LEADWOOD
« Nick Zambatis the former Manager: Biodiversity Conservation in Conservation Management: Kruger National Park.
He retired in 2016. His first job in Kruger was as a research technician based at Skukuza, which he started in 1987. “The transfer from Pretoria to the Lowveld was ecstasy and the Kruger appointment was a dream come true,” he recalls. He holds an MSc degree on the determinants of grass composition and production in Kruger National Park, from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
General description and identification
T There are 15 ‘bushwillow’ species in the KNP, members of the genus. But although some vaguely resemble willows, they are not closely related to this group. Perhaps the best-known in the KNP. It literally stands head and shoulders above all the others, and can thus without a doubt be regarded as the ‘King of the .
