The Kruger http://www.thekruger.com The Big 5 and More in The Kruger National Park, South Africa Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:04:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Kruger National Park for Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Rhino, Buffalo. The Big 5 http://www.thekruger.com/kruger-national-park-for-lions-leopards-elephants-rhino-buffalo-the-big-5/ http://www.thekruger.com/kruger-national-park-for-lions-leopards-elephants-rhino-buffalo-the-big-5/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:08 +0000 Tony Roocroft http://www.thekruger.com/kruger-national-park-for-lions-leopards-elephants-rhino-buffalo-the-big-5/ window.document.getElementById('post-973').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post';

The Kruger National Park South Africa … What an Amazing, Incredible Adventure it Was …

During May 2006 I started a personal project that would see me drive every accessible Kruger Park road before the end of the year. The objective was then to share all I saw in the Kruger Game Reserve Wilderness with anybody interested. This was in the hope that the record of events might inspire more of you to visit and enjoy even more this Eden, this Treasure that belongs to all of us in South Africa … after all the Kruger National Park remains one of the world’s most precious wilderness areas.

The Final Journey, the Last Day in The Kruger

On Saturday October 8th 2006 around 06.00 hrs I drove the final 12 kms from Berg-en-Dal camp to the Malelane Gate. This short drive marked the end of the Kruger project …
I had spent more than 30 days in the Game Reserve and driven in excess of 5,000 kms in order to cover and record my drives. It had been a fascinating, enjoyable, exciting and real privelige to spend the time in this most wonderful wildlife eden.
It was fitting that on this short drive to Malelane Gate that I saw 5 lions and a large breeding herd of Kruger Elephants.
Hopefully some of the visitors to this Kruger National Park website will become determined to repeat at least part of my adventure because that’s what it was for me …
You can search for Kruger Park South and Kruger Park Central accommodation as well as some 150 easy to navigate other tourist regions spanning the whole of South Africa by clicking the links.
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To view an interactive map showing all 33 of the Kruger National Park’s rest camps, bushveld camps, trail camps and camping and caravan sites click the link

Visit the Kruger National Park Every Day …

See the sights, hear the sounds … bring the kids along too. Look at The Kruger differently.
Take a virtual drive on the wildside and share my personal internet project with me … wherever you see an image you can view an enlargement by clicking the image. Keep reading and select the section of this large site that interests you most.

Do You Love The Kruger? Do You Long for the Bush?

Is it the whispering wind, the starry skies, the roar of the lion or the joy of life that brings you back? If you can’t be there in body then be there in spirit. Go back in time and relish the present …

How to use this site …

The website is large with many pages. If you click here you will get an overview of the site content.
Here’s a wonderful article just received from Ronnie James in UK. … Ronnie is 90 and was part of a team responsible for maintaining airfields inside the Kruger. How I Met Colonel and Mrs Stevenson-Hamilton.

How Would You Like to Live next Door to the Kruger?

Well Hennie Van Deventer does. Hennie owns a house in Sabie Park on the banks of the Sabie River right next to the Kruger Gate entrance. Over the years Hennie has witnessed many big 5 incidents and was witness to the massive floods that partly destroyed Sabie Park in 2000. He has writtten great stories about the pure joy of living in the bush, right “Next Door to the Kruger”.
Hennie first published his book in Afrikaans and we’ve now completed the translation and made the English version available as a PDF download … you can read more by clicking here.
You can also view the Afrikaans version by clicking the same link.
We have

]]> http://www.thekruger.com/kruger-national-park-for-lions-leopards-elephants-rhino-buffalo-the-big-5/feed/ Kruger National Park: Trees in Letaba Rugged veld http://www.thekruger.com/kruger-national-park-trees-in-letaba-rugged-veld/ http://www.thekruger.com/kruger-national-park-trees-in-letaba-rugged-veld/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:00:44 +0000 Tony Roocroft http://www.thekruger.com/kruger-national-park-trees-in-letaba-rugged-veld/ Location and Geomorphology of Letaba Rugged Veld

