Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality
Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality
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
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- Page 17 and 18: GEOMORPHOLOGY Looking down from the
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- 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
Table 2: Contribution of ecological categories and veld condition scores,<br />
of the various monitoring survey sites on <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />
Ecological categories<br />
Decreasers<br />
Monitoring survey site number<br />
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15<br />
58 17 62 84 53 72 70 78 66 62 60 53 82 24 54<br />
Increasers I (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Increasers IIa & IIb (2) 10 8 7 5 8 9 13 3 11 9 19 7 7 3 3<br />
Increasers IIc (3) 32 46 29 10 18 14 14 12 16 28 8 34 0 26 40<br />
Veld condition score 652 248 677 870 580 770 766 804 720 684 684 592 848 278 592<br />
LEGEND TO COLOUR CODED PLANT COMMUNITIES<br />
Chloris vigata<br />
- Acacia grandicornuta Low thicket<br />
Trichoneura grandiglumis - Combretum apiculatum Short bushland<br />
Themeda triandra - Acacia nigrescens Low bushland<br />
Spirostachys africana - Balanites maughami Low bushland<br />
Dichrostachys cinerea - Tragus berteronianus Low bushland<br />
Evaluation scale<br />
Poor 0 -<br />
Moderate 401 -<br />
Good 601 -<br />
400<br />
600<br />
1000<br />
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