Notes on the ecology of Natal Highland Sourveld vleis

Abstract

The term vlei can be applied to most natural, low-lying, wet or damp areas in South Africa which may correspond with such categories as swamp, reedswamp, marsh and fen, but excluding pans and bogs.

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