This landscape includes the whole western drainage to the Letaba and Klein Letaba Rivers.
It occupies 700 km/2 or 3.6 percent of the KNP and is comparable to Landscape 7 viz. Olifants River Rugged Veld. The slopes are relatively steep and there are quite a few prominent koppies viz. Ngodzi, Kaleka, Milavamhisi, Munamungwe and Byashishi koppies. The drainage takes place via the Shipikane, Byashishi and Tsende to the Letaba and Klein Letaba Rivers. The underlying material is granite, gneiss and Swaziland rock formations like amphibolite, serpentine and schist (Shutte 1974).
Although the landscape is comparable to the Olifants River Rugged Veld as far as the vegetation is concerned, it is different as far as the geology and terrain formation is concerned. The Letaba River Rugged Veld is less dissected and the slopes less steep. The area is nevertheless naturally dry and the altitude varies between 250 and 400 metres with the Ngotsekop as the highest point viz. 473 metres.
Trees of the Letaba River Rugged Veld
Colophospermum mopane: found in Steep slopes shallow soils
Combretum apiculatum: found in Steep slopes shallow soils
Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. Africana.: found in Steep slopes shallow soils
Grewia spp.: found in Steep slopes shallow soils
Rhigozum zambesiacum: found in Steep slopes shallow soils
Terminalia prunioides: found in Steep slopes shallow soils
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]]> http://www.thekruger.com/kruger-national-park-trees-in-letaba-rugged-veld/feed/ Gertenbach Landscape9. Trees of the Kruger National Park http://www.thekruger.com/gertenbach-landscape9-trees-of-the-kruger-national-park/ http://www.thekruger.com/gertenbach-landscape9-trees-of-the-kruger-national-park/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:20:23 +0000 Tony Roocroft http://www.thekruger.com/gertenbach-landscape9-trees-of-the-kruger-national-park/ Location and Geomorphology

The parent material underlying this landscape is mainly amphibolite from the Swaziland System and to a lesser degree granite and gneiss mixed with weathered material from gabbro and dolerite (Shutte 1974).
It is a relatively flat landscape in comparison with the adjacent undulating terrain on granite.
This area is situated north of the old Letaba / Phalaborwa tourist road and south of the Letaba River, excluding the direct southerly drainage to the Letaba River.
It is drained by the Ngwenyeni, Malopene and Nwanedzi spruits, and is situated between 300 and 380 metres above sea level. This landscape occupies 546 km/2 or 2.8 percent of the KNP.
Climate
There is no reason to believe that the climate of this landscape differs much from Landscapes 8 and 10. Surrounding weather stations and their annual average rainfall are Mahlangene 490 mm, Phalaborwa 481 mm, Letaba Ranch 487 mm and Letaba 471 mm (Gertenbach 1980).
Gertenbach landscape 9 trees Kruger Park As a result of the flat terrain the possibility of frost in winter is poor (See Table 5 for temperature data).
Acacia nigrescens: found in Flatlands
Albizia harveyi: found in Flatlands
Cissus cornifolia: found in Flatlands
Colophospermum mopane: found in Flatlands
Combretum apiculatum: found in Flatlands
Combretum imberbe: found in Flatlands
Commiphora africana.: found in Flatlands
Grewia bicolor: found in Flatlands
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Flatlands
Maerua parvifolia: found in Flatlands
Ncorautanenia amboensis: found in Flatlands
Ozoroa engleri: found in Flatlands
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]]> http://www.thekruger.com/gertenbach-landscape9-trees-of-the-kruger-national-park/feed/ Trees of the Kruger National Park Landscape Gertenbach 8 http://www.thekruger.com/trees-of-the-kruger-national-park-landscape-gertenbach-8/ http://www.thekruger.com/trees-of-the-kruger-national-park-landscape-gertenbach-8/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:39:27 +0000 Tony Roocroft http://www.thekruger.com/trees-of-the-kruger-national-park-landscape-gertenbach-8/ Location and Geomorphology

This landscape occupies the largest portion of the watershed between the Olifants and Letaba Rivers. It is high lying (between 350 and 450 metres) and the underlying material consists mainly of granite and gneiss. Isolated plugs of syenite from the Phalaborwa Ignious Complex have penetrated into the granite to form koppies of which Masorini, Shishwani, Shikumbu, Shivulani and Vodogwa are the most outstanding. The area is situated on the upper course of a few spruits that drain into the Letaba and Olifants Rivers. Most important of these are the Tshutsi, Mulalane and Misumane which drain into the Olifants River and the Malopene, Ngwenyeni and Nwanedzi into the Letaba River. This undulating landscape occupies 396 km/2 or 2 percent of the KNP.

