Vegetation

Syllabus tag: KCSE | Geography | Form 2 | Topic 16 Vegetation

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you should be able to:

• Distinguish natural, semi-natural and planted vegetation.
• Explain the topographical, climatic, edaphic and biotic factors influencing vegetation.
• Describe the vegetation regions of Kenya and plant adaptations to them.
• Describe the major world vegetation zones.

Summary

Vegetation is the plant cover of an area. It is natural, semi-natural or planted. Its distribution is controlled by topographical, climatic, edaphic and biotic factors, of which rainfall and temperature are the most important. Plants adapt to their conditions — xerophytes to drought, hydrophytes to waterlogging.