the vegetation types and veld condition - Maremani Nature Reserve

Forb species in this community cover 9% of the area and include Blepharis diversispina, Abutilon austro-
africanum and Ocimum americanum.
11. Colophospermum mopane - Gardenia resiniflua - Tetrapogon tenellus thicket
(Mopane - Resin gardenia - Tetrapogon thicket)
This thicket community occurs in the south on the plains of the farms Woodhall, Frampton and Dawn and
the irregular terrain of Solitude and covers approximately 418 ha (Figure 2). It occurs on moderately deep
red sands on calcrete as well as shallow yellow to red sandy clay loam derived from shale, mudstone and
siltstone. The sandy soils are underlain by calcrete in some places. The rock cover varies from 3 to 20%
and locally up to 80%. The slopes are less than 4Ε.
Thimble grass (Fingerhuthia africana) is a poor diagnostic species for community 11 (species group 15,
Table 6), but other characteristic species are Tetrapogon tenellus and Resin gardenia (Gardenia
resiniflua).
High trees (>6 m) have an average canopy cover of less than 1% and are characterised by Mopane
(Colophospermum mopane) and the Shepherd’s tree (Boscia albitrunca).
Trees (>3 m - 6 m) cover on average 19% of the area and the dominant species are Mopane
(Colophospermum mopane) and the Shepherd’s tree (Boscia albitrunca).
Shrubs (