Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality

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Table 1: Frequency occurrence of grass species in the various monitoring sites on Marloth Park Grass species Decreasers Andropogon schirensis Brachiaria serrata Cenchrus ciliaris 34 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Digitaria eriantha 5 3 8 28 6 4 2 4 1 8 6 Fingerhurtia africana Panicum coloratum Panicum deustum 43 17 53 68 52 36 20 70 58 44 48 46 28 18 48 Panicum maximum 10 4 8 1 8 10 8 4 16 8 6 14 Panicum natalense 2 Setaria nigrirostris Setaria sphaecelata Themeda triandra Increasers I (1) Trachypogon spicatus Hyparrhenia filipendula Sporobolus pyramidalis Increasers IIa & IIb (2) Heteropogon contortus Sporobolus fimbriatus Bothriochloa insculpta Bothriochloa radicans 2 Dactylotenium aegyptium 2 Enneapogon cenchroides Eragrostis curvula Eragrostis gummiflua Eragrostis lehmanniana 5 2 4 Eragrostis plana Eragrostis racemosa Eragrostis rigidior Eragrostis superba 2 1 1 6 Eragrostis trichophora Perotis patens Pogonarthria squarrosa Schmidtia pappophoroides 2 2 Sporobolus panicoides Trichoneura grandiglumis 3 2 Urochloa mosambicensis 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Increasers IIc (3) Aristida adscensionis 13 5 4 16 5 4 10 10 4 10 2 2 8 6 Aristida bipartita 3 Aristida congesta var. barbicollis 2 3 2 4 2 2 Aristida congesta var. congesta Aristida stipitata Chloris virgata Cynodon dactylon Enneapogon scoparius 4 Melinis repens 2 Tragus berteronianus 32 44 24 10 14 10 12 8 14 20 8 32 24 40 Forbs Monitoring survey site number 4 1 1 2 4 2 2 10 4 © Ecological Associates/ Marloth Park 41 4 8 4 2 16 16 4 6 2
Table 2: Contribution of ecological categories and veld condition scores, of the various monitoring survey sites on Marloth Park Ecological categories Decreasers Monitoring survey site number 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 58 17 62 84 53 72 70 78 66 62 60 53 82 24 54 Increasers I (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Increasers IIa & IIb (2) 10 8 7 5 8 9 13 3 11 9 19 7 7 3 3 Increasers IIc (3) 32 46 29 10 18 14 14 12 16 28 8 34 0 26 40 Veld condition score 652 248 677 870 580 770 766 804 720 684 684 592 848 278 592 LEGEND TO COLOUR CODED PLANT COMMUNITIES Chloris vigata - Acacia grandicornuta Low thicket Trichoneura grandiglumis - Combretum apiculatum Short bushland Themeda triandra - Acacia nigrescens Low bushland Spirostachys africana - Balanites maughami Low bushland Dichrostachys cinerea - Tragus berteronianus Low bushland Evaluation scale Poor 0 - Moderate 401 - Good 601 - 400 600 1000 © Ecological Associates/ Marloth Park 42
Page 1 and 2: Ecological Associates Environmental
Page 3 and 4: THE ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABLE BROWSE
Page 5 and 6: LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Location
Page 7 and 8: LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1: A li
Page 9 and 10: Three different scenarios are analy
Page 11 and 12: Ecosystems disturbed by clearing op
Page 13 and 14: INTRODUCTION Although only a few ve
Page 15 and 16: Figure 1: Location of the Marloth P
Page 17 and 18: GEOMORPHOLOGY Looking down from the
Page 19 and 20: Figure 4: Geology of the Marloth Pa
Page 21 and 22: Tonalitic granite and gneiss A sect
Page 23 and 24: Figure 6: Soil depth of the Marloth
Page 25 and 26: Figure 7: Land Types of the Marloth
Page 27 and 28: Figure 8: Land use in the Marloth P
Page 29 and 30: A 610.1 B 104.0 C 7.4 D 19.9 E 39.8
Page 31 and 32: INTRODUCTION VEGETATION CLASSIFICAT
Page 33 and 34: METHOD For an initial and broad sca
Page 35 and 36: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Analysis and
Page 37 and 38: The dominant grass species are broa
Page 39 and 40: The characteristic tree species are
Page 41 and 42: VELD CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND THE C
Page 43 and 44: Degradation gradients are models th
Page 45 and 46: The nearest grass species to each s
Page 47: Calculation of grazing capacity The
Page 51 and 52: Table 3: Grazing capacities for the
Page 53 and 54: THE ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABLE BROWSE
Page 55 and 56: X Y D1 Y Dimensional measurements:
Page 57 and 58: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The browsing
Page 59 and 60: Table 6: Browsing capacities for th
Page 61 and 62: INTRODUCTION ESTIMATION OF HERBACEO
Page 63 and 64: The resulting Large Stock Units are
Page 65 and 66: INTRODUCTION GAME MANAGEMENT ON MAR
Page 67 and 68: STOCKING RATES Current stocking The
Page 69 and 70: Table 10: The current stocking dens
Page 71 and 72: Recommendations on stocking rates C
Page 73 and 74: High selectivity grazers Blue wilde
Page 75 and 76: Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogil
Page 77 and 78: Space requirements: Kudu have range
Page 79 and 80: Recommendation: The range requireme
Page 81 and 82: Food preference: Steenbok utilise A
Page 83 and 84: Table 12: The potential stocking de
Page 85 and 86: Table 14: The potential stocking de
Page 87 and 88: Table 15: The recommended stocking
Page 89 and 90: The proteins may be less available
Page 91 and 92: When urea is incorporated into a ph
Page 93 and 94: Recommended intake for game is 150
Page 95 and 96: Ticks The main parasite of concern
Page 97 and 98: Figure 12: Sketch of Cyphostemma /C
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NOXIOUS AND INVASIVE WEEDS An invas
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Management plans need to be reviewe
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Ricinus communis, Solanum sisymbrii
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Although soil treatment with chemic
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Planning errors must be expected, a
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To further reduce grazing pressure
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Lightning induced fires can also ca
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TIME OF BURNING Least damage is cau
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A low intensity fire will be achiev
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Recommendations for Marloth Park Ma
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Surface erosion will reduce water i
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Several different types of waterhol
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Stones Ground level Reinforced conc
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For safety reasons these requiremen
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Adaptive management Applying adapti
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Figure 15: Location of the monitori
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Appendix 1 (Continue) A list of tre
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Appendix 2 (Continue) A list of gra
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Appendix 3 (Continue) A list of for
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Appendix 3 (Continue) A list of for
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Appendix 4: Alien invaders found on
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Appendix 5: Frequency occurrence of
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Appendix 6: Photographs of each veg
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Appendix 6: Photographs of each veg
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