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The present list covers all known taxa of land plants recorded for Botswana.
Types of vegetation in botswana. The vegetation in Botswana is called bushveld which is a sub-tropical woodland that covers much of southern Africa. The Botswana bushveld is dominated by grassed plains but dotted with dense clusters of trees in the eastern Botswana the Okavango and Chobe. And tall shrubs in much of central Botswana.
Botswana herbaria were listed implying that herbaria were not international in representation. The present list covers all known taxa of land plants recorded for Botswana. Main herbaria containing Botswana species in addition to those within the country are K PRE and SRGH.
A summary of the number of families genera and species and. Savanna vegetation which is made up of a spatially complex and structurally heterogeneous mixture of woody and herbaceous species Mishra and Crews. Various types of vegetation cover much of the country.
These include grassland natural woodland forestland savannah types bush land aquatic wetlands and man-made plantations. Vegetation resources play an important role in livestock farming and wildlife industries by their contribution to the national economy and well being of the citizens. Cluster analysis showing the fi ve plant communities identifi ed in Kgatleng District Botswana.
Terminalia sericea-Maytenus tenuispina 1 Dichrostachys cinerea-Combretum apiculatum 2. CracksMe 4 4 e al4440004 40091. Bleached sand Land use Crops10.
Vegetatiou structureOkeOOOm eOOOO a ea e MOOM. Rockfragments 30 Minecal nodules Carbonates Biologiyal features. The general vegetation of the country is savanna grassland with yellow or light brown grass cover turning green after rains and woody plants.
The savanna ranges from acacia shrub savanna in the southwest through acacia thornbush and tree savanna parkland into denser woodland and eventually forest as one moves north and east. Croton and Combretum tree savanna is found on the rocky hills of the eastern hardveld. Tion Of vegetation cover changes across climatic gradients.
Vegetation characteristics and soil moisture measurements were obtained from four locations with decreasing rainfall along the Botswana Kalahari transect. These are referred to as Pandamatenga 698 mm yearI Maun 460 mm yearI Okwa 407 mm yearI and Tshane 365 mm yearI. 4CLIMATE Although the actual climate in Botswana is not directly related to landform development and soil formationitis very important for crop growth and.
Climate has been widely discussed in previous work Blair Rains and McKay 1963Pike 1971Sims 1981Vossen 1989. Floral diversity of vegetation in Botswana which receives only an average annual rainfall of about 450 millimetres 18 in only is generally defined under three broad heads namely hardveld sandveld and Okavango deltaveld which show seasonal difference in its nutrition value with woody plants recording higher values compared to the grasses. Panicum has recorded more nutritional content during the.
The Chobe National Park covers a wide variety of vegetation types from the Riverine Forest to Flood Plains and seasonal marshes to amazing rocky outcrops thus resulting in a wide range of wildlife. Large areas of the park are covered by Mopane trees and mixed woodland such as. The vegetation type in the study area is tree savannah dominated by C.
Mopane Dichrostarchys cinerea L Wight Arn and species of Grewia Combretum Vachellia. Gaborone has been affected by three floods based on records going back to 1995 one in 2000 one in 2001 that caused an estimated 5000000 Botswana pula worth of damage and one in 2006. The highest humidity occurs in June at 90 while the lowest humidity is in September at 28.
This is one of the most impressive trees found in Botswana and with its deeply fluted trunk bright orange bark and dense fruit clusters it is one of the more recognisable species. If you are ever in Maun there is a beautiful specimen alongside the Thamalakane river next to a famous riverside hangout. Vegetation characteristics and soil moisture measurements were obtained from four locations with decreasing rainfall along the Botswana Kalahari transect.
These are referred to as Pandamatenga 698 mm year 1 Maun 460 mm year 1 Okwa 407 mm year 1 and Tshane 365 mm year 1.