Abstract
Floristic characteristics of the Andover Game Reserve (AGR) were surveyed using an area-based survey technique and classified according to the data recorded from 88 relevés, using the PHYTOTAB-PC software package. Three plant communities, of which two each contain two variants, were described and mapped. The plant communities and their causative environmental factors were validated through detrended- and canonical correspondence multivariate analyses. The plant communities of the AGR were found to typify the floristics associated with the catenal sequences located in undulating areas on granite. Broad-leaved savanna is located at the crest and upper mid-slopes while fine-leaved savanna occurs along the footslopes of the AGR. Seeplines, a characteristic occurrence along catenas, are found at the transitional zone between the upper broad- and lower fine-leaved savanna plant communities. This study forms the basis for the compilation of a revised ecological management plan for the Andover Game Reserve.
Highlights
Floristic characteristics of the Andover Game Reserve (AGR) were surveyed using an area-based survey technique and classified according to the data recorded from 88 relevés, using the PHYTOTAB-PC software package
This paper aims to describe the plant communities of the Andover Game Reserve (AGR), South Africa, and forms a critical part in the compilation of a revised ecological management plan for the reserve
The AGR’s undulating granitic physiography resulted in the identification of a catenal sequence similar to that described by Scholes (1986, 1997)
Summary
Floristic characteristics of the Andover Game Reserve (AGR) were surveyed using an area-based survey technique and classified according to the data recorded from 88 relevés, using the PHYTOTAB-PC software package. The plant communities of the AGR were found to typify the floristics associated with the catenal sequences located in undulating areas on granite. This study forms the basis for the compilation of a revised ecological management plan for the Andover Game Reserve. This paper aims to describe the plant communities of the Andover Game Reserve (AGR), South Africa, and forms a critical part in the compilation of a revised ecological management plan for the reserve. The reserve incorporates a combination of two Veld Types, namely Veld Type 10 or Lowveld and Veld Type 11, known as Arid Lowveld (Acocks 1988), and collectively described by Driver et al (2005) as Granite Lowveld Bushveld. This area has been described as the Granite Lowveld by Mucina and Rutherford (2006)
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