Table 1 Characteristics of the four dominant vegetation types found in Nyimba District, Eastern Province, Zambia
From: Model-based estimation of above-ground biomass in the miombo ecoregion of Zambia
| Vegetation type | Dominant species | Structure | Phenology | Fire susceptibility of dominant species | Soils and topography | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry miombo woodland | Brachystegia spiciformis, B. boehmii and Julbernardia globiflora | Open to closed two layer canopy, with mean height ≤ 15 m; dense grass layer | deciduous or semi-deciduous | fire-tolerant | Nutrient-poor, plateaus and hills | Timberlake and Chidumayo (2011); GRZ (2014) |
| Mopane woodland | Colophospermum mopane (generally monospecific) | Open one layer canopy, with height ranging from 6 to 18 m; sparse grass layer | deciduous | fire-intolerant | Clay dominated, on wide valley bottoms | Timberlake (1995); Makhado et al. (2014); GRZ (2014) |
| Munga woodland | Vechellia sp., Senegalia sp., Combretum sp., and trees associated with the Papilionoideae subfamily | Open one or two layer canopy, emergents up to 18 m; dense grass layer | deciduous | fire-tolerant | Nutrient-rich and well-drained, plateaus | Timberlake and Chidumayo (2011); GRZ (2014) |
| Riparian forest | Mixed | Closed three layer canopy, up to 25 m; vines commonly occurring | evergreen | fire-intolerant | Restricted to buffer zones around significant rivers | GRZ (2014) |