| Albany Alluvial Vegetation |
| Albany Arid Thicket |
| Albany Bontveld |
| Albany Broken Veld |
| Albany Mesic Thicket |
| Albany Valley Thicket |
| Algoa Sandstone Fynbos |
| Aliwal North Dry Grassland |
| Amathole Mistbelt Grassland |
| Amathole Montane Grassland |
| Basotho Montane Shrubland |
| Baviaans Valley Thicket |
| Baviaanskloof Shale Renosterveld |
| Bedford Dry Grassland |
| Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland |
| Bethelsdorp Bontveld |
| Bhisho Thornveld |
| Buffels Mesic Thicket |
| Buffels Valley Thicket |
| Cape Seashore Vegetation |
| Crossroads Grassland Thicket |
| Doubledrift Karroid Thicket |
| Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland |
| Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland |
| East Griqualand Grassland |
| Eastern Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
| Eastern Gwarrieveld |
| Eastern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
| Eastern Lower Karoo |
| Eastern Upper Karoo |
| Eastern Valley Bushveld |
| Elands Forest Thicket |
| Escarpment Arid Thicket |
| Escarpment Mesic Thicket |
| Escarpment Valley Thicket |
| Fish Arid Thicket |
| Fish Mesic Thicket |
| Fish Valley Thicket |
| Gamka Arid Thicket |
| Gamka Karoo |
| Garden Route Shale Fynbos |
| Geluk Grassland Thicket |
| Grahamstown Grassland Thicket |
| Grassridge Bontveld |
| Grootrivier Quartzite Fynbos |
| Hamburg Dune Thicket |
| Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld |
| Karoo Escarpment Grassland |
| Kasouga Dune Thicket |
| Koedoeskloof Karroid Thicket |
| Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos |
| Kouga Sandstone Fynbos |
| Langkloof Shale Renosterveld |
| Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland |
| Loerie Conglomerate Fynbos |
| Mabela Sandy Grassland |
| Mangrove Forest |
| Midlands Mistbelt Grassland |
| Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland |
| Motherwell Karroid Thicket |
| Mthatha Moist Grassland |
| Nanaga Savanna Thicket |
| Ngongoni Veld |
| Non-terrestrial (Estuarine Functional Zone) |
| Non-terrestrial (Estuarine vegetation, reeds and sedges) |
| Non-terrestrial (Estuarine vegetation, salt marsh) |
| Non-terrestrial (Microestuary) |
| North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
| Northern Afrotemperate Forest |
| Northern Coastal Forest |
| Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
| Prince Albert Succulent Karoo |
| Queenstown Thornveld |
| Saltaire Karroid Thicket |
| Sardinia Forest Thicket |
| Scarp Forest |
| Senqu Montane Shrubland |
| South Eastern Coastal Thornveld |
| South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
| Southern Afrotemperate Forest |
| Southern Cape Dune Fynbos |
| Southern Coastal Forest |
| Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
| Southern Karoo Riviere |
| Southern Mistbelt Forest |
| St Francis Dune Thicket |
| Steytlerville Karoo |
| Stormberg Plateau Grassland |
| Subtropical Dune Thicket |
| Subtropical Seashore Vegetation |
| Sundays Arid Thicket |
| Sundays Mesic Thicket |
| Sundays Valley Thicket |
| Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos |
| Suurberg Shale Fynbos |
| Swamp Forest |
| Swartberg Shale Renosterveld |
| Tarkastad Montane Shrubland |
| Thorndale Forest Thicket |
| Transkei Coastal Belt |
| Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos |
| Tsomo Grassland |
| Umtiza Forest Thicket |
| Uniondale Shale Renosterveld |
| Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation |
| Upper Karoo Hardeveld |
| Vanstadens Forest Thicket |
| Willowmore Gwarrieveld |
| Xhariep Karroid Grassland |
| Zastron Moist Grassland |
| uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland |
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| contiguous (indigenous) forest |
| contiguous low forest & thicket |
| dense forest & woodland |
| open woodland |
| contiguous & dense plantation forest |
| open & sparse plantation forest |
| temporary unplanted (clear-felled) plantation forest |
| low shrubland (other) |
| low shrubland (fynbos) |
| low shrubland (succulent karoo) |
| low shrubland (nama karoo) |
| sparsely wooded grassland |
| natural grassland |
| natural rivers |
| natural estuaries & lagoons |
| natural ocean & coastal |
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| natural pans (flooded @ observation times) |
| artificial dams (including canals) |
| artificial sewage ponds |
| artificial flooded mine pits |
| herbaceous wetlands (currently mapped) |
| herbaceous wetlands (previously mapped) |
| mangrove wetlands |
| natural rock surfaces |
| dry pans |
| eroded lands |
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| coastal sand & dunes |
| bare riverbed material |
| other bare |
| cultivated commercial permanent orchards |
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| cultivated commercial permanent pineapples |
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| commercial annual crops pivot irrigated |
| commercial annual crops non-pivot irrigated |
| commercial annual crops rain-fed / dryland |
| subsistence / small-scale annual crops |
| fallow land & old fields (trees) |
| fallow land & old fields (bush) |
| fallow land & old fields (grass) |
| fallow land & old fields (bare) |
| fallow land & old fields (low shrub) |
| residential formal (tree) |
