Plant species - full list
| Name | Vegetation type(s) | Features | Flowers & type |
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Flame Thorn
Acacia Ataxacantha |
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Common Hook-thorn Acacia
Acacia caffra |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
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Sweet Thorn
Acacia karoo |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Pioneer species
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Jan
Feb
Dec
Tree
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Sweet Thorn
Acacia karroo |
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Splendid Thorn
Acacia robusta |
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Splendid Thorn
Acacia robusta robusta |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Pioneer species
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Tree
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Paperbark Thorn
Acacia sieberiana woodii |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Sun
Pioneer species
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Jan
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Umbrella Thorn
Acacia tortilis |
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Curly-Pod Acacia
Acacia tortilis heteracantha |
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Supports mammals
Useful
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
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Jan
Feb
Dec
Tree
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Brooms-an-brushes
Acalypha angustata |
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Sun
Semi-shade
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
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Forest False Nettle
Acalypha glabrata glabrata |
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Tree
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| Acalypha peduncularis |
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Sun
Semi-shade
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
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Bushmans poison
Acokanthera oppositifolia |
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Supports birds
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Black maidenhair fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris |
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Medicinal
Near water
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Mexican maidenhair fern
Adiantum poiretii poiretii |
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Attractive
Near water
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Velvet Rock-alder
Afrocanthium gilfillanii |
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Tree
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Rock Alder
Afrocanthium mundianum |
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Tree
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Cockatoo grass
Alloteropsis semialata |
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Supports birds
Sun
Semi-shade
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Perennial
Grass
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C3 Cockatoo Grass
Alloteropsis semialata eckloniana |
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Kranz aloe
Aloe arborescens |
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Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Succulent
Shrub
Tree
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Spotted aloe
Aloe greatheadii |
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Forb
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| Aloe greatheadii davyana |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Pioneer species
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Forb
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Mountain Aloe
Aloe marlothii |
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Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Succulent
Shrub
Tree
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Mountain Aloe
Aloe marlothii marlothii |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Tree
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Transvaal Aloe
Aloe transvaalensis |
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Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Nov
Dec
Forb
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Grassveld Tree Fern
Alsophila dregei |
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Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Near water
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Tree
Fern
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Snowflake Grass
Andropogon eucomus |
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Shrub
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Stab Grass
Andropogon schirensis |
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Rocky habitat
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Shrub
Perennial
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Scented Fern
Anemia caffrorum |
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Drought-resistant
Medicinal
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Shade
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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| Anthospermum hispidulum |
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Rocky habitat
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Nov
Dec
Shrub
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| Anthospermum rigidum pumilum |
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White Pear
Apodytes dimidiata |
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Supports bees
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Tree
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Sixweeks three-awn
Aristida adscensionis |
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Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
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Grass
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Curly Leaved Three-Awn
Aristida aequiglumis |
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| Aristida canescens |
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Tassle Three-awn
Aristida congesta |
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Tassle Three-awn
Aristida congesta congesta |
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Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
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Annual
Perennial
Grass
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Iron Grass
Aristida diffusa |
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| Aristida scabrivalvis borumensis |
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Sun
Semi-shade
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Annual
Grass
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Perennial Tufted Grass
Aristida transvaalensis |
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Rocky habitat
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Perennial
Grass
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Catthorn Asparagus
Asparagus suaveolens |
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Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
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| Asplenium adiantum-nigrum |
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Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Ethiopian spleenwort
Asplenium aethiopicum |
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Medicinal
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Scaly Fern
Asplenium cordatum |
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Drought-resistant
Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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| Aster bakeranus |
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Buff Bushmanland Bobbejaantjie
Babiana hypogea |
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Edible
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: sandy
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
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Cats Whiskers
Becium obovatum |
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| Berkheya insignis |
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Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Forb
