Table 1: Phytosociological table of the vegetation of the Turfloop nature reserve.
Releves 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Communities 1 2 3 4 5
1.1 5.1
1.2 5.2
1.2.1 5.1.1
1.1.1
5.2.1
Species group A
Chloris gayana + 3 1 + 1 a 1
Acrotome inflata + + 1 + 1 1
Asparagus africanus r + 1 r r + + + + + + r +
Cucumis zeyheri a . + + r r + +
Tagetes minuta 1 r + + + + r 1 1 + + +
Species group B
Panicum maximum + + + 1 + + a + + + 1 1 + . 3 3 3 3 + 3
Schkuhria pinnata r a 1 1 + b +
Themeda trianda r 1 3 1 1 a 1 1 + +
Soporobolus africanus 1 + a a
Eragrostis superba r r
Euclea crispa + + 1
Sansevieria aethiopica + +
Eragrostis congesta + 3 + +
Species group C
Lippia javanica r + + 1 r + + a a 1 + 1 +
Felicia merxmuelleri r . . r r
Lantana rugosa r a + 1 1 1 r
Species group D
Phragmites australis 4 . . + 4 1
Achyranthes aspera 1 + 1 .
Cyperus sexangularis 3 . . 4
Digitaria eriantha 3 + + . + + 1 + 1
Species group E
Aristida congesta r + + 1 1 . 1 + r + 1 a + +
Heteropogon contortus . 1 . r + . 1 . +
Senecio inaequidens + +
Species group F
Acacia robusta a 1 1 3 r r
Ehretia rigida r 1 1 r r
Acrotome hispida + + r r
Convolvulus sagittatus + . .
Cynodon dactylon + 1 1 +
Dicoma zeyheri r + +
Grewia flava + +
Indigofera melanadelina r r r r 8
Khyphocarpa angustifolia + 1 .
Maytenus senegalensis . 1 r + +
Species group G
Aloe marlothii + 1 1 3 3 + 1 + + b a r r
Eragrostis curvula . 1 1 1 + 1 1 b a 3 + 3 +
Solanum panduriforme + + +
Xanthium strumarium r r r r
Species group H
Dicerocaryum eriocarpum 1 + 1 r + 1 b
Melinis repens r + 1 . a
Tinnea rodesiana 1 r .r
Species group I
Acacia karroo r 3 a 1 a 3 a a a 1 a 3 a a b b r b
Sesbania sesban + + r +
Setaria incrassata + + r +
Geigeria burkei + + r
Species group J
Euphorbia ingens a + 1 4
Combretum mollle + + 1
Crotolaria grantana + 1 a
Eragrostis racemosa + +
Maytenus undata + +
Pappea capensis + .
Crotolaria hispida +
Opuntia ficus- indica + r r
Phyllobolus congestus +
Species group K
Eragrostis rigidior 4 b 5 a b 4 b a b b 4 3
Acacia hebeclada a 1 1 a 1 a b b a
Maytenus heterophylla . . + + + a a
Xanthium spinosum 1 + r r r r 1
Crassula sarcocaulis + a r r r +
Bidens bipinnata r r + r
Bidens pilosa 1 + + a 1 + + + + 1 1
Aspathalus suaveolens +
Becium angustifolium r + r +
Dicrostachys cinerea + r r
Diospyros lyciodes r +
Eragrostis trichophora + r r
Flaveria bidentis + .
Kalanchoe rotundifolia r r r
Maytenus tenuispina + .
Panicum coloratum r + r
Psedognaphalium luteo- album + r
Rhoicissus tridentata r . + r
Sesamum triphyllum + r + +
Sporobolus festivus +
Panicum ecklonii +
Pogonophora africana r + r r
Hyparrhenia dissoluta 1
Clerodendrum glabrum 1 1
Euclea crispa a
Vernonia fastigiata r 1 +
Species group L
Acacia tortilis a 1 + 1 1 r b 1 a a r a
Pogonarthria squarrosa + 1 + + + a 3 b 3 1 + 1
Themeda trianda 1 r r r
Boscia albitrunca 1 + r
Catha edulis + r
Senecio burchellii r r r
Senecio longiflorus r r r
Peltophorum africanum a r
Ziziphus mucronata r .+
Conyza floribunda r + r
Species group M
Eragrostis gummiflua 1 a r 3 + a
Dicoma capensis 5 +
Melinis repens 5
Rhus pyroides 5
Setaria sphacelata 5
Waltheria indica 5
Zinnia peruviana 5
Anthospermum aethiopicum +
Geissorhiza burchelli 1
Senecio babertonicus 1 r
Schmidtia pappophoroides 1
Putterlickia speices 1
Indigofera filifolia 1
Terminalia prunioides 1 r
Indigofera spinescens 1
Brachylaena rotundata a
Ficus thonningii b
Rhynchosia minima 1
Senna septemtrionalis a 1
Vangueria infausta 1
Aloe ammophila 1 +
Carissa bispinosa + r r r
Sansevieria hyacinthoides 1 r +
Aptosimum procumbens + +
Thecacoris trichogyne +
Euchaetis cristagali r
Rhynchelytrum repens r
Rhus leptodictya r + r
Croton gratissimus +
Gymnosporia buxifolia +
Gymnosporia senegalensis +
Gymnosporia tenuispina +
Hyacinthoides angustiflora +
Sida rhombifolia r

Cover value: r = one or few individuals, rare occurrence; + = cover less than 1% of total plot area; 1 = cover less than 5% of total plot area; a = cover 5-12.5% of total plot area; b = cover 12.5-25% of total plot area; 3 = cover 26-50% of total plot area; 4 = cover 51-75% of total plot area; 5 = cover 75-100% of total plot area.