Summary: | Floristic characteristics of the Andover Game Reserve (AGR) were surveyed using an area-based survey
technique and classified according to the data recorded from 88 relevés, using the PHYTOTAB-PC
software package. Three plant communities, of which two each contain two variants, were described
and mapped. The plant communities and their causative environmental factors were validated
through detrended- and canonical correspondence multivariate analyses. The plant communities of
the AGR were found to typify the floristics associated with the catenal sequences located in undulating
areas on granite. Broad-leaved savanna is located at the crest and upper mid-slopes while fine-leaved
savanna occurs along the footslopes of the AGR. Seeplines, a characteristic occurrence along catenas,
are found at the transitional zone between the upper broad- and lower fine-leaved savanna plant
communities. This study forms the basis for the compilation of a revised ecological management plan
for the Andover Game Reserve.
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