VEGMAP book
Mucina & Rutherford 2006: The Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho
and Swaziland. SANBI, Pretoria.
The book describing the 435 vegetation types in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, and 5
mapped units for the Prince Edward Islands has been published and is now available for
purchase at the SANBI Bookshop in Pretoria and the Botanical Society Bookshop at
Kirstenbosch. The book includes descriptions of each vegetation type, including a general
introduction to each biome, followed by descriptions for each vegetation type in the Biome.
The descriptions include details about how each vegetation type relates to previously
published vegetation maps, Distribution, Vegetation & Landscape Features, Geology & Soils,
Climate, Important Taxa, Biogeographically Important Taxon, Endemic Taxa, Conservation,
and Remarks. The book also includes a bound 1:1 000 000 atlas. A CD with a digital map
and GIS shapefiles (Vegetation, Bioregions, Biomes, Dams, Protected areas, Roads, Rivers,
Railways, Towns, including the vegetation of Marion and Prince Edward Islands) is included
in the volume. The volume is titled L. Mucina and M.C. Rutherford are editors.
http://www.sanbi.org/products/publications/stelitzia.htm
VEGMAP wall map
Mucina, Rutherford & Powrie 2005: Vegetation map of South Africa,
Lesotho and Swaziland. SANBI, Kirstenbosch.
The 1:1 000 000 wall maps of 'The Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland'
are available for purchase at a cost of R120 for a set of four 1.06 m x 0.77 m map sheets
giving a mounted map size of 2.09 m wide and 1.52 m high. Refer to the SANBI website
www.sanbi.org for details.
http://www.sanbi.org/products/publications/saveg&flora.htm
Contact Bookshop, SANBI, Private Bag X101, PRETORIA , 0001 South Africa. E-mail :
bookshop@sanbi.org : Fax : +27 12 804-3211 : Tel : +27 12 843-5000.
The maps are also available in Cape Town at the Botanical Society bookshop at the
Kirstenbosch Visitors' Centre.