NCGS Vegetation Types
SANBI National Vegetation Map units, coded by SANBI vegetation-unit code, looked up from the site’s point and confirmed or contested in the field. Grouped under biome and bioregion concepts by skos:broader.
Aggeneys Gravel Vygieveld
Agter-Sederberg Shrubland
Agulhas Limestone Fynbos
Agulhas Sand Fynbos
Albany Alluvial Vegetation
Albany Arid Thicket
Albany Bontveld
Albany Broken Veld
Albany Mesic Thicket
Albany Thicket Biome
Albany Valley Thicket
Albertinia Sand Fynbos
Alexander Bay Coastal Duneveld
Algoa Sandstone Fynbos
Aliwal North Dry Grassland
Alluvial Vegetation
Amathole Mistbelt Grassland
Amathole Montane Grassland
Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland
Andesite Mountain Bushveld
Central Bushveld savanna on andesite hills and ridges (VEGMAP 2018: SVcb11).
Anenous Plateau Shrubland
Atlantis Sand Fynbos
Auob Duneveld
Azonal Forests
Azonal vegetation
Wetland, alluvial and other vegetation determined by local conditions rather than climate. Intact azonal units are safeguard cases.
Barberton Montane Grassland
Barberton Serpentine Sourveld
Basotho Montane Shrubland
Baviaans Valley Thicket
Baviaanskloof Shale Renosterveld
Bedford Dry Grassland
Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland
Bethelsdorp Bontveld
Bhisho Thornveld
Bloemfontein Dry Grassland
Bloemfontein Karroid Shrubland
Blombos Strandveld
Blouputs Karroid Thornveld
Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos
Boland Granite Fynbos
Breede Alluvium Fynbos
Breede Alluvium Renosterveld
Breede Quartzite Fynbos
Breede Sand Fynbos
Breede Shale Fynbos
Breede Shale Renosterveld
Buffels Mesic Thicket
Buffels Valley Thicket
Bushmanland Arid Grassland
Bushmanland Basin Shrubland
Bushmanland Bioregion
Bushmanland Inselberg Shrubland
Bushmanland Sandy Grassland
Bushmanland Vloere
Canca Limestone Fynbos
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation
Cape Seashore Vegetation
Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos
Carletonville Dolomite Grassland
Cathedral Mopane Bushveld
Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos
Central Bushveld Bioregion
The savanna of the central bushveld north of the Highveld; the SVcb-series units.
Central Coastal Shale Band Vegetation
Central Free State Grassland
Dry Highveld Grassland unit of the northern Free State around Sasolburg. Code single-source; town assignment provisional.
Central Inland Shale Band Vegetation
Central Knersvlakte Vygieveld
Central Mountain Shale Renosterveld
Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland
Central Ruens Shale Renosterveld
Central Sandy Bushveld
Ceres Shale Renosterveld
Citrusdal Shale Renosterveld
Citrusdal Vygieveld
Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld
Crossroads Grassland Thicket
De Hoop Limestone Fynbos
Delagoa Lowveld
Desert Biome
Die Plate Succulent Shrubland
Doringrivier Quartzite Karoo
Doubledrift Karroid Thicket
Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland
Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland
Drakensberg Grassland Bioregion
Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos
Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland
Dry Highveld Grassland Bioregion
The drier western Highveld grasslands; the Gh-series units.
Dwaalboom Thornveld
Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld
East Coast Renosterveld Bioregion
East Griqualand Grassland
Eastern Coastal Shale Band Vegetation
Eastern Free State Clay Grassland
Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland
Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld Bioregion
Eastern Gariep Plains Desert
Eastern Gariep Rocky Desert
Eastern Gwarrieveld
Eastern Highveld Grassland
Mesic Highveld Grassland unit of the eastern Mpumalanga Highveld around Bethal, Ermelo, Standerton and Morgenzon. Endangered.
Eastern Inland Shale Band Vegetation
Eastern Kalahari Bushveld Bioregion
Eastern Little Karoo
Eastern Lower Karoo
Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld
Eastern Strandveld
Eastern Temperate Freshwater Wetlands
Freshwater wetland vegetation of the Highveld in Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the Free State. Threatened. Intact occurrences are safeguard cases.