Climate

As a result of the higher altitude of this landscape the rainfall increases slightly. Letaba, to the east of this area has an annual rainfall of 462 mm, while Phalaborwa receives 481 mm per year. High temperatures are registered during the summer and frost is generally non-existent in the winter because of the relatively higher altitude.
trees of the kruger national park gertenbach 8 landscape
Acacia exuvialis: found in Bottomlands
Acacia gerrardii: found in Bottomlands
Acacia nigrescens: found in Bottomlands
Acacia tortilis: found in Bottomlands
Bridelia mollis: found in Bottomlands
Cassia abbreviate: found in Bottomlands
Colophospermum mopane: found in Bottomlands
Combretum hereroense: found in Bottomlands
Euclea divinorum: found in Bottomlands
Grewia flavescens: found in Bottomlands
Lonchocarpus capassa: found in Bottomlands
Maerua parvifolia: found in Bottomlands
Securinega virosa: found in Bottomlands
Ximenia caffra: found in Bottomlands
Berchemia discolor: found in Koppies
Combretum apiculatum: found in Koppies
Commiphora mollis: found in Koppies
Croton gratissimus: found in Koppies
Ficus soldanella: found in Koppies
Homalium dentatum: found in Koppies
Kirkia acuminate: found in Koppies
Maerua angolensis: found in Koppies
Manilkara mochisia: found in Koppies
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Koppies
Steganotaenia araliacea: found in Koppies
Sterculia rogersii: found in Koppies
Acacia robusta: found in Riverine/Spruit
Albizia harveyi: found in Riverine/Spruit
Colophospermum mopane: found in Riverine/Spruit
Combretum hereroense: found in Riverine/Spruit
Combretum imberbe: found in Riverine/Spruit
Dalbergia melanoxylon: found in Riverine/Spruit
Diospyros mespiliformis: found in Riverine/Spruit
Euclea diviorum: found in Riverine/Spruit
Euclea natalensis: found in Riverine/Spruit
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Riverine/Spruit
Lonchocarpus capassa: found in Riverine/Spruit
Schotia brachypetala: found in Riverine/Spruit
Ziziphus mucronata: found in Riverine/Spruit
Albizia harveyi: found in Uplands
Cissus cornifolia: found in Uplands
Colophospermum mopane: found in Uplands
Combretum apiculatum: found in Uplands
Combretum zeyheri: found in Uplands
Commiphora africana: found in Uplands
Dalbergia melanoxylon: found in Uplands
Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. Africana: found in Uplands
Grewia bicolor: found in Uplands
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Uplands
Ozoroa engleri: found in Uplands
Peltophorum africanum: found in Uplands
Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia: found in Uplands
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Uplands
Strychnos madagascariensis: found in Uplands
Tephrosia sericea: found in Uplands
Terminalia sericea: found in Uplands
Ziziphus mucronata: found in Uplands
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]]> http://www.thekruger.com/trees-of-the-kruger-national-park-landscape-gertenbach-8/feed/ Trees of the Kruger National Park Gertenbach 7 Landscape http://www.thekruger.com/trees-of-the-kruger-national-park-gertenbach-7-landscape/ http://www.thekruger.com/trees-of-the-kruger-national-park-gertenbach-7-landscape/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:05:49 +0000 Tony Roocroft http://www.thekruger.com/trees-of-the-kruger-national-park-gertenbach-7-landscape/ Location and Geomorphology Rugged Olifants Landscape

