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Location: Mt Rukotso, Nyanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Photo: Bart Wursten
View of Rukotso from World's View, high ground to the south
General Information
Quarter degree square: 1832B2 Country: Zimbabwe Habitat: Montane grassland, rocky slopes, and seepage bogs. Altitude range: 1900 - 2405 m Annual rainfall: Location (short): Location (detailed): |
Description
Mt Rukotso (2405m) is one of the northernmost peaks of the Nyanga Mountains. Together with Mt Chera, World's View and the Terrace Towers, it is part of the spectacular escarpment overlooking the Nyanga Communal Lands. Although much of the lower slopes has been used for cultivation of seed potatoes, parts of the higher slopes and the areas around the summit still are in good shape and rich in montane grassland flora. The main advantage Mt Rukotso offers is easy access. A dirt track through the potato fields leads nearly to the summit and its conspicuous radio mast.
Trees are absent from the higher slopes, with the exception of a few very stunted specimens, trying to survive in the shelter of large boulders. The main botanical attractions are the great variety of flowering herbs, which thrive in the rocky montane grasslands and the seasonal seepage bogs. These include some interesting endemics, such as Habenaria subaequalis (Orchidaceae), Streptocarpus cynandrus (Gesneriaceae), and the as yet undescribed Plectranthus sp. no. 1 (Lamiaceae).
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