Natural Vegetation Flashcards
What is vegetation?
All the different plants the grow in one place.
What does indigenous mean?
Plants that have not been brought from another place into that area but have grow in that place for along time.
What does alien plant mean?
Plants brought from another country that was planted in SA.
True or False
As towns and cities get smaller we lose natural vegetation.
False
Towns and cities get bigger
What influences vegetation?
- Rainfall
- Temperature
- Soil
- Ocean currents
What are the six different regions of South Africa’s
- Mediteranean
- Evergreen Forest
- Palm Belt
- Desert or Semi–Desert
- Grasslands
- Savannah (Bushvelds)
What is the Mediterranean weather?
– Winter rainfall
– Summer are hot and dry
What is the Mediterranean plants?
Restios
Ericas
Proteas
What is the Evergreen Forests weather and plants?
Weather ( Goerge and Knysna area )
All year rainfall which causes constant moisture
Plants
Yellowwood
Stinkwood
What is the Palm Belts weather and plants?
Weather
Summer rain
Warm all year round cause of the warm Mozambique current
Plants–
Palm trees
Mangroves
What is the Desert and Semi–Deserts weather and plants?
Weather Hardly no rain Moisture from the the moisture,which blows from the sea. Plants store their water in leave
Plants
Welwitschia(Namibia)
Succulent
Kokerboom
What is the Grasslands weather and plants?
Weather
Summer rain fall
Winter is dry and the grass dies (RIP grass)
Plants
Grasses
What is the Savannahs (Bushvelds) weather and plants?
Weather Summer rainfall Winter dry Grass is surrounded by bushes and trees with thorns
Plants
Baobab
Camlethorn
Umbrella tree
