Collections made by De Castro

Dominant to subdominant species on deep, light brown to white sands in Julbernardia/Brachystegia woodland near coast.

Common to dominant grass in Julbernardia/Brachystegia woodland on deep, light brown sands.

In seasonally inundated parts of the Govuru River floodplain in dense reed-beds dominated by Typha capensis, Phragmites australis and especially Cladium mariscus.

Plants co-dominant with Imperata cylindrica on periodically inundated and seasonally saturated light brown sands on upper edge of Govuru River floodplain.

Common shrub (up to 4 m tall) in dense thicket on red-brown loamy sand. Thicket habitat heavily fragmented by clearing for cultivation.

Abundant species parasitizing grasses and ferns, growing in a peatland (mire) of a coastal stream.

Common on brown sandy loams in short closed woodland dominated by Vitex payos, Piliostigma thonningii and Lannea stuhlmannii.

Common in shallow (ca. 50 cm) standing water of permanent zone of a lake in the floodplain of the Govuru River.

Common to dominant species in marsh vegetation of peatland (mire) of a coastal stream.

Parasitic shrub parasitizing Julbernardia globiflora in Julbernardia globiflora/Brachystegia spiciformis short closed woodland (sensu Edwards 1983).-x000D- Altitude 58 m a.s.l.

On outer edge of the Goruvu River floodplain grassland dominated by Imperata cylindrica, Andropogon eucomus and Dactyloctenium geminatum. -x000D- Single-stemmed shrub up to 2 m in height sometimes forming dense stands.

In approximately 20 ha 'Flats Wetland', situated some 2 km from the coast, which is the source of the perennial stream. Plants rare and growing only in 1 m deep permanently saturated peat with patches of open water with Nymphaea nouchali. Vegetation

In marsh vegetation of ephemerally flooded and seasonally saturated sand soils of a seasonal drainage line with[?in] the Govuru River catchment.

Common in 50 cm deep water on the margins of the permanently inundated zone of a lake on the Govuru River floodplain.

Common shrub in understorey of 'coastal forest'.

Common in short open/closed woodland (see Edwards, 1983) on red-brown sandy clay loams. Dominant trees: Combretum molle Strychnos madagascariensis, Sclerocarya birrea and Combretum imberbe. Plant 50 cm tall, multi-stemmed shrub with pale pink flowers

Moist soils (not wetland soils); soils: brown sandy loams. Short closed woodlands in bottom land situation in very gently undulating terrain.

Common to dominant. Floating-leaved aquatic on margins of a peatland (mire) in coastal stream.

Common to sub-dominant species on peat substrates where dominant species is Trichopteryx dregeana. Habitat is a 150 m wide coastal valley-bottom wetland.

Common on white, hydromorphic sands that are organically enriched, on the margins of a mire (peatland) which forms the source of a coastal stream.

Common in marsh vegetation of peatland (mire) in coastal stream.

In marsh vegetation, seasonally saturated sands of a seasonal drainage line which forms part of the Govuru River catchment.

Sub-dominant in seasonally saturated sands of coastal channelled valley-bottom wetland. Also occurs on patches of peat substrates in wetland.

Sub-dominant on permanently saturated peat substrates, dominated by Trichopteryx dregeana in a coastal perennial channelled valley-bottom wetland.

Seasonally saturated white sands with thin organic horizon, on margins of coastal channelled valley-bottom wetland.

Common on deep white to light brown sands in Julbernardia/Brachystegia closed woodland. Most abundant on seasonally moist sands along drainage lines.

Locally dominant emergent hydrophyte in coastal stream in transition zone between mangrove swamp and peatland (mire) habitats.

Parasitic shrub on Brachystegia spiciformis in Brachystegia/Julbernardia short closed woodland on white to light brown sands in the Govuru River catchment.-x000D- Altitude 46 m a.s.l.

In Julbernardia/Brachystegia short closed woodland on deep, light brown sands near the coast. Common grass.

In coastal valley-bottom wetland. Growing in seasonally to permanently inundated central zone. Twining on stems of grasses and sedges.