Southern African Sand Forest

Sand Forest at Nibela Peninsula, Lake St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal

Southern African Sand Forest is a sand forest, or a subtropical forest plant community of the tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests biome. It grows on ancient sand dunes in northern KwaZulu-Natal and southern Mozambique. In South Africa these forests are known simply as Sand Forest, while in Mozambique they are known as Licuati Forest.[1] The Southern African sand forest is part of the Maputaland coastal forest mosaic ecoregion.

  1. ^ Wayne Matthews. "Maputaland's Tembe Elephant National Park, - a little known reserve with many natural secrets". Retrieved 22 June 2011.