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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 3
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY............................................................. 3
3. SCOPE OF STUDY .............................................................................. 3
4. STUDY AREA ....................................................................................... 3
5. METHODS ............................................................................................ 4
6. RESULTS.............................................................................................. 5
6.1 Plant communities .............................................................................5
6.2 Medicinal species ..............................................................................5
6.3 Alien species .....................................................................................5
6.4 Orange listed species ........................................................................5
6.5 Red listed species .............................................................................5
6.6 Limpopo Sweet Bushveld (Annexure A) ............................................6
6.7 Waterberg Mountain Bushveld (Annexure A) ....................................9
7. FINDINGS AND POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS ................................... 13
8. RECOMMENDED MITIGATION MEASSURES .................................. 14
9. CONCLUSION .................................................................................... 15
10. REFERENCES.................................................................................... 15
ANNEXURE A: VEGETATION MAP OF THE STUDY ROUTE ..................... 16
ANNEXURE B: PLANT SPECIES RECORDED ON PIPELINE ROUTE ....... 17
FIGURES:
Figure 1: Locality map of the study site...................................................................... 4
Figure 2: The Phase 1 pipeline route indicating the location of waypoints ............... 5
Figure 3: Trees and shrubs growing on sandy loam. ................................................. 6
Figure 4: Acacia species and Spirostachys africana growing on clayey soils............ 7
Figure 5: Vegetation on rocky, shallow sandy soil. .................................................. 10
Figure 6: Vegetation on low-lying, deep sandy soil. ................................................ 10
Figure 7: Kirkia accuminata growing at the Waterberg Mountain Bushveld............. 11
TABLES:
Table 1: Plant species recorded in the Limpopo Sweet Bushveld....................... 7
Table 2: Plant species recorded in the Waterberg Mountain Bushveld............. 11
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