Useful Tree Species for Eastern Africa

a species selection tool based on the VECEA Map



Vitex-Phyllanthus-Sapium-Terminalia and Terminalia glaucescens woodlands

Description

The woodland vegetation types that were originally mapped in Uganda as Vitex doniana - Margaritaria discoidea - Sapium ellipticum - Terminalia glaucescens woodland (original mapping unit H1) and as Terminalia glaucescens woodland (originally mapped as H2).

Information on this vegetation type is scant as Langdale-Brown et al. (1964) did not provide detailed information on the species composition of these vegetation types.

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.

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.IIINCNPSum
Wv9033521531,9883,396
Sum9033521531,9883,396
IUCNWvSum
cat.II903903
cat.III352352
NC153153
NP1,9881,988
Sum3,3963,396

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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