Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

Plant species - full list

Flame Thorn

Acacia Ataxacantha

Common Hook-thorn Acacia

Acacia caffra
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees

Sweet Thorn

Acacia karoo
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Dec
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees

Sweet Thorn

Acacia karroo

Splendid Thorn

Acacia robusta

Splendid Thorn

Acacia robusta robusta
  • Flowering:
    Jul Aug Sep Oct
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees

Paperbark Thorn

Acacia sieberiana woodii
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees

Umbrella Thorn

Acacia tortilis

Curly-Pod Acacia

Acacia tortilis heteracantha
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Dec
    Sun
    Supports mammals

Brooms-an-brushes

Acalypha angustata
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Forest False Nettle

Acalypha glabrata glabrata

Acalypha peduncularis
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Bushmans poison

Acokanthera oppositifolia
  • Flowering:
    Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Black maidenhair fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Mexican maidenhair fern

Adiantum poiretii poiretii

Velvet Rock-alder

Afrocanthium gilfillanii

Rock Alder

Afrocanthium mundianum

Cockatoo grass

Alloteropsis semialata
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds

C3 Cockatoo Grass

Alloteropsis semialata eckloniana

Kranz aloe

Aloe arborescens
  • Flowering:
    Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
    Sun
    Easy to grow Hedge
    Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Spotted aloe

Aloe greatheadii
  • Flowering:
    May Jun Jul Aug

Aloe greatheadii davyana
  • Flowering:
    Jun Jul Aug
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports bees

Mountain Aloe

Aloe marlothii
  • Flowering:
    Jun Jul Aug
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Mountain Aloe

Aloe marlothii marlothii
  • Flowering:
    Jun Jul Aug
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports bees

Transvaal Aloe

Aloe transvaalensis
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Grassveld Tree Fern

Alsophila dregei
  • Shade Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow

Snowflake Grass

Andropogon eucomus

Stab Grass

Andropogon schirensis

Scented Fern

Anemia caffrorum
  • Shade Semi-shade

Anthospermum hispidulum
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec

Anthospermum rigidum pumilum

White Pear

Apodytes dimidiata
  • Supports bees

Sixweeks three-awn

Aristida adscensionis
  • Sun Semi-shade

Curly Leaved Three-Awn

Aristida aequiglumis

Aristida canescens

Tassle Three-awn

Aristida congesta

Tassle Three-awn

Aristida congesta congesta
  • Sun Semi-shade

Iron Grass

Aristida diffusa

Aristida scabrivalvis borumensis
  • Sun Semi-shade

Perennial Tufted Grass

Aristida transvaalensis

Catthorn Asparagus

Asparagus suaveolens
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

Ethiopian spleenwort

Asplenium aethiopicum

Scaly Fern

Asplenium cordatum

Aster bakeranus

Buff Bushmanland Bobbejaantjie

Babiana hypogea
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Cats Whiskers

Becium obovatum

Berkheya insignis
  • Flowering:
    Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade

False Love Grass

Bewsia biflora
  • Sun Semi-shade

Pointed Hard Fern

Blechnum attenuatum giganteum

Southern Hard Fern

Blechnum australe

Australian Bluestem

Bothriochloa insculpta
  • Sun Semi-shade

Red-Topped Signal Grass

Brachiaria serrata
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Mountain Silver-oak

Brachylaena rotundata
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Sun
    Hedge
    Supports bees

False olive

Buddleja saligna
  • Flowering:
    Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Easy to grow Hedge
    Supports birds Supports bees

Sagewood

Buddleja salvifolia

Bulbostylis burchellii
  • Sun Semi-shade

Cape Chestnut

Calodendrum capense
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees

Velvet Rock-alder

Canthium gilfillanii

Rock Alder

Canthium mundianum

Num-num

Carissa bispinosa
  • Flowering:
    Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow Hedge
    Supports butterflies

White Stinkwood

Celtis africana
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Buffelgrass

Cenchrus ciliaris
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers

Napier Millet

Cenchrus geniculatus
  • Supports grazers/browsers

Silver Fern

Cerosora argentea
  • Shade Semi-shade

Cloak Fern

Cheilanthes deltoidea

Dolomite Lipfern

Cheilanthes dolomiticola
  • Sun Semi-shade

Resurrection Fern

Cheilanthes eckloniana
  • Sun Semi-shade

Woolly Lipfern

Cheilanthes hirta

Cheilanthes involuta involuta
  • Shade Semi-shade

Hard Lip Fern

Cheilanthes viridis glauca
  • Shade Semi-shade

Rhodes Grass

Chloris gayana
  • Flowering:
    Feb Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds

Spider Web Chloris

Chloris pycnothrix
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Feather Finger Grass

Chloris virgata
  • Flowering:
    Feb Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds

River Bushwillow

Combretum erythrophyllum
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Velvet Bushwillow

Combretum molle
  • Sun
    Easy to grow

Hairy Pricklehead

Crabbea hirsuta
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Southern Cabbagetree

