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Kambai Forest Reserve: A biodiversity survey. - Coastal Forests of ...

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Appendix 1: General Plot Information<br />

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Plot Number Topography Altitude<br />

(metres)<br />

Slope<br />

(degrees)<br />

Vegetation<br />

Condition<br />

Canopy Height<br />

(metres)<br />

48 FV 200 5 EC >30<br />

49 GL 275 20 M 20-30<br />

50 SU 350 25 M 10-20<br />

51 M 430 30 M 10-20<br />

52* M 595 ? M 10-20<br />

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS<br />

Topography<br />

GL - gentle lower slope<br />

SL - steep lower slope<br />

M - mid-slope<br />

GU - gentle upper slope<br />

SU - steep upper slope<br />

FV - flat valley floor<br />

RT - ridge top<br />

F - mature mixed forest<br />

SG - steep gully<br />

Vegetation Condition<br />

M - mature mixed forest/more or less natural forest<br />

P - disturbed primary forest or secondary forest<br />

G - grassland<br />

B - bushland and/or thicket<br />

W - woodland<br />

FC - forest edge/colonising<br />

EC - former encroachment/colonising<br />

* No 50m x 20m plot was <strong>survey</strong>ed in this area. This is a trapping site only.<br />

East Usambara Catchment <strong>Forest</strong> Project Technical Paper 35

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