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Moist Acacia - (Combretum) Woodland & Savanna Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Moist Acacia - (Combretum) Woodland & Savanna Macrogroup Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: The macrogroup represents the grasslands and woodlands that occur in the moist lowlands of Eastern Africa. One of such places is the area of the border between Sudan and Uganda, near the Nile River and further south of the Imatong Mountains, where annual precipitation amounts to 750-650 mm with two peaks and a decreasing gradient from west to east. In this area the topography, combined with climatic factors, creates a rainshadow. Another key factor determining the mosaics of woodlands and grass savannas is the fire dynamics. The soils in the lowland plains are thick, of the dark cracking clay type. Moist acacia savannas are, according to Langdale-Brown et al. (1964), the result of long continued cutting, cultivation and burning in areas that once supported forest or evergreen thicket. In current satellite imagery-based maps, these types (moist <i>Acacia</i> savannas and <i>Combretum</i> savannas) are mostly classified as woodlands and grasslands.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40742-{E6977C1A-B72A-4440-8384-306FACEF7F7C} 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: Eastern African Moist Woodland & Savanna Division This Community's Level: Macrogroup This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.861742 NatureServe Explorer   Code: M438   Scientific: Moist Acacia - (Combretum) Woodland & Savanna Macrogroup