Invasive alien woody plants of the southern and southwestern Cape region, South Africa

The frequency and abundance of invasive alien plants were recorded along roadsides and at watercourse crossings in 82.9% (145/175) of the quarter degree squares in the study area (3I-35°S, 17-25°E and covering ± 90 000 km:). The sur­vey yielded 102 species of which the most prominent (in order of prominence) in roadside and veld (natural and modified) habitats were: Acacia cyclops , A. saligna and A. mearnsii The most prominent species (in order of prominence) in stream- bank habitats were: A. mearnsii, A. saligna and Populus x canescens.

• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Bothalia

• Publication date

  1998-10-02

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4102/ABC.V28I1.624
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• In stream-bank habitats, the most prominent species were Acacia mearnsii, Acacia saligna, and Populus x canescens.

  Confidence 0.98

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewAnonymous (n259mg7uxy) reviewmexicorea (qjvnbu8xg3) review
• In roadside and veld habitats, the most prominent species were Acacia cyclops, Acacia saligna, and Acacia mearnsii.

  Confidence 0.98

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewAnonymous (n259mg7uxy) reviewmexicorea (qjvnbu8xg3) review
• The survey identified 102 invasive alien plant species.

  Confidence 0.96

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewAnonymous (n259mg7uxy) reviewmexicorea (qjvnbu8xg3) review
• Invasive alien woody plants were recorded in 82.9% (145/175) of the quarter degree squares sampled in the study area.

  Confidence 0.97

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewAnonymous (n259mg7uxy) reviewmexicorea (qjvnbu8xg3) review

• acacia cyclops

  species

  A wattle species included among the invasive woody plants recorded in the survey.

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• acacia mearnsii

  species

  A wattle species included among the invasive woody plants recorded in the survey.

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• acacia saligna

  species

  A wattle species included among the invasive woody plants recorded in the survey.

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• invasive alien plants

  group

  Woody plant species not native to the region and treated as invasive taxa in the survey.

  Aliases: invasive alien woody plants

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• populus x canescens

  species

  A hybrid poplar species included among the invasive woody plants recorded in the survey.

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewAnonymous (n259mg7uxy) reviewmexicorea (qjvnbu8xg3) review
• quarter degree squares

  sampling unit

  Map grid cells used to summarize where invasive plants were recorded across the study area.

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• roadside and veld habitats

  habitat

  Terrestrial habitats along roads and in veld where species prominence was assessed.

  Aliases: roadside and veld

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• stream-bank habitats

  habitat

  Riparian habitats along stream margins where species prominence was assessed.

  Aliases: stream-bank

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