This landscape includes the direct drainage area adjoining the Olifants River, from the western boundary of the KNP to approximately the sandstone koppies at Shiswayini.
To the north it extends to about the Letaba / Phalaborwa powerline and southwards to the northern boundary of the neighbouring area of Peru. It is a strongly undulating terrain with steep slopes and a great number of small spruits which drain into the Olifants River.
Among the most important are the Tshutsi, Mulalane, Misumane, Manyukelani from the north and the Klaseri, Tseri, Nhlaralume and Mvubuspruits from the south. According to Schutte (1982) the parent material of the area comprises metamorphic rock such as amphibolite, serpentine, quartzite, quartz-schist and other rocks of Swazium age.
The altitude varies a lot but the greater portion of the landscape is situated between 250 and 300 metres. In the north-western part of this area the uplands can reach 400 metres above sea level.
The landscape occupies 360 km/2 or 1.8 percent of the KNP.
Trees of the Kruger National Park Gertenbach Landscape 7
All the trees below are found in the Dry Rugged Veld of this landscape region.
Acacia exuvialis:
Acacia nigrescens:
Acacia nilotica:
Albizia anthelmintica:
Albizia harveyi:
Boscia albitrunca:
Cissus cornifolia:
Colophospermum mopane:
Combretum apiculatum:
Combretum hereroense:
Combretum imberbe:
Commiphora africana:
Commiphora mollis:
Dalbergia melanoxylon:
Dichostachys cinerea subsp. Africana:
Ficus smutsii:
Grewia bicolor:
Grewia flavescens:
Grewia villosa:
Hexalobus monopetalus:
Holmskioldia tettensis:
Kirkia wilmsii:
Lannea stuhlmannii:
Maerua parvifolia:
Maytenus heterophylla:
Olax dissitiflora:
Ozoroa engleri:
Pappea capensis:
Rhigozum zambesiacum:
Securinega virosa:
Selerocarya caffra:
Terminalia prunioides:
Tricalysia allenii:
Zanthoxylum humilis:
Ziziphus mucronata:

]]> http://www.thekruger.com/trees-of-the-kruger-national-park-gertenbach-7-landscape/feed/ Trees of the Kruger National Park Gertenbach Landscape Number 6 http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach6/ http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach6/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:59:46 +0000 Tony Roocroft game reservegertenbachkruger national parklandscapesolifantssouth africatimbavati http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach6/ Location and Geomorphology

This landscape is located in the triangle formed by the Olifants River, Timbavati River and the western boundary of the KNP.
The substratum is mainly granite and gneiss intersected by numerous intrusions of dolerite. This landscape is also intersected by a large gabbro-body which is classified as a separate landscape (Landscape 19). Amphibolite from the Swaziland System occur extensively throughout this landscape (Schutte 1982) and have an important influence on the soil and vegetation.
The terrain is undulating and is drained by the tributaries of the Timbavati River of which the Shisakashanghondo, Chalons, Brak, Mbhanswe and Mshatu spruits are the most important.
The altitude of this landscape varies between 300 and 500 metres and it occupies 469.3 km/2 or 2.4 percent of the KNP.
Gertenbach 6 Landscape Trees Kruger National park

Acacia gerrardii: found in Middle and Footslopes
Acacia nigrescens: found in Middle and Footslopes
Bolusanthus speciosus: found in Middle and Footslopes
Colophospermum mopane: found in Middle and Footslopes
Combretum apiculatum: found in Middle and Footslopes
Combretum hereroense: found in Middle and Footslopes
Combretum imberbe: found in Middle and Footslopes
Euclea divinorum: found in Middle and Footslopes
Grewia bicolor: found in Middle and Footslopes
Maerua parvifolia: found in Middle and Footslopes
Ormocarpum trichocarpum: found in Middle and Footslopes
Terminalia prunioides: found in Middle and Footslopes
Ximenia caffra.: found in Middle and Footslopes
Acacia robusta: found in Riverine/Spruit
Albizia harveyi: found in Riverine/Spruit
Colophospermum mopane: found in Riverine/Spruit
Combretum hereroense: found in Riverine/Spruit
Combretum imberbe: found in Riverine/Spruit
Dalbergia melanoxylon: found in Riverine/Spruit
Diospyros mespiliformis: found in Riverine/Spruit
Euclea diviorum: found in Riverine/Spruit
Euclea natalensis: found in Riverine/Spruit
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Riverine/Spruit
Lonchocarpus capassa: found in Riverine/Spruit
Schotia brachypetala: found in Riverine/Spruit
Ziziphus mucronata: found in Riverine/Spruit
Acacia burkei: found in Uplands
Acacia exuvialis: found in Uplands
Albizia harveyi: found in Uplands
Cissus cornifolia: found in Uplands
Colophospermum mopane: found in Uplands
Combretum apiculatum: found in Uplands
Commiphora africana: found in Uplands
Dalbergia melanoxylon: found in Uplands
Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. Africana: found in Uplands
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Uplands
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Uplands
Terminalia sericea: found in Uplands
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]]> http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach6/feed/ Trees of The Kruger National Park: Gertenbach Landscape 5 http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach5/ http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach5/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:11:35 +0000 Tony Roocroft acaciagertenbachgraniteknpkrugermapRiverstimbavatitreetrees http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach5/ Trees in The Kruger’s Gertenbach 5 Landscape

