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1964 AFRIKA: RASTITEI/NOST' (VEGETATION)
AFRICA
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LEGEND
Northern Extra-Tropical Vegetation Types
I. Subtropical Shrub-and-Tree Vegetation Type
A. Mediterranean and Atlantic-Mediterranean formations
1. Evergreen forest of cork oak (Quercus suber) and holm oak (Q.
ilex )
2. Formations of olive (Olea europaea) and dwarf fan palm (Chamaerops
humilis)
3. Coniferous forest of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), sandarac tree
(Callitris quadrivalvis), juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus, /. phoenicea),
Atlantic cedar ( Ce drus atlántica)
4. Open woodland of argan trees ( Ar gania spinosa )
5. Spiny shrubs dominated by jujube (Zizyphus lotus)
6. Desert-like steppe with esparto grass (Stipa tenacissima)
II. Subtropical Desert Vegetation Type
A. Saharan-Saudi (subtropical) formations
7. Grass and shrub desert of Northern Sahara. Grasses—Aristida
s^tcits (Aristida plumosa, A. obtusa, A. acutiflora); shrut>—acacia
and jujube species
8. Shrub desert of the Atlantic Sahara: cactus-like spurge (Euphorbia
echinus, E. balsamifera); shrub (Lycium intricatum, Rhus oxyacantha).
On the coast, argan tree (Argania spinosa)
9. Stony desert (hammada) with spiny cushion shrub (Anabasis aretoides,
Limoniastrum feei)
10. Sandy desert of northern Sahara. Grasses—Aristida pungens, A.
plumosa; shrub—Calligonum azei, Retama retam, Ephedra alata
11. Saltbush desert with a predominance of halophytes (Suaeda baccata,
S. marítima, S. monoica)
12. Oases of northern Sahara with fig, palm, fruit trees, grains and industrial
crops
13. Cultivated river-valley vegetation in the northern part of the Nile
valley—fruit trees, grains and industrial crops (cotton, tobacco)
Southern Extra-Tropical Vegetation Types
I. Xerophilic Subtropical Tree-and-Shrub Vegetation
A. Cape formations
14. Subtropical forest with predominance of Albizzia, Protorhus,
Sclerocarya, Trichilia
15. Mountain forest with Podocarpus, Ocotea, Widdringtonia
16. Evergreen xerophilic shrub typified by Proteaceae (Leucadendron
argenteum, Protea cynaroides), Ericaceae (Erica corifolia, E. mucosa),
Compositae
II. Grassy Savannas and Pampas
A. Southeast African formations
17. Grassy formations with predominance of Themeda triandra, beard
grass (Andropogon), Hyparrhenia (High Veld)
18. Grass-tree-shrub xerophilic complex. Common grasses: Themeda
triandra, Tristachya hispida, Eragrostis racemosa. Among trees and
shrubs, Podocarpus and Rapanea
III. Subtropical Desert
A. Karroo and South Namib formations
19. Shrub desert of the Karroo, formed by small shrubs, succulent
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