Useful Tree Species for Africa

a species selection tool based on the Vegetation Map of Africa

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Mapping unit 70

  • Main vegetation type: Desert dunes with perennial vegetation (page 220)
  • Major vegetation type: desert
  • Phytochorion: Sahara transition zone (xvii)
  • Other types with a fragmented distribution: Oases (originally mapping unit 73, not digitized)

 

Species composition

  • Species composition was inferred both from desert dunes and sandy regs (White classifies psamnophilous vegetation into desert dunes [ergs = sand deserts usually in the form of dunes] and sandy regs [regs = gravel deserts]. Species that were not included (unless listed in PROTA): annuals.
  • Link to main composition tables: Mapping unit 70.xls ; Mapping unit 70_uses.xls
  • Link to other composition tables: M73a.htm

 
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