Brachystegia

This vegetation supports greater floral richness and includes almost all the miombo dominants, such as Brachystegia floribunda, B. glaberrima, B. taxifolia, B. wangermeeana, B. utilis, Marquesia macroura, Julbernadia globiflora, J. paniculata, and Isoberlinia angolensis.

Eastern Miombo woodlands 2007

Rich in species, this ecoregion - mapped as wetter Zambezian miombo woodland by White (1983) - includes nearly all the miombo dominants, such as Brachystegia floribunda, B. glaberrima, B. taxifolia, B. wangermeeana, Marquesia macroura, Julbernadia globiflora, J. paniculata, and Isoberlinia angolensis.

Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands 2007

The upper slopes are dominated by mountain acacia Brachystegia glaucescens.

Lake Malawi National Park, Malawi 2009

Well-grassed Brachystegia communities dominate the mountainous escarpment and higher Chewore areas.

Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas, Zimbabwe 2009

Bordered on the east by the Zambezi River, it forms the western portion of ‘wetter Zambezian miombo woodland,’ and includes ‘mosaic of Brachystegia bakerana thicket and edaphic grassland,’ which shares similar faunal patterns.

Angolan Miombo woodlands 2008

Miombo woodland is distinguished from other African savanna, woodland, and forest formations by the dominance of tree species in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, particularly in the genera Brachystegia, Julbernardia, and Isoberlinia which are seldom found outside miombo.

Angolan Miombo woodlands 2008

Typical canopy dominants of the moist evergreen forest of Sierra Leone include Heritiera utilis, Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum, Erythrophleum ivorense and Lophira alata, with small amounts of Klainedoxa gabonensis, Uapaca guineensis, Oldfieldia africana, Brachystegia leonensis and Piptadeniastrum africanum.

Western Guinean lowland forests 2008

In well-developed Baikiaea communities, species of Brachystegia and Julbernardia and Colophospermum mopane (species typical of miombo and mopane woodlands) are totally absent.

Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands 2008

Its dominant species are Brachystegia spiciformis and muyombo B. boehmii with Julbernardia globiflora, bloodwood Pterocarpus angolensis, blackwood Dalbergia melanoxylon and Isoberlinia spp. with a shrub layer of Diplorhyncus condylocarpus and species of leadwood Combretum.

Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania 2008

The Brachystegia-restricted avifauna in the ecoregion is similar to that of western Zambia and southern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Angolan Miombo woodlands 2008