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6 Profile diagram of the catena across a mulola in Bicuar. 1 Loudetia grasslands with scattered Parinari and Pygmaeothamus geoxyles on colluvial and alluvial soil. 2 Open savanna of Burkea, Terminalia, Tristachya and Eragrostis on colluvial and illuvial soil. 3 Woodland of Brachystegia, Julbernardia, Hyparrhenia and Andropogon on eluvial and colluvial soil. 4 Thicket of Hippocratia, Baphia, Croton, Combretum and Baikiaea on eluvial soil. From Teixeira (1968) Parque Nacional do Bicuar. Instituto de Investigação Agronómica de Angola, Nova Lisboa
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The Savanna Biomes (Mesic/Dystrophic and Arid/Eutrophic) of Angola cover over 90% of the country. This Chapter presents the case for the recognition, across Africa, of these two distinctive savanna biomes, both defined by the co-dominance of fire-tolerant trees and C 4 grasses, falling within seasonal climates of warm, wet summers and mild, dry win...
