VEGETATION OF THE ERER-GOTA PLAIN, ETHIOPIA.

This article presents data on semi-desert vegetation in the southern Afar Depression of Ethiopia. The April rains bring about most of the vegetational activity in the area, and the field work for this study was done during April 1965, about 3 weeks after the first rain of the season. The soil in the study was moist and one heavy rain occurred during the 3 days of the sampling period. Woody plants were counted, and species of other plants were simply listed. A total of eighteen stands of ten plots each was sampled and soil samples were collected from at least five places in each stand, and the composite for each stand were analysed.