PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS OF THE VEGETATION OF THE BORAKALALO NATURE-RESERVE, NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

After classifications and descriptions of the northern, southern and w estern sections of the Borakalalo Nature Reserve have been completed, it was necessary to compile a synecological synthesis of the Vegetatio n of the Reserve to compare the existing classifications and to summar ize the vegetation of the entire Reserve as an ecological basis for th e compilation of a management plan. Using 350 releves a synoptic table was compiled representing 44 plant communities. A TWINSPAN classifica tion was used complementary to Braun-Blanquet procedures and revealed seven major vegetation types. By using an ordination algorithm (DECORA NA) the floristic relationships among the different vegetation types a re indicated against a habitat gradient.