Eastern Upper Karoo
Eastern Valley Bushveld
Eenriet Plains Succulent Shrubland
Egoli Granite Grassland
Elands Forest Thicket
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Elim Ferricrete Fynbos
Escarpment Arid Thicket
Escarpment Mesic Thicket
Escarpment Valley Thicket
Fish Arid Thicket
Fish Mesic Thicket
Fish Valley Thicket
Forests Biome
Frankfort Highveld Grassland
Mesic Highveld Grassland unit of the northern Free State around Frankfort (VEGMAP 2018: Gm6).
Fynbos Biome
Fynbos Riparian Vegetation
Gabbro Grassy Bushveld
Gamka Arid Thicket
Gamka Karoo
Gamka Valley Thicket
Garden Route Granite Fynbos
Garden Route Shale Fynbos
Gariep Desert Bioregion
Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld
Geluk Grassland Thicket
Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld
Goariep Mountain Succulent Shrubland
Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld
Gordonia Duneveld
Gordonia Kameeldoring Bushveld
Gordonia Plains Shrubland
Goukamma Dune Thicket
Gouritz Valley Thicket
Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos
Grahamstown Grassland Thicket
Granite Lowveld
Grassland Biome
Naturally grass-dominated vegetation in which trees are generally absent except in localised habitats. Planting trees on intact grassland is a safeguard case.
Grassridge Bontveld
Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld
Greyton Shale Fynbos
Groot Brak Dune Strandveld
Grootrivier Quartzite Fynbos
Hamburg Dune Thicket
Hangklip Sand Fynbos
Hantam Karoo
Hantam Plateau Dolerite Renosterveld
Hartenbos Dune Thicket
Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos
Helskloof Canyon Desert
Highveld Alluvial Vegetation
Alluvial vegetation of the Vaal River floodplain, relevant to Deneysville and Oranjeville. Code single-source; provisional.
Hopefield Sand Fynbos
Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld
Income Sandy Grassland
Indian Ocean Coastal Belt Biome
Inland Saline Vegetation
Ironwood Dry Forest
Ithala Quartzite Sourveld
KaNgwane Montane Grassland
Montane grassland toward Lothair and Badplaas, in the Mesic Highveld Grassland Bioregion (VEGMAP 2018: Gm16).
Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld
Kahams Mountain Desert
Kalahari Duneveld Bioregion
Kalahari Karroid Shrubland
Kamiesberg Granite Fynbos
Kamiesberg Mountains Shrubland
Kango Conglomerate Fynbos
Kango Limestone Renosterveld
Karoo Escarpment Grassland
Karoo Renosterveld Bioregion
Kasouga Dune Thicket
Kathu Bushveld
Kimberley Thornveld
Klawer Sandy Shrubland
Klerksdorp Thornveld
Knersvlakte Bioregion
Knersvlakte Dolomite Vygieveld
Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld
Knersvlakte Shale Vygieveld
Knysna Sand Fynbos
Kobee Succulent Shrubland
Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo
Koedoeskloof Karroid Thicket
Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos
Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld
Kosiesberg Succulent Shrubland
Kouebokkeveld Alluvium Fynbos
Kouebokkeveld Shale Fynbos
Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos
Kouga Sandstone Fynbos
Kuruman Mountain Bushveld
Kuruman Thornveld
Kuruman Vaalbosveld
KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland
KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld
KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld
KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld
KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld
Kwaggarug Mountain Desert
Lambert’s Bay Strandveld
Langebaan Dune Strandveld
Langkloof Shale Renosterveld
Lebombo Summit Sourveld
Legogote Sour Bushveld
Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos
Lekkersing Succulent Shrubland
Leolo Summit Sourveld
Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland
Limpopo Ridge Bushveld
Limpopo Sweet Bushveld
Little Karoo Quartz Vygieveld
Loerie Conglomerate Fynbos
Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland
Loskop Mountain Bushveld
Loskop Thornveld
Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos
Low Escarpment Moist Grassland
Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation
Lower Gariep Broken Veld
Lower Karoo Bioregion
Lowveld Bioregion
Lowveld Riverine Forest
Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld
Lydenburg Thornveld
Mabela Sandy Grassland
Madikwe Dolomite Bushveld
Mafikeng Bushveld
Makatini Clay Thicket
Makhado Sweet Bushveld
Makuleke Sandy Bushveld
Malelane Mountain Bushveld
Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld
Mangrove Forest
Maputaland Coastal Belt
Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld
Maputaland Wooded Grassland
Marikana Thornveld
Central Bushveld savanna extending toward Bronkhorstspruit; the unit at Ekandustria (VEGMAP 2018: SVcb6).
Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos
Matjiesfontein Shale Fynbos
Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld
Mesic Highveld Grassland Bioregion
The moister eastern Highveld grasslands; the Gm-series units.
Midlands Mistbelt Grassland
Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland
Molopo Bushveld
Mons Ruber Fynbos Thicket
Montagu Shale Fynbos
Montagu Shale Renosterveld
Mooi River Highland Grassland
Moot Plains Bushveld
Mopane Basalt Shrubland
Mopane Bioregion
Mopane Gabbro Shrubland
Mossel Bay Shale Renosterveld
Motherwell Karroid Thicket
Mthatha Moist Grassland
Muscadel Riviere
Musina Mopane Bushveld
Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland
Nama-Karoo Biome
Namaqualand Arid Grassland
Namaqualand Blomveld
Namaqualand Cape Shrublands Bioregion
Namaqualand Coastal Duneveld
Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld
Namaqualand Hardeveld Bioregion
Namaqualand Heuweltjie Strandveld
Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld
Namaqualand Inland Duneveld
Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland
Namaqualand Riviere
Namaqualand Sand Fynbos
Namaqualand Sandveld Bioregion
Namaqualand Seashore Vegetation
Namaqualand Shale Shrubland
Namaqualand Spinescent Grassland
Namaqualand Strandveld
Namib Lichen Fields
Namib Seashore Vegetation
Nanaga Savanna Thicket
Nardouw Sandstone Fynbos
Ngongoni Veld
Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld
Nieuwoudtville-Roggeveld Dolerite Renosterveld
Noms Mountain Desert
Norite Koppies Bushveld
North Hex Sandstone Fynbos
North Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos
North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos
North Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos
North Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos
North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos
North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos
Northern Afrotemperate Forest
Northern Coastal Forest
Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland
Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos
Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland
Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld
Northern Free State Shrubland
Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation
Northern Knersvlakte Vygieveld
Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland
Northern Lebombo Bushveld
Northern Mistbelt Forest
Northern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert
Northern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld
Northern Richtersveld Yellow Duneveld
Northern Upper Karoo
Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland
Northern Zululand Sourveld
Northwest Fynbos Bioregion
Nossob Bushveld
Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld
Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld
Olifants Sandstone Fynbos
Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld
Oograbies Plains Sandy Grassland
Oudtshoorn Karroid Thicket
Overberg Dune Strandveld
Overberg Sandstone Fynbos
Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland
Peninsula Granite Fynbos
Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld
Piketberg Quartz Succulent Shrubland
Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos
Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld
Platbakkies Succulent Shrubland
Polokwane Plateau Bushveld
Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld
Postmasburg Thornveld
Potberg Ferricrete Fynbos
Potberg Sandstone Fynbos
Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld
Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld
Prince Albert Succulent Karoo
Queenstown Thornveld
Rainshadow Valley Karoo Bioregion
Rand Highveld Grassland
Mesic Highveld Grassland unit of the Witwatersrand ridges and southern Johannesburg, including Eikenhof. Endangered.
