Sabie / Crocodile Thorn Thickets Ecozone - Kruger National Park:

Description: The Sabie / Crocodile Thorn Thickets ecozone is relatively flat with a very dense growth of thorny shrubs. This is typical of the area around Skukuza.

Typical Vegetation:

Trees
Herbaceous Plants
Grasses
Tamboti
  Sweet grasses
Knob thorn    
Magic guarri    
Green thorn    
Sausage tree    
Marula  


Typical Animals:

Predators

Browsers

Grazers

Special Interest

Lion Kudu Hippo White Rhino
Leopard Giraffe Buffalo Black Rhino
Wild dog Impala * White Rhino  
Hyaena Elephant *    
  Bushbuck    
  Black Rhino    
  Steenbok    
  Duiker    
  * Denotes animals that browse and graze

Other Ecozones:

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