Africa, south of the Central African Plateau. The altitudinal range is from 200 to 800 m and the mean annual precipitation is from 400-800 mm with few drier or wetter exceptions; the predominant rainfall regime is that of summer rainfall. The vegetation structure of the communities varies according to the soil types and the moisture availability, with dense and tall woodland types on alluvial soils to stunted shrublands on alkaline soils, and all the grades in between. Dominant species besides the mopane are <i>Albizia</i> spp., <i>Combretum</i> spp., <i>Adansonia digitata, Diospyros mespiliformis, Ficus sycomorus, Kigelia africana, Lonchocarpus capassa, Trichilia roka, Xanthocercis zambesiaca</i>, and <i>Xeroderris stuhlmannii</i> in the north, and further south are <i>Acacia gerrardii, Acacia nigrescens, Acacia nilotica, Combretum apiculatum, Combretum collinum, Dichrostachys cinerea, Kirkia acuminata, Peltophorum africanum, Piliostigma thonningii, Sclerocarya birrea</i>, and <i>Terminalia sericea</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40682-{8855C503-80D7-48EC-91BB-E12BDAF21898}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-May-2019 to: ongoing
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: Mopane Savanna Division
  • This Community's Level: Macrogroup
  • This Community's Children: [none]
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  Code: M364
  Scientific: Zambezian Mopane Macrogroup