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P. David & Sons, Ltd., Printers
Language
English
Pages
161

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Subjects
Grasslands, Botany, Grasses

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Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION Page 1 General description of grasses Page 3 Plant succession Page 5 Glossary of botanical terms Page 8 II. KEY TO THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF SOUTH AFRICAN GRASSES Page 11 Key to the Species Page 20 ill ECOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES IN EACH GENUS Page 51 IV. GENERAL SKETCH OF THE GRASSLANDS OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT Page 89 1 South Western ok Cape Region oe Macchia or Ftnbosch Page 89 A The Xerosere Page 90 B The Hydrosere Page 92 C The Psammosere Page 93 D Ruderal Species of grasses Page 94 The influence of man Page 95 The extent of the South Western region Page 96 Outliers in Namaqualand Page 96 2 The Western Region Page 96 A Coast belt Page 97 B Higher elevations of the Inner Namib Page 98 C Central and Eastern Mountain Ranges Page 98 D Northern Areas Amboland Page 99 43 The Sand Veld Region Page 100 Tree Veld Page 101 4 The Karroo and Karroid Central Region Page 102 The boundaries of the region Transitional types Page 102 The Karroo proper Page 103 The Mountain ranges of the Karroo region Page 104 Tii i: Transitional Belt Between Karroo and Eastern Grassveld Page 104 The Xerosere Page 105 Haas-gras Veld Page 107 Mountain grasses and grasslands of the transitional belt Page 109 VI. 5 Eastern Grassy eld Region Page 110 Climatic factors Page 110 The Xerosere Ill Initial Grassland Stages Pioneer Grasses Page 113 Stable Grassland Climax Stages Page 116 Influence of man "Substituted types" Page 120 Aspect Societies and Clans in Eastern Grassveld Page 121 Prevernal Aspects Page 121 Vernal Aspects Page 121 Aestival and Autumnal Aspects Page 126 The Transition to Woodland Post climax grassland Page 127 The Transition to Thorn Veld and Thorny Scrub Page 128 The Hydrosere Page 129 Subseres in Cultivated or Waste land Rnderal Species Page 131 Other Subseres The Plant Succession in Dongas Page 134 The Coast Belt and Coast line of Natal i:'>- r >' The Psammosere Litoral Species Page 135 The Xerosere Page 137 The Hydrosere Page 138 The Halosere Page 138 Mountain Tussock Ghassveld Page 138 Other mountain species of the Drakensberg Page 140 V. ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS Page 141 Grass burning Page 141 Stock grazing 14X The feeding value of different types of grassland and grasses Page 144 The cultivation of grasses Page 146 Soil Erosion Page 148 APPENDIX. LIST OF ENGLISH, DUTCH, ZULU, AND SESUTO NAMES OF GRASSES Page 151

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