Vegetation of the Mahale Mountains

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  The Mahale Mountains support vegetation which is particularly rich in species 
and varied in community types. The vegetation can tentatively be divided into 
the following 14types.

  A-1. Alpine bamboo (Arundinaria) forest
  A-2. Montane forest
  A-3. Low-altitude forest or gallery forest
  B-1. Brachystegia woodland
  B-2. Diplorhynchus-Pterocarpus woodland
  B-3. Uapaca-Pericopsis-Stereospermum woodland
  B-4. Uapaca woodland
  B-5. Acacia savanna
  B-6. Solid-stemmed bamboo (Oxytenanthera) savanna
  B-7. Terminalia savanna
  B-8. Protea-Ricinodendron montane savanna
  B-9. Dombeya-Erythrina montane savanna
  B-10. Montane bushland
  C-1. Montane grassland

  In addition, other types of various secondary stages caused chiefly by human 
disturbance are scattered throughout the park especially in types A-2 and A-3. 

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