H. Bezuidenhout et al., THE VEGETATION OF THE BD AND EA LAND TYPES IN THE GRASSLAND OF THE WESTERN TRANSVAAL, SOUTH-AFRICA, South African journal of botany, 59(3), 1993, pp. 319-331
Relatively little is known about the vegetation of the western Grassla
nd Biome in South Africa. The classification of the vegetation of the
Bd and Ea land types forms part of a research programme on the synthes
is of the vegetation of the western Grassland Biome in South Africa. T
his is a first formal classification of the vegetation of the study ar
ea. Using a numerical classification technique (TWINSPAN) as a first a
pproximation, the classification was refined by applying Braun-Blanque
t procedures. The result is a phytosociological table where one new or
der, three new alliances and eight new associations are recognized. Th
e new syntaxa are ecologically interpreted as well as described. Assoc
iated gradients in habitat are identified by using an ordination algor
ithm (DECORANA). This study should contribute to the present knowledge
and ecological understanding of the vegetation of the western Transva
al grassland.