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KwaZulu-Cape Coastal Forest Mosaic
KwaZulu-Cape Coastal Forest Mosaic runs along the eastern coast of South Africa, a mix of forest interspersed by thornveld. This region represents the southernmost distribution for tropical faunas and floras in Africa, and contains highly endemic flora as well as some narrowly endemic animals. Although approximately nine percent of this ecoregion falls within conservation areas, the fragmented and isolated nature of these reserves makes them vulnerable to the high degree of anthropogenic pressure.
Distributed in a narrow band along the eastern South African coastline, this ecoregion represents the coastal tropical and subtropical forest of South Africa. It extends from Cape Saint Lucia (about 32° east), south along the eastern narrow coastal plain to Cape Saint Francis (26° south 33° east). Its inland boundary lies at the foothills of the Drakensberg Escarpment, from 450 meters (m) in elevation in the north, dropping to about 300 m in the south.
Forest species have a wide distribution in southern Africa and fall into two main floristic regions: the Tongaland-Pondoland forests of the Indian Ocean Coastal Region and the Afromontane forests of the Drakensberg escarpment, Natal, and eastern Cape midlands, the southern and southwestern Cape mountains, and coastal plateau. The vegetation of KwaZulu-Cape Forest Mosaic consists of the narrower (minimum 8 kilometers), southern part of Moll and White’s Tongaland–Pondoland regional mosaic. This regional mosaic is part of a greater Indian Ocean Coastal Belt extending down from the extreme southeastern corner of Somalia. The composition of the flora of the KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic, and the affinities of the species, is related to changes in the rainfall that tends to decline to towards the south. In addition, the generally colder temperatures of the southern portion limit distribution of subtropical species such as Natal wild banana (Strelitzia nicolai) that grows down near Port Elisabeth.
KwaZulu-Cape Coastal Forest Mosaic
KwaZulu-Cape Coastal Forest Mosaic runs along the eastern coast of South Africa, a mix of forest interspersed by thornveld. This region represents the southernmost distribution for tropical faunas and floras in Africa, and contains highly endemic flora as well as some narrowly endemic animals. Although approximately nine percent of this ecoregion falls within conservation areas, the fragmented and isolated nature of these reserves makes them vulnerable to the high degree of anthropogenic pressure.
Distributed in a narrow band along the eastern South African coastline, this ecoregion represents the coastal tropical and subtropical forest of South Africa. It extends from Cape Saint Lucia (about 32° east), south along the eastern narrow coastal plain to Cape Saint Francis (26° south 33° east). Its inland boundary lies at the foothills of the Drakensberg Escarpment, from 450 meters (m) in elevation in the north, dropping to about 300 m in the south.
Forest species have a wide distribution in southern Africa and fall into two main floristic regions: the Tongaland-Pondoland forests of the Indian Ocean Coastal Region and the Afromontane forests of the Drakensberg escarpment, Natal, and eastern Cape midlands, the southern and southwestern Cape mountains, and coastal plateau. The vegetation of KwaZulu-Cape Forest Mosaic consists of the narrower (minimum 8 kilometers), southern part of Moll and White’s Tongaland–Pondoland regional mosaic. This regional mosaic is part of a greater Indian Ocean Coastal Belt extending down from the extreme southeastern corner of Somalia. The composition of the flora of the KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic, and the affinities of the species, is related to changes in the rainfall that tends to decline to towards the south. In addition, the generally colder temperatures of the southern portion limit distribution of subtropical species such as Natal wild banana (Strelitzia nicolai) that grows down near Port Elisabeth.
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