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| Image number: | 1660 |
| Feature : | olive tree |
| Grouping : | agroforestry |
| Discipline : | agriculture |
| Year : | 2006 |
| Locality : | Tukhul |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Tembien |
| Physiographic region : | Abessinian highlands |
| Notice : | In this exclosure, small olive trees are still present. They are relicts of the former climax forest, present here. The central and left part of the picture shows a pioneer, Euclea racemosa ssp. schimperi. The small twigs to the right, with darker and lanceolate leafs, belong to a persistent olive, a seedling or a sapling which retakes growth after protection of the area against free grazing (exclosure). (Expl. by Dr. Raf Aerts) |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2006 Image 1660. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |