Trees in Kruger National Park … Gertenbach Landscape 3
2nd March 2008
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.

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
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