leadwood

Over most of the park the mopane grows as a shrub or small tree, but in the Halali area to the south of the park, it becomes a tall, dense woodland interspersed with red bushwillow (Combretum apiculatum subsp. apiculatum), purple-pod terminalia (Terminalia prunioides) and leadwood (Combretum imberbe).

Angolan Mopane woodlands 2008

Its dominant species are Brachystegia spiciformis and muyombo B. boehmii with Julbernardia globiflora, bloodwood Pterocarpus angolensis, blackwood Dalbergia melanoxylon and Isoberlinia spp. with a shrub layer of Diplorhyncus condylocarpus and species of leadwood Combretum.

Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania 2008

One of the calves found a scratching post, an old leadwood stump next to the water.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

One of the calves found a scratching post, an old leadwood stump next to the water.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

The sleek gray of a leadwood carcass glistened in a distant tree island while all around it the light intensified the yellows and reds of the grasses.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

The sleek gray of a leadwood carcass glistened in a distant tree island while all around it the light intensified the yellows and reds of the grasses.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

The sleek gray of a leadwood carcass glistened in a distant tree island while all around it the light intensified the yellows and reds of the grasses.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

The sleek gray of a leadwood carcass glistened in a distant tree island while all around it the light intensified the yellows and reds of the grasses.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

One of the calves found a scratching post, an old leadwood stump next to the water.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

One of the calves found a scratching post, an old leadwood stump next to the water.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007