Cussonia paniculata
  • Flowering:
    Feb
    Sun
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Cabbage tree

Cussonia spicata
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Showy Blue Ear

Cyanotis speciosa
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees

Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass

Cymbopogon caesius
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass

Cymbopogon excavatus
  • Sun Semi-shade

Citronella grass

Cymbopogon nardus

Narrowleaf Turpentine Grass

Cymbopogon pospischilii
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Bermuda grass

Cynodon dactylon
  • Flowering:
    Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers

Pompon tree

Dais cotinifolia
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports bees

Small-leaf Sicklebush

Dichrostachys cinerea africana
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports mammals Supports bees

Grassveld Karmedik

Dicoma anomala
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
    Sun Semi-shade

Brown Finger Grass

Digitaria brazzae

Digitgrass

Digitaria eriantha
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports mammals

One-finger Grass

Digitaria monodactyla

Purple Finger Grass

Digitaria tricholaenoides

Broad-Leaved Blue Stem

Diheteropogon amplectens
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Transvaal Bluebush

Diospyros lycioides guerkei

Bluebush

Diospyros lycioides lycioides

Bladder-nut

Diospyros whyteana
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Shade
    Hedge
    Supports birds Supports bees

South African Wild Pear

Dombeya rotundifolia
  • Flowering:
    Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

South African Wild Pear

Dombeya rotundifolia rotundifolia
  • Flowering:
    Jul Aug Sep
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Wild Apricot

Dovyalis zeyheri
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Grassland Fern

Dryopteris athamantica
  • Shade Semi-shade

Thin-Stemmed Forest Fern

Dryopteris inaequalis inaequalis

Puzzle Bush

Ehretia rigida
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Hedge
    Supports birds

Cape-Lilac

Ehretia rigida nervifolia
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies

Broadpod Elephantroot

Elephantorrhiza burkei
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports bees

Dwarf Elephantroot

Elephantorrhiza elephantina
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Supports bees

Wire Grass

Elionurus argenteus

Wire Grass

Elionurus muticus
  • Flowering:
    Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Stamvrug

Englerophytum magalismontanum
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Soft Feather Pappus Grass

Enneapogon cenchroides
  • Sun Semi-shade

Branched Horsetail

Equisetum ramosissimum
  • Shade Semi-shade

Cape Love Grass

Eragrostis capensis
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds

Narrow Heart Love Grass

Eragrostis chalcantha

Blue Love Grass

Eragrostis chloromelas

African love grass

Eragrostis curvula
  • Supports grazers/browsers

Gum grass

Eragrostis gummiflua
  • Sun Semi-shade

Narrow Heart Love Grass

Eragrostis racemosa
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Eragrostis sclerantha

Blue Gwarrie

Euclea crispa crispa

Large-leaved rock fig

Ficus abutilifolia
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun
    Easy to grow

Red-Leaved Fig

Ficus ingens
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Snowberrytree

Flueggea virosa
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Hedge
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Common Curryflower

Gnidia capitata

Cross-berry Raisin

Grewia occidentalis
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Shade Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees

Common Spikethorn

Gymnosporia buxifolia
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow Hedge
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Milk-ball

Halleria lucida
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow Hedge
    Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Caterpillar Grass

Harpochloa falx
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Apr Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Straw Everlasting

Helichrysum kraussii

Wrinkly Everlasting

Helichrysum rugulosum
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Woolly Lipfern

Hemionitis hirta
  • Shade Semi-shade

Cluster Fern

Hemionitis multifida
  • Sun Semi-shade

Four-Pinnate Lip Fern

Hemionitis quadripinnata
  • Sun Semi-shade

Green Cliff Brake

Hemionitis viridis viridis
  • Shade Semi-shade

Parsleytree

Heteromorpha arborescens arborescens

Common Parsleytree

Heteromorpha trifoliata

Tanglehead

Heteropogon contortus
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers

Thatching Grass

Hyparrhenia hirta
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Cogon Grass

Imperata cylindrica
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow Fast-growing
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Justicia anagalloides
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Wild Peach

Kiggelaria africana
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Shade Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow Hedge
    Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees

Charm Trembletop

Kohautia amatymbica
  • Flowering:
    Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade

Kohautia lasiocarpa
  • Flowering:
    Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade

Live Long

Lannea discolor
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Sun
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Ouhout

Leucosidea sericea
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Easy to grow Hedge
    Supports bees

Small-leaved Fluff-bush

Lopholaena coriifolia

Common Russet Grass

Loudetia simplex
  • Sun Semi-shade

Staghorn Clubmoss

Lycopodiella cernua

Bush Maerua

Maerua caffra

Bush Maerua

Maerua cafra
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Shade Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds

Marsilea macrocarpa
  • Shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Koko Tree

Maytenus undata
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow Hedge
    Supports birds Supports bees