Perennial
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False Love Grass
Bewsia biflora |
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Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
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Perennial
Grass
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Pointed Hard Fern
Blechnum attenuatum giganteum |
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Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Southern Hard Fern
Blechnum australe |
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Attractive
Near water
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Australian Bluestem
Bothriochloa insculpta |
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Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
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Perennial
Grass
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Red-Topped Signal Grass
Brachiaria serrata |
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Useful
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: disturbed
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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Mountain Silver-oak
Brachylaena rotundata |
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Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Hedge
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
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False olive
Buddleja saligna |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
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Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Sagewood
Buddleja salvifolia |
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| Bulbostylis burchellii |
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Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
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Grass
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Cape Chestnut
Calodendrum capense |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Tree
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Velvet Rock-alder
Canthium gilfillanii |
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Rock Alder
Canthium mundianum |
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Num-num
Carissa bispinosa |
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Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
Perennial
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White Stinkwood
Celtis africana |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
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Buffelgrass
Cenchrus ciliaris |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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Napier Millet
Cenchrus geniculatus |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Near water
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Perennial
Grass
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Silver Fern
Cerosora argentea |
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Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Cloak Fern
Cheilanthes deltoidea |
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Fern
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Dolomite Lipfern
Cheilanthes dolomiticola |
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Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Resurrection Fern
Cheilanthes eckloniana |
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Drought-resistant
Medicinal
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Woolly Lipfern
Cheilanthes hirta |
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Fern
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| Cheilanthes involuta involuta |
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Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Hard Lip Fern
Cheilanthes viridis glauca |
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Rocky habitat
Shade
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Rhodes Grass
Chloris gayana |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Dec
Annual
Perennial
Grass
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Spider Web Chloris
Chloris pycnothrix |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Sun
Semi-shade
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Annual
Grass
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Feather Finger Grass
Chloris virgata |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Dec
Annual
Perennial
Grass
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River Bushwillow
Combretum erythrophyllum |
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Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Velvet Bushwillow
Combretum molle |
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Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
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Tree
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Hairy Pricklehead
Crabbea hirsuta |
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Sun
Semi-shade
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
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Southern Cabbagetree
Cussonia paniculata |
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Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
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Feb
Tree
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Cabbage tree
Cussonia spicata |
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Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Tree
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Showy Blue Ear
Cyanotis speciosa |
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Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Forb
Perennial
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Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass
Cymbopogon caesius |
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Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Sun
Semi-shade
Sub-climax species
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass
Cymbopogon excavatus |
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Sun
Semi-shade
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Perennial
Grass
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Citronella grass
Cymbopogon nardus |
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Narrowleaf Turpentine Grass
Cymbopogon pospischilii |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
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Perennial
Grass
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Bermuda grass
Cynodon dactylon |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: disturbed
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Ground cover
Perennial
Grass
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Pompon tree
Dais cotinifolia |
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Supports bees
Easy to grow
Useful
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Small-leaf Sicklebush
Dichrostachys cinerea africana |
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Supports mammals
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
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Tree
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Grassveld Karmedik
Dicoma anomala |
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Medicinal
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Shrub
Forb
Perennial
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Brown Finger Grass
Digitaria brazzae |
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Digitgrass
Digitaria eriantha |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Grass
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One-finger Grass
Digitaria monodactyla |
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Purple Finger Grass
Digitaria tricholaenoides |
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Broad-Leaved Blue Stem
Diheteropogon amplectens |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
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Perennial
Grass
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Transvaal Bluebush
Diospyros lycioides guerkei |
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Tree
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Bluebush
Diospyros lycioides lycioides |
