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5. Eastern Grassy eld Region 110 



Climatic factors 110' 



The Xerosere Ill 



Initial Grassland Stages. Pioneer Grasses 113 



Stable Grassland. Climax Stages 116 



Influence of man. "Substituted types" 120 



Aspect Societies and Clans in Eastern Grassveld 121 



Prevernal Aspects 121 



Vernal Aspects 121 



Aestival and Autumnal Aspects 126 



The Transition to Woodland. Post climax grassland 127 



The Transition to Thorn Veld and Thorny Scrub 128 



The Hydrosere 129 



Subseres in Cultivated or Waste land. Rnderal Species 131 



Other Subseres. The Plant Succession in Dongas ... 134 



The Coast Belt and Coast line of Natal i:'>- r >' 



The Psammosere. Litoral Species 135 



The Xerosere 137 



The Hydrosere ... 138 



The Halosere 138 



Mountain Tussock Ghassveld 138 



Other mountain species of the Drakensberg 140 



V. ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS 141 



Grass burning 141 



Stock grazing 14X 



The feeding value of different types of grassland and 



grasses 144 



The cultivation of grasses 146 



Soil Erosion 148 



APPENDIX. LIST OF ENGLISH, DUTCH, ZULU, AND 



SESUTO NAMES OF GRASSES 151 



