A reconnaissance of the tree and shrub vegetation of the coral along the Kenya coast showed a Littoral Ipomoea pes-caprae associes. The evidence suggested a Littoral Evergreen bushland climax on the sand-over-coral. The original extent of the Evergreen forest climax on the uneroded fossil coral is limited by rainfall and the degree of erosion of the coral; where rainfall is inadequate or where the coral soils are too shallow, an Evergreen bushland climax is suggested.