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. 2015 Apr 9;10(4):e0121444. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121444

Table 1. Names and codes of potential natural vegetations in eastern Africa.

Category PNV Code
Forest PNVs Afromontane rain forest Fa
Afromontane undifferentiated forest Fb
Single-dominant Hagenia abyssinica forest Fd
Afromontane moist transitional forest Fe
Lake Victoria transitional rain forest Ff
Zanzibar-Inhambane transitional rain forest Fg
Afromontane dry transitional forest Fh
Lake Victoria drier peripheral semi-evergreen Guineo-Congolian rain forest Fi
Zambezian dry evergreen forest Fm
Zambezian dry deciduous forest and scrub forest Fn
Zanzibar-Inhambane lowland rain forest Fo
Woodland PNVs Coastal mosaic CM
Mangrove M
Dry Combretum wooded grassland Wcd
Moist Combretum wooded grassland Wcm
Zambezian Kalahari woodland Wk
Drier miombo woodland Wmd
Miombo woodland on hills and rocky outcrops Wmr
Wetter miombo woodland Wmw
North Zambezian undifferentiated woodland Wn
Mopane woodland and scrub woodland Wo
Vitex-Phyllanthus-Sapium-Terminalia and Terminalia glaucescens woodland Wv
Zambezian chipya woodland Wy
Transitional zone of drier miombo woodland and North Zambezian Undifferentiated woodland Wmd/Wn
Bushland, thickets and wooded grassland PNVs Somalia-Masai Acacia-Commiphora deciduous bushland and thicket Bd
Acacia-Commiphora stunted bushland Bds
Acacia-Commiphora deciduous wooded grassland Bdw
Catena of Acacia-Commiphora deciduous wooded grassland, Combretum wooded grassland and edaphic grassland on drainage-impeded or seasonally flooded soils Bdw/Wc/g
Evergreen and semi-evergreen bushland and thicket Be
Itigi thicket bi
Lowland bamboo L
Palm wooded grassland P
Bush groups, typically around termitaria, within grassy drainage zones T/g
Vitellaria (synonym: Butyrospermum) wooded grassland Wb
Edaphic wooded grassland on drainage-impeded or seasonally flooded soils wd
Upland Acacia wooded grassland We
Zambezian Kalahari woodlands within edaphic grassland on drainage-impeded or seasonally flooded soils Wk/g
Transitional zone of drier miombo woodland and Somalia-Masai Acacia-Commiphora deciduous bushland and thicket Wmd/Bd
Catena of North Zambezian Undifferentiated woodland and edaphic grassland on drainage-impeded or seasonally flooded soils Wn/g
Grassland PNVs Climatic grasslands G
Edaphic grassland on drainage-impeded, seasonally flooded soils or freshwater swamp g/X
Afromontane forest—grasslands mosaic gm/F
Edaphic grassland on volcanic soils gv
Highland PNVs afroalpine vegetation A
Afromontane desert Ad
afromontane bamboo B
Montane Ericaceous belt E
Mosaic of Montane Ericaceous belt and Single-dominant Widdringtonia whytei forest E/Fc
Arid zone PNVs Desert D
Somalia-Masai semi-desert grassland and shrubland S