Open AccessDie vleiplantegroei in die Grootvlei-Villiers - omgewing, Oos-Transvaal
Author(s) -
W.J. Myburgh
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie/die suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-4173
pISSN - 0254-3486
DOI - 10.4102/satnt.v14i2.607
Subject(s) - wetland , vegetation (pathology) , geography , table (database) , plant community , forestry , vegetation types , archaeology , ecology , biology , medicine , pathology , habitat , computer science , ecological succession , data mining
The vegetation of the wetlands in the Grootvlei-Villiers area was investigated phytosociologically to distinguish plant communities. The results of a numerical classification (TWINSPAN) of 44 relevés, refined by Braun-Blanquet procedures, revealed ten plant communities which are classified hierarchically and which are presented in a phytosociological table. Although individual wetlands are poor in plant species, considerable variation in species composition exists among the different wetlands