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Guide to the Malelane Mountain Bushveld Ecozone in the Kruger National Park - South Africa
  

Malelane Mountain Bushveld Ecozone - Kruger National Park:

Description: The Malelane Mountain Bushveld Ecozone in the Kruger National Park is found on underlying Granite bedrock. The ecozone is restricted to the mountains near Berg-en-dal and Malelane.

Typical Vegetation:

Trees : rocky hills
Trees : crests
Trees : midslopes
Wild teak
Mountain seringa
Black monkey orange
Large-leaved rock fig
Common tree Euphorbia
*Red bushwillow
*Large-fruited bushwillow
Leadwood
Silver cluster-leaf
Black monkey orange
Sickle bush
Lowveld cluster-leaf
Weeping wattle
Knob thorn
Apple-leaf
Red thorn
Scented thorn
Buffalo thorn
Magic guarri
Russet bushwillow
Umbrella thorn
White raisin

 

Trees : valley bottoms
.
Grasses
. Mixed and sweet grasses


Typical Animals:

Predators

Browsers

Grazers

Special Interest

Lion Kudu Waterbuck Mountain Reedbuck
Hyaena Impala * Reedbuck Sable
Wild dog Duiker Mountain Reedbuck White Rhino
    Sable  
    White Rhino  
  * Denotes animals that browse and graze

Other Ecozones:

Kruger National Park Links
General:

Introduction

Accommodation

Activities & Adventures

Facilities

History
Wildlife:
Amphibians
Birds
Fish
Mammals
Reptiles
Invertebrates
Trees
Grasses
Herbaceous Plants
Ecology
Maps:
Kruger National Park Map
Route Maps to the KNP
Limpopo Lowveld Map
Mpumalanga Lowveld Map
What's Interesting Nearby:
Pilgrims Rest
Sudwala Caves
Barberton
Blyde River Canyon
God's Window & Graskop
Historical Mines
Photographs:
A typical road in Kruger
The Orpen Dam view site
The Afsaal picnic site

 

 

  
 
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