Location and Geomorphology… see map below
This landscape is discontinuous due to the fact that it consists of two areas which are separated by Landscape 4 viz, the thickets of the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers. One portion of this landscape occurs in the southern district and the remainder forms the south western part of the Central District as far north as the Orpen / Timbavati area. The geological substrata are granite and gneiss with numerous dolerite intrusions which never exceed 10 metres in breadth (Schutte 1974). This landscape occurs mainly on or close to the watersheds and therefore includes only the upper courses of most spruits viz, the Mbyamite, Mlambane, Nwatimhiri and Nwatimwambu in the southern sub-region and the Nwatindlopfu, Nwaswitsonto, Sweni and Nwanedzi in the northern sub-region. The landscape is undulating with distinct uplands, ecotones and bottomlands. The altitude varies between 350 and 500 m and the landscape occupies 1578 km/2 or 8.1 percent of the KNP.
Gertenbach 5 landscape trees
Acacia gerrardii: found in Bottomlands
Acacia nigrescens: found in Bottomlands
Acacia tortilis: found in Bottomlands
Albizia harveyi: found in Bottomlands
Bolusanthus speciosus: found in Bottomlands
Cissus cornifolia: found in Bottomlands
Combretum apiculatum: found in Bottomlands
Combretum hereroense: found in Bottomlands
Combretum imberbe: found in Bottomlands
Commiphora africana: found in Bottomlands
Dalbergia melanoxylon: found in Bottomlands
Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. Africana: found in Bottomlands
Ehretia rigida: found in Bottomlands
Grewia bicolor: found in Bottomlands
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Bottomlands
Ormocarpum trichocarpum: found in Bottomlands
Pterocarpus rotundifolius: found in Bottomlands
Ziziphus mucronata: found in Bottomlands
Acacia gerrardii.: found in Seepline
Albizia harveyi: found in Seepline
Combretum apiculatum: found in Seepline
Combretum zeyheri: found in Seepline
Maytenus heterophylla: found in Seepline
Peltophorum africanum: found in Seepline
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Seepline
Terminalia sericea: found in Seepline
Albizia harveyi: found in Steep Slopes
Albizia nigrescens: found in Steep Slopes
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Steep Slopes
Acacia burkei: found in Uplands
Acacia exuvialis: found in Uplands
Cissus cornifolia: found in Uplands
Combretum apiculatum: found in Uplands
Combretum zeyheri: found in Uplands
Commiphora africac: found in Uplands
Dalbergia melanoxylon: found in Uplands
Dischrostachys cinerea subsp. Africana: found in Uplands
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Uplands
Ormocarpum trichocarpum: found in Uplands
Peltophorum africanum: found in Uplands
Pterocarpus rotundifolius: found in Uplands
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Uplands
Strychnos madagascariensis: found in Uplands
Terminalia sericea: found in Uplands
Ziziphus mucronata.: found in Uplands

]]> http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach5/feed/ Trees of the Kruger National Park … Gertenbach Landscape 4 http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach4/ http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach4/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:06:18 +0000 Tony Roocroft http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach4/ Location and Geomorphology … see map below

