On the rock overhangs of the
Naukluft one usually encounters well-developed quiver trees
(Aloe dichotoma), Euphorbia species and Commiphora species,
of which the C. glaucescens is the most common.
On the lower slopes of the gorge one finds Sterculia species,
stinkbush (Boscia foetida, and the shepherd’s tree (Boscia
albitrunca). Amongst the most noticeable herbs is the resurrection
plant (Myrothamnus flabellifolius), which covers entire rocky
slopes in some parts of the valley.
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The plains are generally covered
in grass, punctuated by a few small shrubs. Boscia foetida,
a small shrub species, dominates the landscape. On the small
riverbeds and river courses other tree species also occur. An
imposing array of trees along the Tsondab accompanies the
river quite deep into the desert. The trees only begin thinning
out at the Tsondab Vlei, where one discovers thousands of
dead specimens whose branches jut out here and there between
the shifting sands of the dunes.
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