Richtersberg Mountain Desert
Richtersveld Bioregion
Richtersveld Coastal Duneveld
Richtersveld Red Duneveld
Richtersveld Sandy Coastal Scorpionstailveld
Richtersveld Sheet Wash Desert
Riethuis-Wallekraal Quartz Vygieveld
Robertson Granite Fynbos
Robertson Granite Renosterveld
Robertson Karoo
Roggeveld Karoo
Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld
Roodeberg Bushveld
Rooiberg Quartz Vygieveld
Rosyntjieberg Succulent Shrubland
Ruens Silcrete Renosterveld
Saldanha Flats Strandveld
Saldanha Granite Strandveld
Saldanha Limestone Strandveld
Saltaire Karroid Thicket
Sand Forest
Sardinia Forest Thicket
Savanna Biome
Grassy vegetation with a woody component; indigenous trees are part of the natural cover.
Scarp Forest
Schmidtsdrif Thornveld
Schweizer-Reneke Bushveld
Seashore Vegetation
Sekhukhune Montane Grassland
Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld
Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld
Senqu Montane Shrubland
South Coast Fynbos Bioregion
South Eastern Coastal Thornveld
South Hex Sandstone Fynbos
South Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos
South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos
South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos
South Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos
South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos
South Strandveld Bioregion
South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos
Southern Afrotemperate Forest
Southern Cape Dune Fynbos
Southern Coastal Forest
Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland
Southern Fynbos Bioregion
Southern Kalahari Mekgacha
Southern Karoo Riviere
Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland
Southern Lebombo Bushveld
Southern Mistbelt Forest
Southern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert
Southern Namaqualand Quartzite Klipkoppe Shrubland
Southern Namib Desert Bioregion
Southern Richtersveld Inselberg Shrubland
Southern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld
Southern Richtersveld Yellow Duneveld
Southwest Fynbos Bioregion
Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld
Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld
Soweto Highveld Grassland
Mesic Highveld Grassland unit extending from Soweto eastward across the southern Gauteng and western Mpumalanga Highveld, including the Secunda, eMbalenhle and Evander area. Endangered.
Springbokvlakte Thornveld
St Francis Dune Thicket
Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland
Stella Bushveld
Steytlerville Karoo
Stinkfonteinberge Eastern Apron Shrubland
Stinkfonteinberge Quartzite Fynbos
Stormberg Plateau Grassland
Strydpoort Summit Sourveld
Sub-Escarpment Grassland Bioregion
Grasslands of the eastern escarpment foothills; the Gs-series units.
Sub-Escarpment Savanna Bioregion
Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation
Subtropical Dune Thicket
Subtropical Seashore Vegetation
Succulent Karoo Biome
Sundays Arid Thicket
Sundays Mesic Thicket
Sundays Valley Thicket
Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos
Suurberg Shale Fynbos
Swamp Forest
Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos
Swartberg Shale Fynbos
Swartberg Shale Renosterveld
Swartland Alluvium Fynbos
Swartland Alluvium Renosterveld
Swartland Granite Renosterveld
Swartland Shale Renosterveld
Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld
Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos
Swartruggens Quartzite Karoo
Swaziland Sour Bushveld
Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos
Tanqua Escarpment Shrubland
Tanqua Karoo
Tanqua Wash Riviere
Tarkastad Montane Shrubland
Tatasberg Mountain Succulent Shrubland
Tembe Sandy Bushveld
Thorndale Forest Thicket
Thukela Thornveld
Thukela Valley Bushveld
Trans-Escarpment Succulent Karoo Bioregion
Transkei Coastal Belt
Tsakane Clay Grassland
Tsende Mopaneveld
Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld
Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos
Tsomo Grassland
Tzaneen Sour Bushveld
Umdaus Mountains Succulent Shrubland
Umtiza Forest Thicket
Uniondale Shale Renosterveld
Upper Annisvlakte Succulent Shrubland
Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation
Upper Karoo Bioregion
Upper Karoo Hardeveld
Vaal Reefs Dolomite Sinkhole Woodland
Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland
Dry Highveld Grassland unit on sandy soils of the Vaal and Vet river systems, reaching the Sasolburg, Zamdela and Vaalpark area. Endangered. Code single-source; town assignment provisional.