Bowal

As Bowal (plural: Bowe ) is referred to in West Africa a special Savannah type on waterlogged, thin floors over Lateritkrusten . The vegetation is mainly characterized by sweet grasses and sour grasses , there are usually no woody plants, but there are often carnivorous plants . In addition, the proportion of annual plants and those with a C ₄ metabolism is comparatively higher than in other savannas.

Individual evidence

↑ A. Zwarg: Flora and vegetation on laterite crusts in southeast Burkina Faso. Diploma thesis at the Goethe University Frankfurt, 2008.
↑ JV Müller: Herbaceous vegetation of seasonally wet habitats on island bergs and lateritic crusts in West and Central Africa. Folia Geobotanica 42: 29-61 (2007).
^ A. Zwarg, M. Schmidt, T. Janßen, K. Hahn, G. Zizka: Plant diversity, functional traits and soil conditions of grass savannas on lateritic crusts (bowé) in south eastern Burkina Faso. Flora et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica 15: 15-24 (2012) [1] .

[Zwarg_2008-1] A. Zwarg: Flora and vegetation on laterite crusts in southeast Burkina Faso. Diploma thesis at the Goethe University Frankfurt, 2008.

[Müller_2007-2] JV Müller: Herbaceous vegetation of seasonally wet habitats on island bergs and lateritic crusts in West and Central Africa. Folia Geobotanica 42: 29-61 (2007).

[Zwarg_et_al_2012-3] A. Zwarg, M. Schmidt, T. Janßen, K. Hahn, G. Zizka: Plant diversity, functional traits and soil conditions of grass savannas on lateritic crusts (bowé) in south eastern Burkina Faso. Flora et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica 15: 15-24 (2012) [1] .