Useful Tree Species for Eastern Africa

a species selection tool based on the VECEA Map



Riverine wooded vegetation

Description

Within the VECEA region, we mapped the following vegetation types together in the compound vegetation type of “Riverine wooded vegetation": Riverine forests (edaphic vegetation type, fr), Riverine woodland (edaphic vegetation type, wr) and Riverine thicket (edaphic vegetation type, br).

Useful woody species

The main species recorded to occur within this vegetation type are listed below. Clicking the name of any of these species will open the page for that species on the Agroforestry Species Switchboard.

For more detailed information about the species occurrences see this excel workbook. It provides country specific information on species composition for this vegetation type. It also allows you to select a subset of useful tree species to provide desired products and services. For each species links to a number of websites / databases with information about this species are provided as well.

Conservation status

The table shows the area (km2) of the PNV is outside the protected areas (NP) and the area protected within one of the protected areas, split by IUCN management category. Only the nationally designated protected areas were included.

PNVcat.IIcat.IIIcat.IVcat.VINCNPSum
Be/fe/R9801002,3432,442
Be/R42202006,8437,267
fs/R004902884161
R594621403786076,1747,955
wd/R0470256227305
Wmw/R004500318363
Sum1,11410923740364115,98918,493
IUCNBe/fe/RBe/Rfs/RRwd/RWmw/RSum
cat.II984220594001,114
cat.III00062470109
cat.IV1249140045237
cat.VI000378250403
NC002860760641
NP2,3436,843846,17422731815,989
Sum2,4427,2671617,95530536318,493

Ia - Strict nature reserve, Ib - Wilderness area, II - National park, III - Natural monument or feature, IV - Habitat/species management area, V - Protected landscape/seascape, VI - Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources, NC - unclassified or not assigned, NP - outside the protected areas

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