Sabie / Crocodile Thorn Thickets Ecozone

Sabie / Crocodile Thorn Thickets Ecozone - Kruger National Park:

Description: The Sabie / Crocodile Thorn Thickets ecozone is relatively flat with a very dense growth of thorny shrubs. This is typical of the area around Skukuza.

Typical Vegetation:

Trees : rocky hills	Trees : crests	Trees : valley bottoms
Knob thorn Marula Large-leaved rock fig Transvaal candelabra Round-leaved teak Russet bushwillow Tamboti Weeping boer-bean Jackal-berry Jacket-plum	Red bushwillow Sickle bush Apple-leaf Knob thorn Marula *Russet bushwillow Buffalo thorn Flaky thorn Lowveld cluster-leaf Umbrella thorn White raisin	Sickle bush Flaky thorn Apple-leaf Knob thorn Green thorn Marula Sandpaper raisin Tamboti Lowveld cluster-leaf Weeping wattle Weeping boer-bean White raisin

Trees : brackish flats	Herbaceous Plants	Grasses
Magic guarri Scented thorn Horned thorn Jacket-plum Transvaal gardenia Transvaal saffron Buffalo thorn Umbrella thorn Russet bushwillow		Sweet grasses

Typical Animals:

Predators	Browsers	Grazers	Special Interest
Lion	Kudu	Hippo	White Rhino
Leopard	Giraffe	Buffalo	Black Rhino
Wild dog	Impala *	White Rhino
Hyaena	Elephant *
	Bushbuck
	Black Rhino
	Steenbok
	Duiker
	* Denotes animals that browse and graze