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34° GEORGE 34° 24° 1,2,3 1 1 Ladislav Mucina, Michael C. Rutherford & Leslie W. Powrie 0 200 400 km 1South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Kirstenbosch Research Centre, 2Department of Botany & Zoology of Stellenbosch University, 16° 18° 20° 22° 24° 26° 28° 30° 32° 3Department of Plant Sciences of the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein & Phuthaditjhaba

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Anthony G. Rebelo, SANBI, Kirstenbosch Research Centre Noel van Rooyen, University of Pretoria Phillip G. Desmet, University of Cape Town AZi3 Kelson G.T. Camp, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture, Cedara Linda Dobson, Mbabane, Swaziland Michele Pfab, Gauteng Nature Conservation, Johannesburg Mervyn C. Lötter, Mpumalanga Parks Board, Lydenburg Valdon R. Smith, Stellenbosch University Bruce McKenzie, Botanical Society of South Africa, Kirstenbosch

AZi4 David B. Hoare, ARC Institute for Range & Forage, Roodeplaat Anthony R. Palmer, ARC Institute for Range & Forage, Grahamstown Robert J. Scholes, CSIR, Pretoria SVkd4 Charles Boucher, Stellenbosch University Coert J. Geldenhuys, ForestWood, Pretoria John C. Manning, SANBI, Kirstenbosch Research Centre SVkd4 George J. Bredenkamp, University of Pretoria ✞ J. Wendy Lloyd, ARC Institute for Climate, Soil & Water, Stellenbosch Erich van Wyk, SANBI, Pretoria

po Jan Vlok, Regalis Environmental Services, Oudtshoorn Bertie van der Merwe, ARC Institute for Climate, Soil & Water, Stellenbosch Nick Zambatis, South African National Parks, Skukuza olo SVkd1 M Doug I.W. Euston-Brown, Regalis Environmental Services, Oudtshoorn Hugo Bezuidenhout, South African National Parks, Kimberley Richard Lechmere-Oertel, Ezemwelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, SVkd2 25° SVkd1 Norbert Jürgens, University of Hamburg, Germany Frances Siebert, Private consultant, Richard’s Bay Pietermaritzburg AZi3 AZi3

P. Johan du Preez, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein Stefan J. Siebert, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa Holger C. Eckhardt, South African National Parks, Skukuza AZi4 SVkd3 NOSSOB SVk11 BRAY Annelise le Roux, CapeNature, Jonkershoek Peter S. Goodman, Ezemwelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, Pietermaritzburg J.-Wouter Lubbinge, University of Pretoria SVk16 Ute Schmiedel, University of Hamburg, Germany Pieter J. D. Winter, SANBI, Pretoria Wayne Matthews, Ezemwelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, Tembe Elephant Park SVkd2

AZi4 TERRA FIRMA Robert Scott-Shaw, Ezemwelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, Pietermaritzburg Nick Helme, Botanical Surveys, Scarborough David J. McDonald, Botanical Society of South Africa, Kirstenbosch SVkd2 Jacobus H.L. Smit, University of Pretoria SVk1

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VORSTERSHOOP SVk16 Project Management: South African National Biodiversity Institute (Kirstenbosch & Pretoria) A TOSCA uo b AZi4 AZi3 SVk11 Project Funding: The production of this map was made possible with a generous donation from the Environmental Agreement between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the Kingdom of SVkd2 SVkd2 Norway through the National Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism SVkd3 SVkd1

AZi3 MOROKWENG GIS Management: Leslie W. Powrie (SANBI, Kirstenbosch Research Centre) AZi4 Ph ep AZi4 SVk16 an GIS Assistance: Ron G. Bennett (KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture, Cedara), Walter J. Smit (SANBI, Kirstenbosch Research Centre), Bertie van der Merwe (ARC Institute for Climate, Soil & Water, Stellenbosch), David B. Hoare (ARC Institute e MCCARTHY´S RUST SVk10 for Range & Forage, Roodeplaat), Mervyn C. Lötter (Mpumalanga Parks Board, Lydenburg), Zuziwe Jonas (University of the Western Cape, Belville & SANBI, Kirstenbosch Research Centre), Amanda T. Lombard (Conservation Systems, Sedgefield), SVkd3 KAGISO SVk11 Willem de Frey (EkoInfo, Pretoria), Riaan Robesson (Bathusi Environmental Consulting, Centurion), Carl Oellermann (Ezemwelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, Pietermaritzburg), André Grobler (University of Pretoria) SVkd3 26° AZi4 T GIS Data Sources: Topographic data supplied by the Chief Directorate: Surveys and Mapping, Mowbray (w3sli.wcape.gov.za) reproduced under Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 11243 dated 4 January 2005. Other Data Supplied by: la p e SVkd1 AZi3 n SVk12 g Agricultural Catchments Research Unit (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Agricultural Research Council, Botanical Society of South Africa, CapeNature, Council for Geoscience, CSIR, Ezemwelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, KwaZulu-Natal Department of K okg g ole Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, National Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Peace Parks Foundation, SANBI Data Centre, SANBI GIS Lab, South African TWEE RIVIER EN National Parks, Terrestrial Ecology Research Unit (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University), Water Research Commission (The former Computing Centre for Water Research). Geographical names as approved by the South African Geographical SVkd3

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