| residential formal (bush) |
| residential formal (low veg / grass) |
| residential formal (bare) |
| residential informal (tree) |
| residential informal (bush) |
| residential informal (low veg / grass) |
| residential informal (bare) |
| village scattered (bare & low veg/ grass combo) |
| village dense (bare & low veg / grass combo) |
| smallholdings (tree) |
| smallholdings (bush) |
| smallholdings (low veg / grass) |
| smallholdings (bare) |
| urban recreational fields (tree) |
| urban recreational fields (bush) |
| urban recreational fields (grass) |
| urban recreational fields (bare) |
| commercial |
| industrial |
| roads & rails (major linear) |
| mines: surface infrastructure |
| mines: extraction pits, quarries |
| mines: salt mines |
| mine: tailings and resource dumps |
| land-fills |
| fallow land & old fields (wetlands) |
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| artificial dams (including canals) |
| artificial flooded mine pits |
| artificial sewage ponds |
| bare riverbed material |
| coastal sand & dunes |
| commercial |
| commercial annual crops non-pivot irrigated |
| commercial annual crops pivot irrigated |
| commercial annual crops rain-fed / dryland |
| contiguous & dense plantation forest |
| contiguous (indigenous) forest |
| contiguous low forest & thicket |
| cultivated commercial permanent orchards |
| cultivated commercial permanent pineapples |
| cultivated commercial sugarcane non-pivot |
| dense forest & woodland |
| dry pans |
| eroded lands |
| fallow land & old fields (bare) |
| fallow land & old fields (bush) |
| fallow land & old fields (grass) |
| fallow land & old fields (low shrub) |
| fallow land & old fields (trees) |
| fallow land & old fields (wetlands) |
| herbaceous wetlands (currently mapped) |
| herbaceous wetlands (previously mapped) |
| industrial |
| land-fills |
| low shrubland (fynbos) |
| low shrubland (nama karoo) |
| low shrubland (other) |
| low shrubland (succulent karoo) |
| mangrove wetlands |
| mine: tailings and resource dumps |
| mines: extraction pits, quarries |
| mines: salt mines |
| mines: surface infrastructure |
| natural estuaries & lagoons |
| natural grassland |
| natural ocean & coastal |
| natural pans (flooded @ observation times) |
| natural rivers |
| natural rock surfaces |
| open & sparse plantation forest |
| open woodland |
| other bare |
| residential formal (bare) |
| residential formal (bush) |
| residential formal (low veg / grass) |
| residential formal (tree) |
| residential informal (bare) |
| residential informal (bush) |
| residential informal (low veg / grass) |
| residential informal (tree) |
| roads & rails (major linear) |
| smallholdings (bare) |
| smallholdings (bush) |
| smallholdings (low veg / grass) |
| smallholdings (tree) |
| sparsely wooded grassland |
| subsistence / small-scale annual crops |
| temporary unplanted (clear-felled) plantation forest |
| urban recreational fields (bare) |
| urban recreational fields (bush) |
| urban recreational fields (grass) |
| urban recreational fields (tree) |
| village dense (bare & low veg / grss combo) |
| village scattered (bare & low veg/ grss combo) |
| Bare Rock and Soil (erosion : dongas / gullies) |
| Bare Rock and Soil (erosion : sheet) |
| Bare Rock and Soil (natural) |
| Cultivated, permanent, commercial, dryland |
| Cultivated, permanent, commercial, irrigated |
| Cultivated, permanent, commercial, sugarcane |
| Cultivated, temporary, commercial, dryland |
| Cultivated, temporary, commercial, irrigated |
| Cultivated, temporary, subsistence, dryland |
| Cultivated, temporary, subsistence, irrigated |
| Degraded Forest & Woodland |
| Degraded Shrubland and Low Fynbos |
| Degraded Thicket, Bushland, etc |
| Degraded Unimproved (natural) Grassland |
| Forest (indigenous) |
| Forest Plantations (Acacia spp) |
| Forest Plantations (Eucalyptus spp) |
| Forest Plantations (Other / mixed spp) |
| Forest Plantations (Pine spp) |
| Forest Plantations (clearfelled) |
| Herbland |
| Improved Grassland |
| Mines & Quarries (mine tailings, waste dumps) |
| Mines & Quarries (surface-based mining) |
| Mines & Quarries (underground / subsurface mining) |
| Shrubland and Low Fynbos |
| Thicket, Bushland, Bush Clumps, High Fynbos |
| Unimproved (natural) Grassland |
| Urban / Built-up (residential) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, flatland) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, formal suburbs) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, formal township) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, hostels) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, informal squatter camp) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, informal township) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, mixed) |
| Urban / Built-up (rural cluster) |
| Urban / Built-up (smallholdings, grassland) |
| Urban / Built-up (smallholdings, shrubland) |
| Urban / Built-up (smallholdings, thicket, bushland) |
| Urban / Built-up (smallholdings, woodland) |
| Urban / Built-up, (commercial, education, health, IT) |
| Urban / Built-up, (commercial, mercantile) |
| Urban / Built-up, (industrial / transport : heavy) |
| Urban / Built-up, (industrial / transport : light) |
| Waterbodies |
| Wetlands |
| Woodland (previously termed Forest and Woodland) |