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Name	Vegetation type(s)	Features	Flowers & type
Common Hook-thorn Acacia Acacia caffra	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species Soil: sandy	Sep Oct Nov Tree
Sweet Thorn Acacia karoo	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species	Jan Feb Dec Tree
Splendid Thorn Acacia robusta robusta	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species	Jul Aug Sep Oct Tree
Paperbark Thorn Acacia sieberiana woodii	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Near water Sun Pioneer species	Jan Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Curly-Pod Acacia Acacia tortilis heteracantha	Egoli Granite Grassland	Mammals Useful Near water Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species Soil: sandy	Jan Feb Dec Tree
candelabra aloe Aloe arborescens	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Sunbirds Bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Medicinal Attractive Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	orange red yellow Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Succulent Shrub Tree
Aloe greatheadii davyana	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species	pink Jun Jul Aug Forb
Mountain Aloe Aloe marlothii marlothii	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Rocky habitat Sun	orange red Jun Jul Aug Tree
Red-Topped Signal Grass Brachiaria serrata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Useful Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: disturbed Soil: sandy	green purple red yellow Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial Grass
Mountain Silver-oak Brachylaena rotundata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Bees Drought-resistant Hedge Useful Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream yellow Sep Oct Nov Tree
False olive Buddleja saligna	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam	cream white Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Cape Chestnut Calodendrum capense	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Fragrant Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink Dec Tree
Num-num Carissa bispinosa	Egoli Granite Grassland	Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Edible Attractive Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink white Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree Perennial
White Stinkwood Celtis africana	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Sun Semi-shade Soil: sandy	green Sep Oct Nov Tree
Buffelgrass Cenchrus ciliaris	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grazers/browsers Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: sandy	green purple yellow Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial Grass
Rhodes Grass Chloris gayana	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grazers/browsers Birds Easy to grow Useful Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	brown green yellow Feb Dec Annual Perennial Grass
Feather Finger Grass Chloris virgata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grazers/browsers Birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Near water Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	brown green red yellow Feb Dec Annual Perennial Grass
River Bushwillow Combretum erythrophyllum	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Velvet Bushwillow Combretum molle	Egoli Granite Grassland	Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Attractive Sun	Tree
Southern Cabbagetree Cussonia paniculata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Easy to grow Useful Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam	green Feb Tree
Cabbage tree Cussonia spicata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green Feb Mar Apr May Dec Tree
Showy Blue Ear Cyanotis speciosa	Egoli Granite Grassland	Mammals Butterflies Bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	blue mauve/lilac pink purple Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ground cover Forb Perennial
Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass Cymbopogon caesius	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Sun Semi-shade Sub-climax species Soil: sandy	green purple yellow Feb Mar Apr May Dec Perennial Grass
Bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Egoli Granite Grassland Elgin Shale Fynbos	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	green yellow Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Ground cover Perennial Grass
pompom tree Dais cotinifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Bees Easy to grow Useful Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink Dec Shrub Tree
Small-leaf Sicklebush Dichrostachys cinerea africana	Egoli Granite Grassland	Mammals Bees Useful Medicinal Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: sandy	pink yellow Tree
Digitgrass Digitaria eriantha	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Near water Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	brown Dec Grass
bladder nut Diospyros whyteana	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Bees Hedge Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Fragrant Shade	cream white yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
South African Wild Pear Dombeya rotundifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Soil: loam	white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
South African Wild Pear Dombeya rotundifolia rotundifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Useful Medicinal Attractive Rocky habitat	Jul Aug Sep Tree
Wild Apricot Dovyalis zeyheri	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Useful Edible Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Cape-Lilac Ehretia rigida nervifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Butterflies Useful Medicinal Edible Sun Semi-shade	Sep Oct Nov Tree
Broadpod Elephantroot Elephantorrhiza burkei	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Bees Drought-resistant Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream white Dec Shrub Tree
Dwarf Elephantroot Elephantorrhiza elephantina	Egoli Granite Grassland	Bees Drought-resistant Useful Medicinal Rocky habitat Sun Climax species Soil: sandy	cream Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree
Wire Grass Elionurus muticus	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Attractive Fragrant Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Climax species Sub-climax species Soil: sandy	brown green white yellow Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Ground cover Grass
Stamvrug Englerophytum magalismontanum	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Climax species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	brown cream white Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Tree
Cape Love Grass Eragrostis capensis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Egoli Granite Grassland	Grazers/browsers Birds Easy to grow Useful Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	brown green purple yellow Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial Grass
