Zimbabwe’s forests

Msasa trees in spring. Image credit flickr.com

• Zimbabwe’s natural vegetation is generally described as savanna woodland.
• This means that the vegetation consists mainly of tall grass and scattered trees.
• The density of trees varies from place to place depending on various factors
• These factors include:
•  amount of rainfall,
• temperature,
• soils,
• aspect and
• human activities.
• An examination of the country’s vegetation zones will give an insight into types of wood available and their distribution.
• Basically Zimbabwe has four broad vegetation zones, namely:
  1. Brachystegia savanna woodland (musasa and mutondo).
  2. Mopani savanna woodland.
  3. Acacia savanna woodland
  4. Mountain forest and grass.

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