the vegetation types and veld condition - Maremani Nature Reserve

Lehmann’s love grass (Eragrostis lehmanniana) 14%
Dwarf grass (Oropetium capense) 9%
False signal grass (Brachiaria deflexa) 4%
Silky bushman grass (Stipagrostis uniplumis) 4%
Natal Redtop (Melinis repens) 4%
Carrot seed grass (Tragus berteronianus) 3%
Forb species in this community cover 6% of the area and include Abutilon austro-africanum and Barleria
prionitis.
13. Colophospermum mopane - Eragrostis lehmanniana low dense bushveld
(Mopane - Lehmann’s love grass low dense bushveld)
This species poor thicket to open bushveld occurs mainly on the plains of Senator and Lenin but is also
found locally in Riverview, Reitz, Njelele’s Drift and Dawn (Figure 2). It is dominated by Mopane
(Colophospermum mopane), and Lowveld cluster-leaf (Terminalia prunioides). It covers approximately
1738 ha. This community occurs on shallow to deep grey to red sandy loam soils derived from gneiss and
quartzite. The rock cover varies from 1 to 10% and locally up to 50%. The slopes are less than 2Ε.
A diagnostic species group is absent but species such as Mopane (Colophospermum mopane), Lowveld
cluster leaf (Terminalia prunioides) and the Shepherd’s tree (Boscia albitrunca) are abundant species
(species groups 20 & 21, Table 6). This community is therefore also characterised by the absence of
diagnostic species from species groups 1 to 19 (Table 6).
High trees (>6 m) have an average canopy cover of 3% and are characterised by the Mopane
(Colophospermum mopane), Shepherd’s tree (Boscia albitrunca), Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) and
Boabab (Adansonia digitata).
Trees (>3 m - 6 m) cover on average 11% of the area and the dominant species are Mopane
(Colophospermum mopane), Lowveld cluster-leaf (Terminalia prunioides), Velvet corkwood (Commiphora
mollis), Common star chestnut (Sterculia rogersii), Red bushwillow (Combretum apiculatum) and Tall
common corkwood (Commiphora glandulosa).
Shrubs (