Over 1 000 plant taxa occumng in a 1 300 km; belt transect extending from Hazyview (530 m elevation) to Mount Anderson (2 280 m elevation) in the Sabie area of the Eastern Transvaal Escarpment are listed by genus, with species arranged alphabetically within genera. Annotations include genus author, species author, growth form, habitat, collector and specimen number Floristic analysis shows the Asteraceae as representing the largest family, followed by the Fabaceae. Poaceae. Rubiaceae and Liliaceae Flonstic affinities are briefly discussed. UITTREKSELIn 'n 1 300 km2 breé lynopname. wat vanaf Hazyview (530 m bo seespieël) tot Mount Anderson (2 280 m bo seespieël) in die Sabie-area van Oos-Transvaalse platorand strek. kom meer as 1 000 planttaksons voor wat volgens genus gelys is. Die spesies is alfabeties onder die genusse gerangskik Aantekeninge sluit die genus-outeur. spesie-outeur. groeivorm. habitat, versamelaar en eksemplaamommer in. Volgens die floristiese analise verteenwoordig die Asteraceae die grootste familie gevolg deur Fabaceae. Poaceae. Rubiaceae en Liliaceae Floristiese verwantskappe word ook kortliks bespreek.

The physiography, geology, soil and climate of a broad transect of the Eastern Transvaal Escarpment in the Sabie area are described. The transect extends from Hazyview (530 m elevation) to Mount Anderson (2 280 m elevation). The description provides a contextual framework for the subsequent vegetation classification.

The indigenous vegetation of the Eastern Transvaal Escarpment in the Sabie area is classified with the aid of the PHYTOTAB program package. Four ecological-formation classes (efc) based on floristics. physiognomy and climate correspond to four data subsets. Plant communities in each efc are defined by means of 46 differential species-groups distributed amongst forest, thicket, woodland, shrubland and grassland structural types. Environmental correlation is facilitated by means of 21 habitat types.

Detrended Correspondence Analysis ordination is used as a tool for substantiating the authenticity of hierarchical syntaxa derived from a phytosociological classification of the vegetation of the Eastern Transvaal Escarpment in the Sabie area. Ecological interpretation of syntaxa is facilitated by superimposing environmental variables on axes of ordination. UITTREKSELOrdinasie deur middel van Ontneigde Ooreenstemmingsanalise is gebruik ter ondersteuning van die geldigheid van die hiërargiese sintaksons wat verkry is met fitososiologiese klassifikasie van die plantegroei van die Oos-Transvaalse Eskarp in die omgewing van Sabie. Die ekologiese interpretasie van sintaksons is vergemaklik deur die aanbring van omgewingsveranderlikes langs die asse van ordinasie.