Swartboschkloof forms part of the Jonkershoek mountain catchment complex at the headwaters of the Eerste River, Cape Province. It has been selected as a primary study site for the Fynbos Biome Project multi-disciplinary studies of Mountain Fynbos.
Using the Braun-Blanquet phytosociological method, vegetation and environmental data were collected at 201 releve"s throughout the study area; 101 of these releve"s are correlated with a survey of soils of part of the same area. Sixteen Mesic Mountain Fynbos (Moll et al 1984) communities, classified into three groups, and five forest communities, classified into two groups, have been identified.
A map of the plant communities is presented.
Reference:
McDonald, DJ. 1985. Plant communities of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek. National Scientific Programmes Unit: CSIR, SANSP Report 104, Mar 1985, pp 63
McDonald, D. (1985). Plant communities of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek (CSIR). National Scientific Programmes Unit: CSIR. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2314
McDonald, DJ Plant communities of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek. CSIR. National Scientific Programmes Unit: CSIR, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2314
McDonald D. Plant communities of Swartboschkloof, Jonkershoek. 1985 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2314
