Records made by Ward

Hydrophyte; Notes: Floating. Substrate: water. Exposure: full sun. Moisture: river and backwater. Slope: level. Other: in backwater and held by hygrophytic herbs ex river-bank. Plant features: floating. Common.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Substrate: soil amongst boulders. Soil: sandy soil and humus. Exposure: full sun. Moisture: floodplain (narrow). Lithology: (soil) and quartzite. Slope: level. Small tree, 3 m tall (others up to 7 m tall x 26 cm diameter at breast height). Common.

fern; Notes: Substrate: soil and boulders. Soil: alluvial, sand/silt and humus. Exposure; shade. Lithology: (soil) and quartzite. Slope: steep. On lower vertical bank of old canal. Plant features: Fronds up to 110 cm tall. Occasional.

grass; Notes: Vegetation type: hygrophilous open herbs. Soil: sand (alluvial). Exposure: full sun. Slope: level. Plant features: early colonizer; stem and sheath purple. Common.

Graminoid; Notes: Vegetation type: open scrub. Soil: sandy soil and boulders. Exposure: full sun. On lower bank of river. Lithology: (soil) and quartzite. Slope: moderate. Plant features: leaves pungent, side branches on older culm appear to have been washed by earlier high river level. Common.

Shrub; Notes: Vegetation type: thicket/woodland. Substrate: soil and boulders. Soil: alluvial, sand/silt and humus. Exposure: partial shade. Lithology: (soil) and quartzite. Slope: gentle. Plant features: shrub; stems several, slender, weak; leaves velvetty; fruit black when ripe. Common. Browsed by mammals.

Hydrophyte; Notes: Submerged macrophyte. Vegetation: submerged. Substrate: soil below water. Soil: sand (alluvial). Exposure: modified sun. Moisture: river backwater. Slope: level. Other: in sand in backwater at side of river. Locally common.

7 m high; Tree; Notes: Substrate: soil amongst boulders. Soil: sandy soil and humus. Exposure: full sun. In sandy alluvium amongst boulders. Lithology: (soil) and quartzite. Slope: gentle.Tree, 7 m tall. Common.

Hydrophyte; Notes: Substrate: 'bare' (wet) rock. Exposure: sun and partial shade. Other: on boulder of rapids/old low weir. Moisture: river rapids. Lithology: Nosib quartzite. Plant feature: small herb, horizontal stem closely affixed to substrate. Occasional.