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Etosha Salt Pan Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Etosha Salt Pan Macrogroup Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: The Etosha pan is a large endorheic salt pan in the north of Namibia. The pan, a dry lakebed, is mostly dry, but after a heavy rain it will acquire a thin layer of water, which is heavily salted by the mineral deposits on the surface of the pan, which most of the year is dry mud coated with salt. The salt desert supports very little plant life except for the blue-green algae that gives the Etosha its characteristic coloring and grasses such as <i>Sporobolus spicatus</i>, which quickly grow in the wet mud following a rain. Away from the lake there is grassland that supports grazing animals.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40771-{91500336-E620-416B-A6E3-F12CFEE75C1A} 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.2.861769 NatureServe Explorer   Code: M467   Scientific: Etosha Salt Pan Macrogroup