As the name indicates this landscape consists of the low lying areas along the two rivers and is underlain by archian granite and gneiss intersected by dolerite intrusions. The landscape is horseshoe-shaped, starting at the Sabie River with the Mtshawuspruit as the western boundary, along the Sabie eastwards to Lubyelubye. Then southwards across the watershed to the Crocodile River and then westwards following the banks to the vicinity of the Malelane restcamp. The topography is concave to relatively flat but is intersected by numerous spruits that flow into the two rivers. Spruits worth mentioning are the Nwaswitshaka, Nwatimwambo, Nwatimhiri and Lubyelubye that flow into the Sabie River and the lower Mbyamide, Bume and Mlambane that flow into the Crocodile River. A few granite koppies occur in the landscape of which Shirimanthanga. Renoster Koppies, Thekwane, Mlaleni, Siyalo and Sihehleni are the most important.
The altitude varies between 200 and 350 metres and the landscape occupies 1242 km/2 or 6.2 percent of the KNP, which makes it one of the largest landscapes in the southern district.
Gertenbach 4 Kruger National Park Landscape
Acacia exuvialis: found in Bottomlands
Acacia nilotica: found in Bottomlands
Acacia grandicornuta: found in Bottomlands
Acacia nigrescens: found in Bottomlands
Acacia tortilis: found in Bottomlands
Adenium obesum: found in Bottomlands
Balanites maughamii: found in Bottomlands
Croton gratissimus: found in Bottomlands
Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. Africana: found in Bottomlands
Ehretia rigida: found in Bottomlands
Euclea divinorum: found in Bottomlands
G.flavescens: found in Bottomlands
Gardenia spatulifolia: found in Bottomlands
Grewia bicolor: found in Bottomlands
Ormocarpum trichocarpum: found in Bottomlands
Pavetta cataphylla: found in Bottomlands
Ptaeroxylon obliquum: found in Bottomlands
Rhigozum zambesiacum: found in Bottomlands
Schotia brachypetala: found in Bottomlands
Spirostachys africana: found in Bottomlands
Terminalia prunioides: found in Bottomlands
Xanthocercis zambesiaca: found in Bottomlands
Zanthoxylum humilis: found in Bottomlands
Acacia nigrescens: found in Koppies
Combretum hereroense: found in Koppies
Croton gratissimus: found in Koppies
Diospyros mespiliformis: found in Koppies
Ficus soldanella: found in Koppies
Grewia hexamita: found in Koppies
Iboza riparia: found in Koppies
Lannea discolor: found in Koppies
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Koppies
Maytenus tenuispina: found in Koppies
Ozoroa paniculosa: found in Koppies
Pterocarpus rotundifolius: found in Koppies
Schotia brachypetala: found in Koppies
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Koppies
Spirostachys africana : found in Koppies
Tricalysia allenii: found in Koppies
Acacia robusta: found in Riverine
Anthocleista grandiflora: found in Riverine
Berchemia discolor: found in Riverine
Breonadia microcephala: found in Riverine
Combretum erythrophyllum: found in Riverine
Diospyros mespiliformis: found in Riverine
Ekebergia capensis: found in Riverine
Ficus sycomorus: found in Riverine
Kigelia africana: found in Riverine
Nuxia oppositifolia: found in Riverine
Trichilia emetica: found in Riverine
Acacia exuvialis: found in Uplands
Acacia nigrescens: found in Uplands
Acacia tortilis.: found in Uplands
Combretum apiculatum: found in Uplands
Combretum hereroense: found in Uplands
Dichostachys cinerea subsp. Africana: found in Uplands
Grewia bicolor: found in Uplands
Grewia flavescens: found in Uplands
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Uplands
Lonchocarpus capassa: found in Uplands
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Uplands
Terminalia prunioides: found in Uplands
Ziziphus mucronata: found in Uplands

]]> http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach4/feed/ Trees in Kruger National Park … Gertenbach Landscape 3 http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach3/ http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach3/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:01:54 +0000 Tony Roocroft http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach3/ Location and Geomorphology for Gertenbach 3 Kruger Landscape