crossberry Grewia occidentalis	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Rocky habitat Shade Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pale purple pink purple yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree Scrambler
Common Spikethorn Gymnosporia buxifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream green white Dec Shrub Tree
african honeysuckle Halleria lucida	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Sunbirds Bees Good potplant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	orange red yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree
Caterpillar Grass Harpochloa falx	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grazers/browsers Useful Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Climax species	green yellow Jan Feb Mar Apr Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial Grass
Tanglehead Heteropogon contortus	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grazers/browsers Easy to grow Useful Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Climax species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green white yellow Feb Mar Apr May Dec Perennial Grass
Thatching Grass Hyparrhenia hirta	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Grazers/browsers Drought-resistant Useful Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green white yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial Grass
Cogon Grass Imperata cylindrica	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Easy to grow Fast-growing Useful Medicinal Edible Near water Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Climax species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream green white yellow Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial Grass
Wild Peach Kiggelaria africana	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Birds Butterflies 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	cream green yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Live Long Lannea discolor	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	Sep Oct Nov Tree
Koko Tree Maytenus undata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam	cream yellow Dec Shrub Tree
Boat Grass Monocymbium ceresiiforme	Egoli Granite Grassland	Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: sandy	green yellow Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Perennial Grass
Cork Bush Mundulea sericea	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Sunbirds Butterflies Bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Hedge Useful Medicinal Attractive Sun Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac purple Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree
Cork Bush Mundulea sericea sericea	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: sandy	purple Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
African Boxwood Myrsine africana	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Birds Butterflies Hedge Useful Medicinal Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream pink Sep Oct Nov Shrub
Kooboo-berry Mystroxylon aethiopicum	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Bees Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Brittlewood Nuxia congesta	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Easy to grow Useful Fragrant Sun Soil: clay Soil: sandy	cream white Shrub Tree
african wild olive Olea europaea africana	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Fragrant Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream white Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
American Royal Fern Osmunda regalis	Egoli Granite Grassland	Useful Medicinal Attractive Near water In water Rocky habitat Shade Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam	Fern Forb Perennial
African Sandalwood Osyris lanceolata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Useful Medicinal Edible Fragrant Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Jun Jul Aug Shrub Tree
Jacket plum Pappea capensis	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Fragrant Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Weeping wattle Peltophorum africanum	Egoli Granite Grassland	Bees Easy to grow Hedge Useful Medicinal Rocky habitat Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	yellow Dec Tree
Pentanisia prunelloides latifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Butterflies Useful Medicinal Attractive Sun Semi-shade	blue pale purple purple white Jan Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Forb
Cape Cheesewood Pittosporum viridiflorum	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Good potplant Hedge Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream white yellow Dec Tree
Wild Gardenia Rothmannia capensis	Egoli Granite Grassland	Drought-resistant Useful Medicinal Edible Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream white Feb Tree
Crimson Bluestem Schizachyrium sanguineum	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grazers/browsers Useful Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Climax species	green yellow Perennial Grass
African Sumac Searsia lancea	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Bees Easy to grow Hedge Useful Edible Near water In water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Tree
Mountain Karree Searsia leptodictya	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Edible Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Dec Shrub Tree
Firethorn Rhus Searsia pyroides gracilis	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Useful Edible Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species	green Dec Tree
Mountain Firethorn Crowberry Searsia pyroides integrifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Useful Edible Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species	green Dec Tree
Common currant-rhus Searsia pyroides pyroides	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Useful Edible Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species	green Dec Tree
Hooked Bristle Grass Setaria verticillata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grazers/browsers Useful Shade Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: loam	green yellow Feb Mar Apr May Dec Annual Grass
Parramatta Grass Sporobolus africanus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Near water Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: disturbed Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial Grass
Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Grazers/browsers Birds Easy to grow Useful Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Climax species Soil: clay Soil: sandy	green yellow Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial Grass
Smooth Sourplum Ximenia caffra caffra	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Butterflies Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade	pink red Sep Oct Nov Tree
Small knobwood Zanthoxylum capense	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Soil: loam	green white Sep Oct Nov Tree
Buffalo-thorn Ziziphus mucronata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Feb Dec Tree
Dwarf Buffalothorn Ziziphus zeyheriana	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub

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