THE VEGETATION SYNTAXA OF THE BA LAND TYPE IN THE WESTERN TRANSVAAL GRASSLAND, SOUTH-AFRICA

Relatively little is known about the vegetation of the western Grassla nd Biome in South Africa. The classification of the vegetation of the Ba land type forms part of a research programme on the synthesis of th e vegetation of the western Grassland Biome. The result of the numeric al classification obtained by TWINSPAN was refined by applying Braun-B lanquet procedures. The result is a phytosociological table where one new order, three new alliances, nine new associations and four new sub associations are recognized. The new syntaxa are ecologically interpre ted as well as described.