Editing Veld (section)

=== Thornveld ===
Thornveld (also thorn veld or thornveldt), often referred to as "acacia thornveld", is a type of semiarid savanna in which grassland with thorny [[Acacia sensu lato|''Acacia'']] and certain species of thorny bushes predominate. The predominant plant species are usually different in the thornveld of the plains or in the hill thornveld, where, for example, species of genus ''[[Balanites]]'' are common.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecotravel.co.za/Guides/Reserves/KNP/EcoZones/Thorn_Veld.htm |title=Thorn Veld Ecozone – Kruger National Park |publisher=Ecotravel.co.za |access-date=2012-10-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511224120/http://www.ecotravel.co.za/Guides/Reserves/KNP/EcoZones/Thorn_Veld.htm |archive-date=11 May 2012 }}</ref> Some of the characteristic species<ref>{{cite web |url=http://agriculture.kzntl.gov.za/publications/production_guidelines/veld_in_natal/veld_4.8.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701140643/http://agriculture.kzntl.gov.za/publications/production_guidelines/veld_in_natal/veld_4.8.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-01 |title=KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture – Mixed Thornveld Ecozone |publisher=Agriculture.kzntl.gov.za |access-date=2012-10-31 }}</ref> in the thornveld include:
*Grasses: Grass species belonging to genera ''[[Themeda]]'' and'' [[Hyparrhenia]]''
*Trees and bushes: Genera ''[[Acacia sensu lato|Acacia]]'' and ''[[Rhus]]'', such as ''[[Acacia afra]]'', ''[[Acacia sieberiana]]'', and ''[[Rhus pentheri]]'', and other species such as ''[[Ziziphus mucronata]]'', ''[[Ehretia rigida]]'', and ''[[Cussonia spicata]]''.