Vegetation Associations in Botswana
Bekker & De Wit 1991 Vegetation Map of the Republic of Botswana
Please add the vegetation type. They are in alphabetical order, but:
Note: Acacia is now Vachellia and Senegalia, Rhus is now Searsia
The major types are:
A: Sandveld
B: Hardveld
C: Miomboveld
D: Recent Lacustrine (Panveld)
E: Fossil Lacustrine (Ancient Panveld)
F: Alluvium (Riverine)
G: Sandveld-Hardveld Transition Veld
H: Mopaneveld
I: Wetland
J: Salt Pans
A: Sandveld
A1a Vachellia haemotoxyon, Rhigozum trichotomum Sandveld
A2a Senegalia mellifera, Vachellia luederitzii, Boschia albitrunca Sandveld
A3a Terminalia sericea, Lonchocarpus nelsii (Vachellia erioloba) Sandveld
A3b Terminalia sericea, Lonchocarpus nelsii (Vachellia erubescens) Sandveld
A3c Terminalia sericea, Lonchocarpus nelsii (Vachellia tortilis, Cataphractes alexandri) Sandveld
A3d Terminalia sericea, Lonchocarpus nelsii (Combretum) Sandveld
A3e Terminalia sericea, Lonchocarpus nelsii (Pterocarpus angolensis) Sandveld
A3f Terminalia sericea, Lonchocarpus nelsii (Baphia massaiensis) Sandveld
A4a Terminalia sericea, Baphia massaiensis, Peltophorum africanum, Combretum hereroense Sandveld
A5a Catophractes alexandri, Searsia tenuinervis Sandveld
B: Hardveld
B6b Peltophorum africanum, Vachellia tortilis (Terminalia sericea) Hardveld
B6b Peltophorum africanum, Vachellia tortilis (Vachellia karoo, Ziziphus mucronata) Hardveld
B7a Combretum apiculatum, Senegalia nigrescens, Vachellia tortilis Hardveld
B8a Colophospermum mopane, Senegalia nigrescens (Combretum apiculatum, Vachellia tortilis) Hardveld
B8b Colophospermum mopane, Senegalia nigrescens (Burkea africana) Hardveld
B9a Colophospermum mopane, Senegalia nigrescens (Combretum imberbe) Hardveld
C: Miomboveld
C10a Pterocarpus angolensis, Baikiaea plurijuga Miomboveld
D: Recent Lacustrine (Panveld)
D11a Odyssea paucinervis Recent Lacustrine
D12a Sesbania, Asclepias fruticosa Recent Lacustrine
E: Fossil Lacustrine (Ancient Panveld)
E13a Colophospermum mopane, Acacia nilotica, Combretum Fossil Lacustrine
F: Alluvium (Riverine)
F14a Vachellia tortilis, Cynodon dactylon, Cenchrus ciliaris, Combretum imberbe Recent Alluvium
F14b Vachellia tortilis, Combretum erythrophyllum, Lonchocarpus capassa Recent Alluvium
F14c Vachellia tortilis, Phragmites australis, Vachellia erioloba, Terminalia prunioides Recent Alluvium
F15a Combretum imberbe, Vachellia erioloba, Colophospermum mopane Recent Alluvium
G: Sandveld-Hardveld Transition Veld
G16a Terminalia sericea, Vachellia tortilis, Ziziphus mucronata Sandveld-Hardveld Transistion
G16b Terminalia sericea, Vachellia tortilis, Senegalia mellifera Sandveld-Hardveld Transistion
G16c Vachellia erubescens, Vachellia tortilis, Boscia albitrunca Sandveld-Hardveld Transistion
H: Mopaneveld
H17a Colophospermum mopane, Terminalia prunioides Mopaneveld H18a|Colophospermum mopane, Terminalia sericea (Combretum imberbe) Mopaneveld
H17b Colophospermum mopane, Terminalia sericea (Sclerocarya caffra) Mopaneveld
H17c Colophospermum mopane, Terminalia sericea (Hyphaene petersiana, Adansonia digitata) Mopaneveld
H17d Colophospermum mopane, Terminalia sericea (Dichrostachys cinerea) Mopaneveld
H17e Colophospermum mopane, Terminalia sericea (Lonchocarpus nelsii) Mopaneveld
H18b Colophospermum mopane, Combretum Mopaneveld
H18c Colophospermum mopane, Vachellia tortilis Mopaneveld
I: Wetland
I19a Imperata cylindrica, Setaria sphacelata, Hyparrhenia rufa & Hyphaene petersiana, Garcinia livingstonei (Phoenix reclinata, Ficus verruculosa) Wetland
I20a Hyphaene petersiana, Lonchocarpus capassa, Phoenix reclinata Wetland
I20b Imperata cylindrica, Setaria sphacelata, Hyparrhenia rufa & Hyphaene petersiana, Garcinia livingstonei (Lonchocarpus capassa, Senegalia nigrescens & Phragmites) Wetland
I21a Cyperus papyrus, Miscanthus junceus & Hyphaene petersiana, Garcinia livingstonei (Phoenix reclinata, Ficus verruculosa) Wetland
J: Salt Pans
J0 Salt Pans
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Please explain how those of us in Botswana can contribute to this great project ? Could the vegetation map of Botswana be on this project so all can see. Im stlll confused but I can see that the vegetation map is so very useful. Thanks so much.
Is the map copyright?
thats a good point. Ill try and find out. Thanks.
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Ta!
So I guess Sandveld is Arid Savanna
But from the species, Hardveld is Arid Savanna too ...
Biomes:
A: Sandveld - Arid Savanna
G: Sandveld-Hardveld Transition Veld - Arid Savanna
B: Hardveld - Moist Savanna
C: Miomboveld - Moist Savanna
H: Mopaneveld - Moist Savanna
Thanks for this. The reason I am interested is because i live ( sometimes) very near the border between sandveld and hardveld, where the transition zone is perhaps 10m. I have been very interested in observing the difference in tree vegetation and its density. Assuming rainfall is the same, it seems to me that the sandveld trees are closer and the sand veld is vary more productive. I guess the water just goes down to roots and doesnt run off the surface into rivers and gets wasted in an ocean. Perhaps the sandveld has more water underground but its surface is more arid. Good for trees, once established. We have species of trees that only live in the sandveld and I cant find them at all in the hardveld. I hope to use inat to record the flora s of the smaller plants in the two biomes which are very close to each other. Of course the hardveld is far more affected by soil erosion with the flow of water over the surface. I still need to find if there are more nitrate. potassium ions etc in the sand, deeper down due to greater leaching which may make the sandveld more productive, at least in my neighbourhood. I guess sandveld is arid because the water is stored underground and cant remain on the surface, while hardveld is moist because the water stays on the surface but evaporates or flows away and less is stored. I guess we shouldnt associate arid savanna with being less bioproductive and less biodiverse than moist savanna. Thanks for getting me to think.
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