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Bladder-nut
Diospyros whyteana |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Shade
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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South African Wild Pear
Dombeya rotundifolia |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: loam
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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South African Wild Pear
Dombeya rotundifolia rotundifolia |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Rocky habitat
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Tree
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Wild Apricot
Dovyalis zeyheri |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Useful
Edible
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Grassland Fern
Dryopteris athamantica |
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Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Shade
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Thin-Stemmed Forest Fern
Dryopteris inaequalis inaequalis |
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Medicinal
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Puzzle Bush
Ehretia rigida |
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Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Hedge
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
Tree
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Cape-Lilac
Ehretia rigida nervifolia |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Sun
Semi-shade
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
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Broadpod Elephantroot
Elephantorrhiza burkei |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Dwarf Elephantroot
Elephantorrhiza elephantina |
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Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Useful
Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Sun
Climax species
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Wire Grass
Elionurus argenteus |
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Wire Grass
Elionurus muticus |
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Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Fragrant
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Climax species
Sub-climax species
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Grass
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Stamvrug
Englerophytum magalismontanum |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Tree
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Soft Feather Pappus Grass
Enneapogon cenchroides |
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Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
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Annual
Grass
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Branched Horsetail
Equisetum ramosissimum |
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Medicinal
Near water
Shade
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis capensis |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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Narrow Heart Love Grass
Eragrostis chalcantha |
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Blue Love Grass
Eragrostis chloromelas |
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African love grass
Eragrostis curvula |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Pioneer species
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Perennial
Grass
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Gum grass
Eragrostis gummiflua |
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Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
|
Perennial
Grass
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Narrow Heart Love Grass
Eragrostis racemosa |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
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Perennial
Grass
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| Eragrostis sclerantha |
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Blue Gwarrie
Euclea crispa crispa |
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Tree
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Large-leaved rock fig
Ficus abutilifolia |
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Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
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Dec
Tree
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Red-Leaved Fig
Ficus ingens |
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Supports birds
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Edible
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Tree
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Snowberrytree
Flueggea virosa |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Hedge
Medicinal
Edible
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Common Curryflower
Gnidia capitata |
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Cross-berry Raisin
Grewia occidentalis |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
Scrambler
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Common Spikethorn
Gymnosporia buxifolia |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Milk-ball
Halleria lucida |
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Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Caterpillar Grass
Harpochloa falx |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Useful
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
|
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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Straw Everlasting
Helichrysum kraussii |
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Wrinkly Everlasting
Helichrysum rugulosum |
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Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Jan
Feb
Mar
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
|
|
Woolly Lipfern
Hemionitis hirta |
|
Drought-resistant
Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Shade
Semi-shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Cluster Fern
Hemionitis multifida |
|
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Four-Pinnate Lip Fern
Hemionitis quadripinnata |
|
Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Green Cliff Brake
Hemionitis viridis viridis |
|
Drought-resistant
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Semi-shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Parsleytree
Heteromorpha arborescens arborescens |
|
|
Tree
|
|
Common Parsleytree
Heteromorpha trifoliata |
|
|
|
|
Tanglehead
Heteropogon contortus |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Easy to grow
Useful
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Useful
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Cogon Grass
Imperata cylindrica |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Fast-growing
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
|
| Justicia anagalloides |
|
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Jan
Feb
Mar
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
|
|
Wild Peach
Kiggelaria africana |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Charm Trembletop
Kohautia amatymbica |
|
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Forb
|
| Kohautia lasiocarpa |
|
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Forb
Perennial
|
|
Live Long
Lannea discolor |
|
Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
|
|
Ouhout
Leucosidea sericea |
|
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Hedge
Medicinal
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
|
|
Small-leaved Fluff-bush
Lopholaena coriifolia |
|
|
|
|
Common Russet Grass
Loudetia simplex |
|
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Staghorn Clubmoss
Lycopodiella cernua |
|
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Bush Maerua
Maerua caffra |
|
|
|
|
Bush Maerua
Maerua cafra |
|
Supports birds
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
Tree
|
| Marsilea macrocarpa |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Edible
In water
Shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Koko Tree
Maytenus undata |
|
Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
|
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Bristle-Leaved Red-Top Grass
Melinis nerviglumis |
|
Easy to grow
