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Mlalazi Estuarine Floodplain

The site is located 30 km south of Richards Bay on the East Coast of South Africa.
This is a guide to the biota of the Mlalazi floodplain - a study site for the University of Zululand.
The floodplain extends from the sea to the limits of tidal influence (about 15 km) with a maximum ...more ↓

Mangrove Kingfisher 1
Halcyon senegaloides
Woolly-necked Stork 2
Ciconia episcopus
Three-banded Plover 3
Charadrius tricollaris
Palm-nut Vulture 4
Gypohierax angolensis
African Clawless Otter 5
Aonyx capensis
Marsh Mongoose 6
Atilax paludinosus
Mangrove whelk 7
Cerithidea decollata
Mud Crab 8
Scylla serrata
Metopograpsus thukuhar 9
Land Crab 7
Cardisoma carnifex
Parasesarma catenatum 10
Chiromantes eulimene 11
Neosarmatium meinerti 12
Dotilla fenestrata 7
Horned Ghost Crab 13
Ocypode ceratophthalmus
Green-eyed Fiddler Crab 7
Uca chlorophthalmus
d'Urville's Fiddler Crab 14
Uca urvillei
Calling Fiddler Crab 15
Gelasimus vocans
Mangrove Fern 7
Acrostichum aureum
Spiny Splinter-bean 7
Adenopodia spicata
Senegalia kraussiana 7
Vachellia kosiensis 16
Vachellia robusta 17
Sweet-scented Pod 18
Vachellia nilotica kraussiana
Cat-thorn 16
Scutia myrtina
Hippopotamus fig 7
Ficus trichopoda
Pigeonwood 19
Trema orientalis
Freshwater Mangrove 20
Barringtonia racemosa
White Milkwood 16
Sideroxylon inerme
balloonplant 7
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Quinine Tree 7
Rauvolfia caffra
Swamp frangipani 16
Voacanga thouarsii
rougeplant 21
Rivina humilis
Sarcocornia natalensis 7
Coast Silverleaf 16
Brachylaena discolor
Nidorella linifolia 7
black-jack 22
Bidens pilosa
Brazilian pepper tree 23
Schinus terebinthifolius
Searsia nebulosa 7
Sand olive 16
Dodonaea viscosa
Casuarina 24
Casuarina equisetifolia
White Mangrove 25
Avicennia marina
Brazilian Nightshade 26
Solanum seaforthianum
Mile-a-minute vine 27
Ipomoea cairica
Goat's Foot Convolvulus 28
Ipomoea pes-caprae
sea hibiscus 29
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Passerina 7
Passerina rigida
Stinking passionflower 30
Passiflora foetida
Bridelia micrantha 31
Black mangrove 7
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza
Red mangrove 7
Rhizophora mucronata
Apodytes dimidiata 16
Schoenoplectus scirpoides 32
iKhwane 7
Cyperus dives
Papyrus sedge 33
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus prolifer 7
Cyperus thunbergii 34
Setaria megaphylla 16
Seashore Dropseed 7
Sporobolus virginicus
Kweek (Cynodon) 35
Cynodon dactylon
Estuary-margin grass 36
Leptochloa fusca
seashore paspalum 7
Paspalum vaginatum
common reed 37
Phragmites australis
Phragmites mauritianus 38
Spear grass (Imperata) 39
Imperata cylindrica
Sugarcane 40
Saccharum officinarum
Buffalo grass 41
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Bulrush 42
Typha capensis
iNcema (Juncus) 43
Juncus kraussii
Zostera capensis 7
Three-ribbed arrow-grass 44
Triglochin striata
Ruppia 7
Ruppia maritima
Reclining Date Palm 45
Phoenix reclinata
Raphia palm 46
Raphia australis

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