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Lowveld-Limpopo Salt Pan Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Lowveld-Limpopo Salt Pan Macrogroup Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: These are halophytic communities widespread in a more humid area, flat plains that form part of the Limpopo River basin. One of the large salt pans is located at the base of the northwestern slopes of the Soutpansberg (Salt Pan Mountain), a mountain range in the Limpopo province in South Africa, others are in the northern part of the Changane Valley in southern Mozambique. The saline communities scattered throughout this valley range from wetlands to seasonally flooded grasslands. In these moderately saline areas of the Changane valley, grasslands predominate, scattered with islands of <i>Acacia nilotica ssp. kraussiana</i>. The more frequently flooded areas have a higher salinity and are dominated by grasslands interspersed with extensive bare patches. The dominant grasses in these saline flooded grasslands are <i>Eriochloa meyeriana, Sporobolus nitens</i>, and <i>Aristida adscensionis</i>. Where salinity is even higher, species of <i>Arthrocnemum, Salicornia, Atriplex</i>, and <i>Suaeda</i> predominate.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40755-{D23246E3-DB2F-4E31-8F1E-2AB610D39FF8} 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: Southern African Salt Pan Division This Community's Level: Macrogroup This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.861772 NatureServe Explorer   Code: M451   Scientific: Lowveld-Limpopo Salt Pan Macrogroup