Assessment of herbaceous vegetation species composition growing around Kleinkopje opencast coal mine, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
M Mangwane, I C Madakadze, F V Nherera-Chokuda, S Dube, M Mndela, T J Tjelele, H T Pule · 2025
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Description
Mangwane and co-authors survey the grasses and other herbaceous plants growing around the Kleinkopje opencast coal mine in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Their 2025 study compares a rehabilitated site with natural veld near Emalahleni.
Six transects of one hundred meters were laid out, with five small quadrats sampled along each. The team identified plants, counted leaves and tillers, and harvested biomass. They recorded nineteen grass species, plus forbs and sedges. Eragrostis curvula was most frequent on natural veld, while Cynodon dactylon and Panicum maximum led on the rehabilitated site. Such surveys show how mine land recovers after coal extraction strips the original vegetation.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | M Mangwane, I C Madakadze, F V Nherera-Chokuda, S Dube, M Mndela, T J Tjelele, H T Pule |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |