Delagoa Thorn Thickets Ecozone - Kruger National Park:

Description: There is often abundant game in this ecozone as the grasses are very sweet. The dense thickets of Delagoa thorn trees are often interspersed with bare overgrazed patches and muddy depressions after rain.

Typical Vegetation:

Trees
Herbaceous Plants
Grasses
Rock fig
  sweet grass
Delagoa thorn     
Magic guarri     
Many-stemmed false thorn    


Typical Animals:

Predators

Browsers

Grazers

Special Interest

Lion

Kudu

Buffalo

White rhino

Leopard

Giraffe

Zebra

 

Cheetah

Elephant *

Waterbuck

 

Hyaena Impala * White rhino  
  Duiker Wildebeeste  
  Steenbok    
  * Denotes animals that browse and graze

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