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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 ↓

Spiny Splinter-bean 1
Adenopodia spicata
Senegalia kraussiana 1
Vachellia kosiensis 2
Vachellia robusta 3
Sweet-scented Pod 4
Vachellia nilotica kraussiana
Cat-thorn 2
Scutia myrtina
Hippopotamus fig 1
Ficus trichopoda
Pigeonwood 5
Trema orientalis
Freshwater Mangrove 6
Barringtonia racemosa
White Milkwood 2
Sideroxylon inerme
balloonplant 1
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Quinine Tree 1
Rauvolfia caffra
Swamp frangipani 2
Voacanga thouarsii
rougeplant 7
Rivina humilis
Sarcocornia natalensis 1
Coast Silverleaf 2
Brachylaena discolor
Nidorella linifolia 1
black-jack 8
Bidens pilosa
Brazilian pepper tree 9
Schinus terebinthifolius
Searsia nebulosa 1
Sand olive 2
Dodonaea viscosa
Casuarina 10
Casuarina equisetifolia
White Mangrove 11
Avicennia marina
Brazilian Nightshade 12
Solanum seaforthianum
Mile-a-minute vine 13
Ipomoea cairica
Goat's Foot Convolvulus 14
Ipomoea pes-caprae
sea hibiscus 15
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Passerina 1
Passerina rigida
Stinking passionflower 16
Passiflora foetida
Bridelia micrantha 17
Black mangrove 1
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza
Red mangrove 1
Rhizophora mucronata
Apodytes dimidiata 2
Schoenoplectus scirpoides 18
iKhwane 1
Cyperus dives
Papyrus sedge 19
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus prolifer 1
Cyperus thunbergii 20
Setaria megaphylla 2
Seashore Dropseed 1
Sporobolus virginicus
Kweek (Cynodon) 21
Cynodon dactylon
Estuary-margin grass 22
Leptochloa fusca
seashore paspalum 1
Paspalum vaginatum
common reed 23
Phragmites australis
Phragmites mauritianus 24
Spear grass (Imperata) 25
Imperata cylindrica
Sugarcane 26
Saccharum officinarum
Buffalo grass 27
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Bulrush 28
Typha capensis
iNcema (Juncus) 29
Juncus kraussii
Zostera capensis 1
Three-ribbed arrow-grass 30
Triglochin striata
Ruppia 1
Ruppia maritima
Reclining Date Palm 31
Phoenix reclinata
Raphia palm 32
Raphia australis

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