page_title: Southern African Sand Forest
hierarchical_section_title: Southern African Sand Forest
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of Sand Forest at Nibela Peninsula, Lake St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
context_page_description: Southern African Sand Forest is a sand forest, or a subtropical forest plant community of the tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests biome. It grows on ancient sand dunes in northern KwaZulu-Natal and southern Mozambique. In South Africa these forests are known simply as Sand Forest, while in Mozambique they are known as Licuati Forest. The Southern African sand forest is part of the Maputaland coastal forest mosaic ecoregion.
context_section_description: Southern African Sand Forest is a sand forest, or a subtropical forest plant community of the tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests biome. It grows on ancient sand dunes in northern KwaZulu-Natal and southern Mozambique. In South Africa these forests are known simply as Sand Forest, while in Mozambique they are known as Licuati Forest. The Southern African sand forest is part of the Maputaland coastal forest mosaic ecoregion.
caption: Sand Forest at Nibela Peninsula, Lake St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal
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