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| Name | Vegetation type(s) | Features | Flowers & type |
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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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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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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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| 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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White Pear
Apodytes dimidiata |
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Supports bees
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Tree
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Wild Peach
Kiggelaria africana |
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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
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Ouhout
Leucosidea sericea |
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Supports bees
Easy to grow
Hedge
Medicinal
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
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Koko Tree
Maytenus undata |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Fragrant
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: loam
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Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Natal grass
Melinis repens |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
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Natal grass
Melinis repens repens |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Supports birds
Supports bees
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Sub-climax species
Soil: disturbed
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Jan
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Annual
Perennial
Grass
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Cork Bush
Mundulea sericea |
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Supports birds
Supports sunbirds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Cork Bush
Mundulea sericea sericea |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Kooboo-berry
Mystroxylon aethiopicum |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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African Olive
Olea europaea africana |
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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
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Mountain Hardpear
Olinia emarginata |
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Supports birds
Supports bees
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Weeping wattle
Peltophorum africanum |
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Supports bees
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Tree
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African Sumac
Searsia lancea |
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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
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
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Buffalo-thorn
Ziziphus mucronata |
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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
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Feb
Dec
Tree
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Dwarf Buffalothorn
Ziziphus zeyheriana |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
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