Mazumbai Forest Reserve vegetation is stratified into five vegetation communities located in different altitudinal bands of the forest:
(a) at 1468 m: Sorindeia usambarensis–Parinary exelsa–Newtonia buchananii forest
(b) at 1515 m: Strombosia scheffleri – Craibea brevicaudata – Pachysteh msolo – Isoberlina scheffleri forest
(c) at 1527 m: Syzygium guineense – Sorindeia usambarensis – Parinari exelsa – Newtonia buchananii forest.
(d) at 1662 m: Ocotea usambarensis – Syzygium guinense – Parinari exelsa forest and
(e) at 1770 m: Agauria salicifolia – Ocotea usambarensis – Cryptocarya liebertina forest.
The emergent tree species reach heights over 50m and diameters up to 2 meters. In addition many porous huge trees are supported by huge buttresses and have long creeping roots. Typical lower storey plants include species of Dracaena, Maytenus and Rauvolfia.
The forest is also important for the African violet (Saintpaulia spp) and a number of fungi and foliicolous lichens.
Rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
Mazumbai Forest Reserve is a haven to a variety of animal species. Some of the forest animals include Rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei), Tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus), bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus), bush baby and elephant shrew, blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis), Forest duiker (Cephalophus grimmia), Abbot’s duiker (C. spadix), Suni (Neotragus moschatus), Civet (Civettictus civetta), Angolan black and white colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis), and squirrels (Protoxerus stangeri).
Some of the forest animals include Rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei), Tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus), bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus), bush baby and elephant shrew, blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis), Forest duiker (Cephalophus grimmia), Abbot’s duiker (C. spadix), Suni (Neotragus moschatus), Civet (Civettictus civetta), Angolan black and white colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis), and squirrels (Protoxerus stangeri).
Tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus)
Some of the forest animals include Rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei), Tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus), bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus), bush baby and elephant shrew, blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis), Forest duiker (Cephalophus grimmia), Abbot’s duiker (C. spadix), Suni (Neotragus moschatus), Civet (Civettictus civetta), Angolan black and white colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis), and squirrels (Protoxerus stangeri).
bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus)
Some of the forest animals include Rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei), Tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus), bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus), bush baby (Otolemur crassicaudatus), elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi), blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis), Forest duiker (Cephalophus grimmia), Abbot’s duiker (C. spadix), Suni (Neotragus moschatus), Civet (Civettictis civetta), Angolan black and white colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis), and squirrels (Protoxerus stangeri).
bush baby (Otolemur crassicaudatus)
Some of the forest animals include Rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei), Tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus), bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus), bush baby (Otolemur crassicaudatus), elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi), blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis), Forest duiker (Cephalophus grimmia), Abbot’s duiker (C. spadix), Suni (Neotragus moschatus), Civet (Civettictis civetta), Angolan black and white colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis), and squirrels (Protoxerus stangeri).
elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi)
Click Here for More on Fauna at Mazumbai Forest Reserve