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Mahenge Scarp Forest Reserve: a biodiversity survey
APPENDIX 6: REGENERATION PLOT DESCRIPTIONS
Regen.
plot
Habitat Ground cover (%) Dominance (%) Soil Texture Soil colour No. of
inds
Herbs Bare Soil Litter Rocks Grasses Forbs Sages Ferns
1 Open woodland 60 40 0 0 80 20 0 0 Clay Red brown 1 1
2 Open woodland 40 20 40 0 80 20 0 0 Sandy-clay Dark brown 2 1
3 Miombo woodland 40 20 10 30 70 30 0 0 Sandy-clay Brown 5 4
4 Riverine forest/grassland 50 40 10 0 40 40 0 20 Sandy-loam Dark Brown 23 10
5 Riverine forest / bamboo 50 30 20 0 80 20 0 0 Sandy-clay Red brown 7 4
6 Open woodland 70 20 10 0 60 30 0 10 Sandy-loam Dark grey 10 6
7 Open woodland 80 20 0 0 90 10 0 0 Rocky Yellowish 0 0
8 Open woodland 70 10 20 0 90 10 0 0 Sandy-clay Dark grey 0 0
9 Open woodland 60 25 5 10 50 50 0 0 Sandy-loam Light brown 13 5
10 Open woodland 80 10 10 0 70 10 0 20 Sandy-loam Dark brown 4 3
11 Lowland forest 70 0 30 0 20 80 0 0 Sandy-loam Dark brown 4 4
12 Riverine forest 10 0 0 90 0 0 20 80 Rocky None 0 0
13 Lowland forest 40 20 20 20 80 20 0 0 Loam Dark grey 11 8
14 Scrub/thicket/bush 100 0 0 0 95 5 0 0 Loam Dark grey 0 0
15 Scrub/thicket/bush 70 0 30 0 80 20 0 0 Sandy-loam Dark brown 5 7
16 Open woodland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rocky None 0 0
17 Submontane / bamboo 70 10 20 0 80 10 0 10 Sandy-clay Brown 3 3
18 Scrub/thicket/bush 5 25 40 30 0 100 0 0 Sandy-loam Dark brown 0 0
19 Lowland forest 5 10 85 0 5 95 0 0 Loamy-sand Dark brown 7 4
20 Cultivation 50 20 30 0 20 80 0 0 Sandy-loam Dark grey 0 0
MEAN 51 16 19 9 54.5 32.5 1 7 4.75 3
No of
species
Frontier Tanzania Environmental Research Report 107 30