This vegetation supports greater floral richness and includes almost all the miombo dominants, such as Brachystegia floribunda, B. glaberrima, B. taxifolia, B. wangermeeana, B. utilis, Marquesia macroura, Julbernadia globiflora, J. paniculata, and Isoberlinia angolensis. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Miombo woodlands] Reference
Rich in species, this ecoregion - mapped as wetter Zambezian miombo woodland by White (1983) - includes nearly all the miombo dominants, such as Brachystegia floribunda, B. glaberrima, B. taxifolia, B. wangermeeana, Marquesia macroura, Julbernadia globiflora, J. paniculata, and Isoberlinia angolensis. From Wordnik.com. [Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands] Reference
The upper slopes are dominated by mountain acacia Brachystegia glaucescens. From Wordnik.com. [Lake Malawi National Park, Malawi] Reference
In Kenya, occurs in coastal bushland and dry forests and Brachystegia woodland. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
In the wild at edges of low evergreen forests, coastal bushland and Brachystegia woodland. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
In Kenya confined to the coastal region in Brachystegia woodland and coastal forests, e.g. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Brachystegia and Combretum-Terminalia woodland are most common between the hills and floodplain. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Miombo woodlands] Reference
Well-grassed Brachystegia communities dominate the mountainous escarpment and higher Chewore areas. From Wordnik.com. [Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas, Zimbabwe] Reference
Dominant tree species include Brachystegia spiciformis, B. boehmii, B. allenii, and Julbernardia globiflora. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Miombo woodlands] Reference
Towards central Barotseland, Brachystegia spiciformis, B. longifolia and Colophospermum mopane become more frequent. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests] Reference
Miyombo or Brachystegia woodland dominated by Brachystegia spiciformis, Julbernardia globiflora and pterocarpus angolensis. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Furthermore, this ecoregion is the center of endemism for the Brachystegia genus with 17 of its 35 species located in Zambia. From Wordnik.com. [Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands] Reference
The Brachystegia-restricted avifauna in the ecoregion is similar to that of western Zambia and southern Democratic Republic of Congo. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference
Firstly, the escarpment allows subspecies to develop in the drier southwest arid and Brachystegia biomes by forming a barrier between them. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands] Reference
These woodlands vary from closed to open and are dominated by the deciduous Brachystegia spiciformis, B. tamarinodoide, and Uapaca kirkiana. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic] Reference
Cynometra thickets, coastal bushland, Brachystegia woodland and coastal forests, mainly sandy and especially coastal red sandy soils, 0-1,000 m. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Miombo plant communities are dominated by trees belonging to the family Caesalpiniaceae, and characterized by Brachystegia and Julbernardia species. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Miombo woodlands] Reference
Lowland evergreen ombrophile forest is dominated by well-developed stands of Gilbertiodendron dewevrei with G. ogoouense and Brachystegia laurentii. From Wordnik.com. [Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo] Reference
Ecology: Grows in the coastal area, e.g. in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, at forest margins, in Brachystegia woodland and coastal bushland, 0-300 m on sandy soils. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Other tall canopy trees include Brachystegia floribunda, Syzygium guineense afromontanum, Bersama abyssinica, Erythrophleum africanum and Combretum elaeagnoides. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests] Reference
The dominant tree species are Nauclea diderrichii, Khaya ivorensis, Erythrophleum ivorense, Klainedoxa gabunensis, Brachystegia eurycoma, and Terminalia superba. From Wordnik.com. [Nigerian lowland forests] Reference
In well-developed Baikiaea communities, species of Brachystegia and Julbernardia and Colophospermum mopane (species typical of miombo and mopane woodlands) are totally absent. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
However, none of the known mammals are endemic to the Cryptosepalum habitat, which shares most of its fauna with the surrounding Brachystegia woodland or the Guineo-Congolian forest. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests] Reference
Patches of Brachystegia woodland remain on the lower slopes of this Plateau, and at higher altitudes remnants of mid-altitude and Afromontane forests are found in ravines and gorges. From Wordnik.com. [South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic] Reference
They are dominated by trees of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae, particularly species belonging to the genera Brachystegia, Julbernardia, and Isoberlinia, which seldom occur outside miombo. From Wordnik.com. [Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands] Reference
These woodlands occupy the plains and lower-lying areas surrounding the Rift Mountains and are characterized by the dominance of trees in the genera Brachystegia, Isoberlinia, and Julbernardia. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic] Reference
These woodlands are dominated by trees of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae, particularly species belonging to the Brachystegia, Julbernardia and Isoberlinia genera, which seldom occur outside miombo. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Miombo woodlands] Reference
Most of the land between 1,200 to 1,800 m is clothed in woodlands dominated by Brachystegia, Julbernardia, and Isoberlinia, which ascend as high as 2,050 m on the xeric western escarpment of the Nyika Plateau. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic] Reference
Cryptosepalum forests have a distinct and relatively rich avifauna with 381 known species, comprising a mixture of moist evergreen forest species, elements of the Brachystegia woodland avifauna, and some widespread species. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests] Reference
Bordered on the east by the Zambezi River, it forms the western portion of ‘wetter Zambezian miombo woodland,’ and includes ‘mosaic of Brachystegia bakerana thicket and edaphic grassland,’ which shares similar faunal patterns. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference
Its dominant species are Brachystegia spiciformis and muyombo B. boehmii with Julbernardia globiflora, bloodwood Pterocarpus angolensis, blackwood Dalbergia melanoxylon and Isoberlinia spp. with a shrub layer of Diplorhyncus condylocarpus and species of leadwood Combretum. From Wordnik.com. [Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania] Reference
Miombo woodland is distinguished from other African savanna, woodland, and forest formations by the dominance of tree species in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, particularly in the genera Brachystegia, Julbernardia, and Isoberlinia which are seldom found outside miombo. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference
Typical canopy dominants of the moist evergreen forest of Sierra Leone include Heritiera utilis, Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum, Erythrophleum ivorense and Lophira alata, with small amounts of Klainedoxa gabonensis, Uapaca guineensis, Oldfieldia africana, Brachystegia leonensis and Piptadeniastrum africanum. From Wordnik.com. [Western Guinean lowland forests] Reference
In the moister southern parts of the ecoregion, the forest is dominated by members of the Leguminosae family (Brachystegia spp. From Wordnik.com. [Nigerian lowland forests] Reference
With precipitation increase toward the south, the forest would have become dominated by members of the Leguminosae (Brachystegia spp. From Wordnik.com. [Cross-Niger transition forests] Reference
Brachystegia spiciformis. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Kilifi, Tana River and Lamu, in dry coastal forest, in Brachystegia, Afzelia. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Annona senegalensis, Anselia africana, Aristolochia petersiana, Antidesma venosum, Brachystegia spiciformis, Cassia abbreviata. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
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