Vegetation of quartz fields in the Little Karoo, Tanqua Karoo and eastern Overberg (Western Cape Province, South Africa)

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Vegetation of quartz fields in the Little Karoo, Tanqua Karoo and eastern Overberg (Western Cape Province, South Africa)

Quartz fields are a very special habitat characterised by occurrence of pavements of angular quartz debris being the result of weathering of quartz veins embedded in soft bedrock (shale, phyllite). Quartz fields support vegetation dominated by leafsucculent dwarf shrubs, belonging to the Aizoaceae (...

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Main Authors:	Mucina, Ladislav, Schmiedel, U.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2006
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35568

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