Table 4.1: Habitat types

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    Table 4.1 Habitat types in Malawi.
Habitat Type
Percent of land area
Open canopy woodlands of plateau areas (Brachystegia/ Julbernardia/ Isoberlinia
26
Open canopy woodlands of hills and scarps (Brachystegia)
23
Fresh water lakes
19
Open canopy woodlands of fertile areas (Piliostigma, Acacia, Combretum)
5
Woodland/savanna (mixed species)
4
Mountain grassland
4
Closed canopy woodland of wetter uplands (tall Brachystegia species)
3
Seasonally wet grasslands
3
Woodlands of fertile areas (Adansonia/Cordyla/Acacia albida)
2
Swampy grasslands
2
Mopane woodland
2
Thicket savanna of poorer areas (Combretum/Acacia)
2
Thicket woodlands of drier uplands (mixed species)
2
Woodlands of wetland fringes
2
Montane evergreen forest
2
Semi-evergreen forest
<1
Partially saline lakes
<1
Sand dune vegetation
<1
elands
<1
TOTAL
100%
Source: Shuxson 1977.

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