This landscape is situated along the upper course of the Mbyamide River in the central southern district between the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers. It covers approximately 540 km/2 which represents 2,8 percent of the KNP. The underlying granite and gneiss is deeply weathered resulting in a undulating landscape with distinct uplands and bottomlands. The area is drained exclusively by the Mbyamide River and its tributaries. The altitude varies between 450 and 550 metres above sea level.
Trees in Gertenbach 3 Landscape Kruger National Park
Acacia exuvialis: found in Bottomlands
Acacia gerrardii: found in Bottomlands
Acacia nigrescens: found in Bottomlands
Acacia nilotica subsp. Kraussiana: found in Bottomlands
Albizia harveyi: found in Bottomlands
Cassine aethiopica: found in Bottomlands
Combretum hereroense: found in Bottomlands
Diospyros mespiliformis: found in Bottomlands
Euclea divinorum: found in Bottomlands
Euclea natalensis: found in Bottomlands
Grewia bicolor: found in Bottomlands
Grewia hexamita: found in Bottomlands
Ormocarpum trichocarpum: found in Bottomlands
Pappea capensis: found in Bottomlands
Schotia brachypetala: found in Bottomlands
Spirostachys Africana: found in Bottomlands
Ziziphus mucronata: found in Bottomlands
Acacia robusta: found in Riverine
Cassine aethiopica: found in Riverine
Combretum imberbe: found in Riverine
Diospyros mespiliformis: found in Riverine
Euclea natalensis: found in Riverine
Lonchocarpus capassa: found in Riverine
Schotia brachypetala: found in Riverine
Spirostachys Africana: found in Riverine
Acacia exuvialis: found in Uplands
Combretum apiculatum: found in Uplands
Combretum collinum subsp. suluense: found in Uplands
Combretum molle: found in Uplands
Combretum zeyheri: found in Uplands
Dalbergia melanoxylon: found in Uplands
Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. Nyassana: found in Uplands
Maytenus heterophylla: found in Uplands
Peltophorum africanum: found in Uplands
Pterocarpus rotundifolius: found in Uplands
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Uplands
Strychnos madagascariensis: found in Uplands
Terminalia sericea: found in Uplands
Xeromphis obovata.: found in Uplands

]]> http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach3/feed/ Trees of The Kruger National Park: Gertenbach Landscape 2 http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach2/ http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach2/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:38:16 +0000 Tony Roocroft bushveldgertenbachgranitekruger national parklandscapemalelanekoppietree http://www.thekruger.com/treesgertenbach2/ Predominant Tree Species in Gertenbach Landscape 2: Malelane Mountain Bushveld

Location and Geomorphology

This landscape is located in the extreme south-western corner of the KNP and includes all the mountains of the Malelane and Stolznek areas.
Geologically, archain granite and rock formation of the Swaziland System form the underlying material of this area. Mountains such as Sithungwane and Newu consist of granite, while Khandizwe, Tlhalabye and Mathili are made up of Swaziland rock formation. Dolerite intrusions also occur in the Swaziland System and granite.
It has been observed that the parent material of the eastern slopes of a koppie consist of dolerite while the western slopes are mainly granite.
The altitude varies from 350 to 800 metres with Khandizwe being the highest point at 847 metres.
Gertenbach 2 Landscape Kruger National Park This landscape represents 2,4 percent of the area of the KNP. The slopes are steep and the most important spruits are the Nsikazi, Matjulu and Matjulwana

Acacia karroo
Albizia versicolor
Aloe bainesii
Apodytes dimidiate
Berchemia zeyheri
Brachylaena huillensis
Breonadia microcephala
Calodendrum capense
Cassine aethipica
Celtis Africana
Commiphora harveyi
Commiphora neglecta
Croton gratissimus
Cussonia natalensis
Dalbergia armata
Erythrina evansii
Erythrina latissima
Erythrina lysistemon
Euphorbia ingens
Faurea saligna
Faurea speciosa.
Ficus capensis
Ficus soldanella
Ficus sonderi
Heteropyxis natalensis
Hippobromus pauciflorus
Homalium dentatum
Kirkia wilmsii
Manilkara concolor
Manilkara mochisia
Maytenus undata
Olax dissitiflora
Olea Africana
Pittosporum viridiflorum
Portulacaria afra
Premna mooiensis
Pterocarpus angolensis
Rauvolfia caffra
Sideroxylon inerme
Sterculia murex
Strychnos henningsii
Tarchonanthus camphorates
Tecomaria capensis
Urera tenax
Vepris reflexa

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