The synecology of the Gold Coast and the silviculture of some Gold Coast trees

Abstract

Part I. GENERAL I. History 1. • • II. Topography' 7. • • III. Climatology 10. • • IV. Soils 16. • • V. Life Forms 19. • • •

Part II. VEGETATION . Introduction 23. •

I. Tropical High Forest 32. • The Rain Forest 35. • The Moist Semi- Deciduous Forest 37. • (a) Lophira -Triplochiton Association 38. • (b) Celtis -Triplochiton Association 38. • (c) Antiaris- Chlorophora Association 40. • •

II. Serai Communities in the High Forest Zone 42. • Edaphic 42. • Riverside Vegetation 43. • Biotic 43. • Food Farms - not including Rice 46. • Cocoa Farms 47. • Rice Farms 50. • Hunting 50. • Wars 50. • Inhabited Areas 51. • Timber Exploitation 52. • Mining 53. • •

III. Savannah-Woodland 55. • The Guinea Savannah Woodland 57. • The Vegetation Catena 58. • Water Courses 59. • Riverain Woodland 59. • Riparian Woodland 59. • Levee 59. • Riverside 60. • Succession 60. • Biotic Serai Communities 60. • Man 60. • Termites 61. • Derived Savannah- Woodland 61. • Riverain Forest and Forest Outliers 62. • Grasses of the Guinea Savannah- Woodland 63. • •

IV. Coastal Scrub : Grassland 66. • Coastal Scrub 66. • Serai Communities 68. • Coastal Grassland 68. • Serai Communities 69. • •

V. Maritime Vegetation 70. • Strand 70. • Mangroves 70. • Former Lagoons 71. • • •

Part III. SILVICULTURE. Introduction 72. • Abbreviations of Native Languages & Dialects 76. • Anacardiaceae 76. • Annonaceae 81. • Apocynaceae 88. • Bignoniaceae 97. • Bombacaceae 99. • Boraginaceae 105. • Burseraceae 107. • Caesalpinaceae 110. • Combretaceae 143. • Ebenaceae 150. • Euphorbiaceae 152. • Flacourtiaceae 160. • Guttiferae 162. • Humiriaceae 171. • Lecythidaceae 173. • Meliaceae 176. • Mimosaceae 204. • Moraceae 227. • Ivlyristicaceae 243. • Ochnaceae 245. • Olacaceae 248. • Papilionaceae 253. • Rhizophoraceae 265. • Rosaceae 268. • Rubiaceae 272. • Rutaceae 281. • Samydaceae 286. • Sapindaceae 288. • Sapotaceae 292. • Scytopetalaceae 308. • Simaroubaceae 310. • Sterculiaceae 316. • Ulmaceae 345. • Verbenaceae 356. • Bibliography 358. • •

APPENDICES. 1. Physical Map of the Gold Coast. • 2, Rainfall Map. • 3. Geological Map. • 4. Vegetation-Types Map. • 5. Enumeration Survey Summary of the Ankasa River F.R. • 6. Enumeration Survey Summary of the Kakum F.R. • 7. Enumeration Survey Summary of the Bobiri F.R. • 8. Enumeration Survey Summary of the Onuem -Nyamibe F.R. • 9. Enumeration Survey Summary of the Afram Headwaters F.R. • 10. Enumeration Survey Summary of the N.Scarp (1]) F.R. • 11. Enumeration Survey Summary of the Odomi River F.R. • 12. Enumeration Survey Summary of the Gambaga Scarp (E)P.R. • •