Bristle-Leaved Red-Top Grass

Melinis nerviglumis
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow

Natal grass

Melinis repens
  • Flowering:
    Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports bees

Melinis repens grandiflora
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Natal grass

Melinis repens repens
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds Supports bees

Microchloa afra

Boat Grass

Monocymbium ceresiiforme
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow

Cork Bush

Mundulea sericea
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Hedge
    Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees

Cork Bush

Mundulea sericea sericea
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees

African Boxwood

Myrsine africana
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade
    Hedge
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Kooboo-berry

Mystroxylon aethiopicum
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds Supports bees

Highveld Koobooberry

Mystroxylon aethiopicum burkeanum

Grassland Vleiweed

Nidorella hottentotica
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Brittlewood

Nuxia congesta
  • Sun
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Cats Whiskers

Ocimum obovatum obovatum
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports butterflies

African Olive

Olea europaea africana
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees

Olive

Olea europaea europaea

Mountain Hardpear

Olinia emarginata
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports bees

Common Adders-tongue

Ophioglossum polyphyllum
  • Sun Semi-shade

Southern Adder'S-Tongue

Ophioglossum vulgatum
  • Sun Semi-shade

American Royal Fern

Osmunda regalis
  • Shade Sun Semi-shade

African Sandalwood

Osyris lanceolata
  • Flowering:
    Jun Jul Aug
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Bushveld Ozoroa

Ozoroa paniculosa
  • Flowering:
    Feb Dec
    Sun

Natal Buffalo Grass

Panicum natalense
  • Sun Semi-shade

Jacket plum

Pappea capensis
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Hairy Bride's Bush

Pavetta gardeniifolia subtomentosa

Hard Fern

Pellaea calomelanos calomelanos
  • Shade Semi-shade

Weeping wattle

Peltophorum africanum
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun
    Easy to grow Hedge
    Supports bees

Pentanisia prunelloides latifolia
  • Flowering:
    Jan Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports butterflies

Purple Spike Grass

Perotis patens
  • Sun Semi-shade

Cape Cheesewood

Pittosporum viridiflorum
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun
    Hedge
    Supports birds

Common Protea

Protea caffra caffra

Jersey Cudweed

Pseudognaphalium luteo-album
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Jersey Cudweed

Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum

Common Bracken

Pteridium aquilinum aquilinum
  • Shade Semi-shade

Cretan brake

Pteris cretica

Ladder brake

Pteris vittata

African sumac

Rhus lancea

Mountain Karree

Rhus leptodictya

Common currant-rhus

Rhus pyroides

Wild Gardenia

Rothmannia capensis
  • Flowering:
    Feb
    Sun Semi-shade

Crimson Bluestem

Schizachyrium sanguineum
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Thorn Pear

Scolopia zeyheri

African Sumac

Searsia lancea
  • Flowering:
    Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow Hedge
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports bees

Mountain Karree

Searsia leptodictya
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports mammals

Ribbed Kunirhus

Searsia pallens

Firethorn Rhus

Searsia pyroides gracilis
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds Supports mammals

Mountain Firethorn Crowberry

Searsia pyroides integrifolia
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds Supports mammals

Common currant-rhus

Searsia pyroides pyroides
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds Supports mammals

Drege's Spikemoss

Selaginella dregei

Mitten's Spikemoss

Selaginella mittenii

Broom Ragwort

Senecio venosus
  • Flowering:
    Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade

Vlei bristle grass

Setaria nigrirostris
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Setaria pumila pallidefusca
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata

Golden Bristle Grass

Setaria sphacelata sericea
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata sphacelata
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Hooked Bristle Grass

Setaria verticillata
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Dec
    Shade Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Parramatta Grass

Sporobolus africanus
  • Flowering:
    Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Fringed Dropseed

Sporobolus pectinatus
  • Sun Semi-shade

Swamp Fern

Thelypteris confluens

Kangaroo Grass

Themeda triandra
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds

Spiked Crinkleawn

Trachypogon spicatus
  • Sun Semi-shade

African bur-grass

Tragus berteronianus
  • Sun Semi-shade

Rolling Grass

Trichoneura grandiglumis
  • Sun Semi-shade

Hairy Trident Grass

Tristachya leucothrix
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Tristachya rehmanni

Tristachya rehmannii
  • Sun Semi-shade

Quinine Grass

Urelytrum agropyroides
  • Sun Semi-shade

Quinine Grass

Urelytrum squarrosum

Red-Topped Signal Grass

Urochloa serrata

Wild-Medlar

Vangueria infausta
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Shade Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Wild-Medlar

Vangueria infausta infausta

Smooth Sourplum

Ximenia caffra caffra
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies

Small knobwood

Zanthoxylum capense
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov
    Sun
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Buffalo-thorn

Ziziphus mucronata
  • Flowering:
    Feb Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees

Dwarf Buffalothorn

Ziziphus zeyheriana
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees

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