the vegetation types and veld condition - Maremani Nature Reserve

Species such as Stink grass (Bothriochloa radicans) and Nine-awn grass (Enneapogon cenchroides)
occur locally abundant.
Forb species in this community cover 4% of the area and dense stands of Tephrosia villosa occur locally.
Other forb species include Indigofera heterotricha, Justicia betonica and Ptycholobium contortum.
5. Colophospermum mopane - Terminalia prunioides - Psiadia punctulata bushveld
(Mopane - Lowveld cluster-leaf - Psiadia bushveld
This mopane bushveld occurs on the low hills of the farms Bosbokpoort, Dawn, Reitz and Senator in the
central parts of Maremani. The geological substrate consists mainly of gneiss, quartzite and basalt
(Figure 2). This bushveld covers approximately 893 ha and occurs on shallow and gravelly greyish sandy
loam soils with a rock cover varying from 10% to 70%. Slopes vary from 1 to 4°.
The diagnostic species are Psiadia punctulata and Abutilon angulatum var. angulatum (species group 7,
Table 6).
High trees (>6 m) have an average canopy cover of 5% and are characterised by scattered individuals of
White syringa (Kirkia acuminata), Knobthorn (Acacia nigrescens), Mopane (Colophospermum mopane),
Tall common corkwood (Commiphora glandulosa), Slender three-hook thorn (Acacia senegal var.
leiorhachis) and Shepherd’s tree (Boscia albitrunca).
Trees >3 m - 6 m) cover on average 12% of the area and the dominant species are Mopane
(Colophospermum mopane), Lowveld cluster-leaf (Terminalia prunioides), Red bushwillow (Combretum
apiculatum), Common star chestnut (Sterculia rogersii) and Velvet corkwood (Commiphora mollis)
Shrubs (