fynbos vegetation

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Botanical Society of South Africa
... fynbos vegetation type. Many orchids can also be seen. RENOSTERVELD, a non-fynbos vegetation also occurs sporadically in the area. NATURE RESERVES: De Hoop Nature Reserve: Consists largely of limestone fynbos, but Potberg has unique vegetation ...
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Botanical Society of South Africa
... Inland (Pietermaritzburg) Limpopo Lowveld Pretoria West Coast Winelands Conservation Unit About Projects & Activities Fynbos Forum People Partners Links Downloads Photo Gallery Contact Us Publications Publications Information ... This is a floristically rich area where fynbos vegetation is found on acid sands and on limestone. Patches of Renosterveld, a vegetation type under threat are also found ...
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SA Trip Report
... or not there has been a fire recently to remove the competing fynbos vegetation. I was lucky enough to be able to visit the Cape Town ... to see how quickly a site can be covered with the competing vegetation. The picture which Sid sent in to the DisaPhile last year which ... to the road. Well I found the area in question but the vegetation had grown so much since the person had seen the cardinalis there ...
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Aloe plicatilis
... acid, sandy soil. It grows among proteas, ericas and other fynbos vegetation and is one of the few aloes found in such vegetation. The fan aloe grows in an area with a high ...
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Asteraceae
... the leaves are actually compound with numerous leaf segments. Many species in the karroo and fynbos vegetation have small, needle-like leaves to survive the hot, dry summer seasons. These leaves look ...
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Campanulaceae
... occur on the West Coast and in the Northern Cape in sandy soil in open vegetation. Recently all 46 species of the shrubby genus Lightfootia have been placed in Wahlenbergia. Roella ... and Cyphiaceae. Ecology Many of shrubby members of the family occurring in the fire-prone fynbos vegetation of the southwestern Cape, resprout after fire. Plants in the genus Merciera grow and flower ...
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Untitled
... Africa. Hyobanche sanguinea has the widest distribution ranging from coastal fynbos (vegetation dominated by Proteaceae) to desert karoo vegetation (succulent shrubs in upland areas). Flower colors range from salmon ... maturity. Distribution of this species is primarily in the desert regions of karoo vegetation. Hyobanche glabrata is very difficult to differentiate from H. rubra on herbarium sheets. ...
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Botanical Society of South Africa
... -Natal Inland (Pietermaritzburg) Limpopo Lowveld Pretoria West Coast Winelands Conservation Unit About Projects & Activities Fynbos Forum People Partners Links Downloads Photo Gallery Contact Us Publications Publications Information Wild ... Fauresmith to see that part of the Free State and be acquainted with its vegetation. We were thinking of the 19th March. If you are interested, please notify me ...
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Cycad Society SA: Encephalartos ghellinkii
... rocky outcrops to sandstone cliffs in the Drakensberg where E. ghellinkii is asociated with montane 'fynbos' vegetation. Localities are found south at Flagstaff and Port Shepstone and north to Richmond, Bulwer and ...
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NBI:vegetation of southern Africa
... vegetation of southern Africa Vegetation of southern Africa What do we mean by vegetation? At its simplest, vegetation can be described as the group of plants forming the plant cover of a ... characteristic visual signature to the vegetation of the biome. Rutherford and Westfall (1994) map seven biomes in South Africa: Grassland Savanna Succulent Karoo Nama Karoo Forest Fynbos Desert. Low and Rebelo ( ...
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