Table 2 Proportion of the area in six broad vegetation types in and around the Suurberg mountain range that was burnt once or more between 2001 and 2021
From: Fire regimes and management options in mixed grassland-fynbos vegetation, South Africa
Broad vegetation type | Proportion of area that burnt (%) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Mixed grassland-fynbos | 38.5 | Some areas burnt multiple times. Of the areas that burnt, 44%, 11%, 26%, and 19% burnt one, two, three, and four times, respectively |
Thicket | 1.2 | Small proportions mapped as burnt could either be marginal penetration by fire or slight mismatches in the mapping scale |
Nama-Karoo | 1.1 | Small proportions mapped as burnt could either be marginal penetration by fire or slight mismatches in the mapping scale |
Forest | 0.0 | Fire-resistant except under rare severe fire weather conditions |
Grassland (dry) | 0.3 | Only covered 0.2% of the study area, embedded in fire-resistant Nama-Karoo vegetation |
Azonal | 0.0 | Fire-resistant vegetation along ephemeral or perennial rivers, with low fuel loads |