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Mahenge Scarp Forest Reserve: a biodiversity survey
Family Species Kipogoro
name
Lifeform
Ecol.
Type
Habitat
Endemic
status
STERCULIACEAE Sterculia appendiculata K. Schum Tree F L W
STERCULIACEAE Sterculia quinqueloba (Gurke) K. Schum Tree f L&S W timber for furniture
TILIACEAE Grewia goetzeanaK. Schum Tree f L&S 1 N
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
Mwanga
VERBENACEAE Vitex doniana Sweet. Mfuru Tree f L&S W
Notes
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS FOR TABLE 7A
Ecological type: (based on Iversen, 1991b)
• F - Forest dependent species: Species previously recorded as restricted to primary or closed canopy forest only, e.g. wet evergreen forest, dry evergreen forest and/or riverine forest;
• f - Forest dwelling but not forest dependent: Species previously recorded in primary or closed canopy forest as defined above and/or in forest edge, clearings, secondary forest, deciduous forest and woodland, and
• O - Non-forest species: These are species that do not occur in primary or secondary forest or forest edge (e.g. species that have been recorded in bushland, heathland, thicket, secondary scrub, grassland, rocky
outcrops, swamps, wastelands and cultivation.
Habitat: (where possible based on Hamilton, 1989)
• L - Lowland: Species occurring at altitudes less than 850m above sea level;
• S - Submontane: Species occurring at altitudes greater than 850m above sea level.
• M – Montane Species occurring at altitudes greater than 1,250m above sea level.
If species occur in more than one habitat range, this has been recorded (e.g. L&S – this species has been recorded at altitudess between 0 and 850m above sea level).
Endemic status: (based on Iversen, 1991b):
• E - Endemic: Occurring only in the Mahenge Mountains
• N - Near endemic: Species with limited ranges in the Eastern Arc mountains and/or the East African lowland forests;
• W - Widespread distribution.
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