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Thomas Henry Duthie was the first appointed Supervisor of Crown Forests and Lands. Despite the small size of the ecoregion, the Knysna and Amatole forests are South Africa's largest individual forests. The Knysna forest has been exploited for valuable timber since the 18th century, and the Amatole forests since the 20th century.
List of forests of South Africa. Name of forest Type Province Note Andrews Forest: State: Eastern Cape: Blue Lily's Bush Forest: Reserve: Eastern Cape: Dhlinza Forest:
The tropical domain has the largest proportion of the world's forests (45 percent), followed by the boreal, temperate and subtropical domains. More than half (54 percent) of the world's forests is in only five countries – the Russian Federation (20.1%), Brazil (12.2%), Canada (8.6%), the United States of America (7.6%) and China (5.4%).
This forest ecosystem is a subtype of the general Afromontane forest, which can be found across Africa as far north as Ethiopia.However, it is distinguished from other types of forests in Southern Africa by its relatively distinct range of species and its being confined to the far south-western tip of Africa – separated from the other forested areas to the east and north.
Kruger National Park (Afrikaans: [ˈkry.(j)ər]) is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa.It covers an area of 19,623 km 2 (7,576 sq mi) in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km (220 mi) from north to south and 65 km (40 mi) from east to west.
The escarpment slopes are densely covered in ancient forests of yellowwoods, white stinkwoods, Cape chestnuts and other indigenous trees. Deep indigenous woods like Kologha and Kubusie are some of the largest swaths of forest in South Africa. The mountains are capped with flower-rich montane grassland.
The largest indigenous tree of South Africa, and habitat for a rare colony of mottled spinetail swifts. Height: 22 m Stem size: 33.72 m Crown size: 34.3 m & 41.7 m 440 Sagole, Limpopo. 2 Adansonia digitata: Glencoe Baobab: Second-largest indigenous tree of South Africa.
Pages in category "Lists of forests of South Africa" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... List of forests of the Western Cape
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