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Dec
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Natal grass
Melinis repens |
|
Supports birds
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
|
| Melinis repens grandiflora |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Sub-climax species
|
Annual
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Natal grass
Melinis repens repens |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Supports birds
Supports bees
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Sub-climax species
Soil: disturbed
|
Jan
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Annual
Perennial
Grass
|
| Microchloa afra |
|
Rocky habitat
Pioneer species
|
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Boat Grass
Monocymbium ceresiiforme |
|
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Cork Bush
Mundulea sericea |
|
Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Cork Bush
Mundulea sericea sericea |
|
Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
African Boxwood
Myrsine africana |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
|
|
Kooboo-berry
Mystroxylon aethiopicum |
|
Supports birds
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Highveld Koobooberry
Mystroxylon aethiopicum burkeanum |
|
|
Tree
|
|
Grassland Vleiweed
Nidorella hottentotica |
|
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Jan
Feb
Mar
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
|
|
Brittlewood
Nuxia congesta |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Useful
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
|
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Cats Whiskers
Ocimum obovatum obovatum |
|
Supports butterflies
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
|
|
African Olive
Olea europaea africana |
|
Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Fragrant
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Olive
Olea europaea europaea |
|
|
Tree
|
|
Mountain Hardpear
Olinia emarginata |
|
Supports birds
Supports bees
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Common Adders-tongue
Ophioglossum polyphyllum |
|
Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Southern Adder'S-Tongue
Ophioglossum vulgatum |
|
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
American Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis |
|
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
In water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
|
Fern
Forb
Perennial
|
|
African Sandalwood
Osyris lanceolata |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Fragrant
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Bushveld Ozoroa
Ozoroa paniculosa |
|
Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Natal Buffalo Grass
Panicum natalense |
|
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Jacket plum
Pappea capensis |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Hairy Bride's Bush
Pavetta gardeniifolia subtomentosa |
|
|
Tree
|
|
Hard Fern
Pellaea calomelanos calomelanos |
|
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Shade
Semi-shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Weeping wattle
Peltophorum africanum |
|
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Dec
Tree
|
| Pentanisia prunelloides latifolia |
|
Supports butterflies
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Jan
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
|
|
Purple Spike Grass
Perotis patens |
|
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
|
Annual
Grass
|
|
Cape Cheesewood
Pittosporum viridiflorum |
|
Supports birds
Good potplant
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Dec
Tree
|
|
Common Protea
Protea caffra caffra |
|
|
Tree
|
|
Jersey Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium luteo-album |
|
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
|
Jan
Feb
Mar
Nov
Dec
Annual
Forb
|
|
Jersey Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum |
|
|
|
|
Common Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum aquilinum |
|
Edible
Shade
Semi-shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Cretan brake
Pteris cretica |
|
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Ladder brake
Pteris vittata |
|
Near water
Shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
African sumac
Rhus lancea |
|
|
|
|
Mountain Karree
Rhus leptodictya |
|
|
|
|
Common currant-rhus
Rhus pyroides |
|
|
|
|
Wild Gardenia
Rothmannia capensis |
|
Drought-resistant
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Tree
|
|
Crimson Bluestem
Schizachyrium sanguineum |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Useful
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
|
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Thorn Pear
Scolopia zeyheri |
|
|
Tree
|
|
African Sumac
Searsia lancea |
|
Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Edible
Near water
In water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
|
|
Mountain Karree
Searsia leptodictya |
|
Supports birds
Supports mammals
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Edible
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Ribbed Kunirhus
Searsia pallens |
|
|
Tree
|
|
Firethorn Rhus
Searsia pyroides gracilis |
|
Supports birds
Supports mammals
Useful
Edible
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
|
Dec
Tree
|
|
Mountain Firethorn Crowberry
Searsia pyroides integrifolia |
|
Supports birds
Supports mammals
Useful
Edible
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
|
Dec
Tree
|
|
Common currant-rhus
Searsia pyroides pyroides |
|
Supports birds
Supports mammals
Useful
Edible
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
|
Dec
Tree
|
|
Drege's Spikemoss
Selaginella dregei |
|
Rocky habitat
Sun
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Mitten's Spikemoss
Selaginella mittenii |
|
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Broom Ragwort
Senecio venosus |
|
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Forb
|
|
Vlei bristle grass
Setaria nigrirostris |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
|
Perennial
Grass
|
| Setaria pumila pallidefusca |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
|
Annual
Grass
|
|
African bristlegrass
Setaria sphacelata |
|
|
|
|
Golden Bristle Grass
Setaria sphacelata sericea |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Perennial
Grass
|
|
African bristlegrass
Setaria sphacelata sphacelata |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Hooked Bristle Grass
Setaria verticillata |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Useful
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Annual
Grass
|
|
Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus |
|
Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: disturbed
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Fringed Dropseed
Sporobolus pectinatus |
|
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Grass
|
|
Swamp Fern
Thelypteris confluens |
|
Attractive
Near water
Shade
|
Fern
Forb
|
|
Kangaroo Grass
Themeda triandra |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
|
|
Spiked Crinkleawn
Trachypogon spicatus |
|
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Perennial
Grass
|
|
African bur-grass
Tragus berteronianus |
|
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Annual
Grass
|
|
Rolling Grass
Trichoneura grandiglumis |
|
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Grass
|
|
Hairy Trident Grass
Tristachya leucothrix |
|
Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
|
Grass
|
| Tristachya rehmanni |
|
|
|
| Tristachya rehmannii |
|
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Grass
|
|
Quinine Grass
Urelytrum agropyroides |
|
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
|
Grass
|
|
Quinine Grass
Urelytrum squarrosum |
|
|
|
|
Red-Topped Signal Grass
Urochloa serrata |
|
|
|
|
Wild-Medlar
Vangueria infausta |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Wild-Medlar
Vangueria infausta infausta |
|
|
Tree
|
|
Smooth Sourplum
Ximenia caffra caffra |
|
Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
|
|
Small knobwood
Zanthoxylum capense |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: loam
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
|
|
Buffalo-thorn
Ziziphus mucronata |
|
Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Feb
Dec
Tree
|
|
Dwarf Buffalothorn
Ziziphus zeyheriana |
|
Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
|