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- Pioneer species
37
species found
| Name | Form | Animals | Aspect | Habitats |
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Common Hook-thorn Acacia
Acacia caffra |
Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees | Sun | Rocky habitat Soil: sandy | |
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Sweet Thorn
Acacia karoo |
Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees | Sun | Rocky habitat | |
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Splendid Thorn
Acacia robusta robusta |
Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees | Sun | Near water Rocky habitat | |
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Paperbark Thorn
Acacia sieberiana woodii |
Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees | Sun | Near water | |
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Curly-Pod Acacia
Acacia tortilis heteracantha |
Supports mammals | Sun | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: sandy | |
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Kranz aloe
Aloe arborescens |
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
| Aloe greatheadii davyana | Supports birds Supports bees | Sun | Rocky habitat | |
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Sixweeks three-awn
Aristida adscensionis |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Tassle Three-awn
Aristida congesta congesta |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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False olive
Buddleja saligna |
Supports birds Supports bees | Sun | Soil: loam | |
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Rhodes Grass
Chloris gayana |
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Feather Finger Grass
Chloris virgata |
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Bermuda grass
Cynodon dactylon |
Supports grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: disturbed Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Small-leaf Sicklebush
Dichrostachys cinerea africana |
Supports mammals Supports bees | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: sandy | |
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Wire Grass
Elionurus muticus |
Supports birds | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: sandy | |
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Soft Feather Pappus Grass
Enneapogon cenchroides |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis capensis |
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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African love grass
Eragrostis curvula |
Supports grazers/browsers | Rocky habitat | ||
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Gum grass
Eragrostis gummiflua |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Cross-berry Raisin
Grewia occidentalis |
Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees | Shade Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Common Spikethorn
Gymnosporia buxifolia |
Supports birds Supports butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Milk-ball
Halleria lucida |
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta |
Supports grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Cogon Grass
Imperata cylindrica |
Supports birds Supports butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Wild Peach
Kiggelaria africana |
Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees | Shade Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
| Melinis repens grandiflora | Supports grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | |
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Natal grass
Melinis repens repens |
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds Supports bees | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: disturbed | |
| Microchloa afra | Rocky habitat | |||
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Purple Spike Grass
Perotis patens |
Sun Semi-shade | Soil: sandy | ||
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Jersey Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium luteo-album |
Sun Semi-shade | Near water | ||
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African Sumac
Searsia lancea |
Supports birds Supports mammals Supports bees | Sun Semi-shade | Near water In water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Firethorn Rhus
Searsia pyroides gracilis |
Supports birds Supports mammals | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat | |
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Mountain Firethorn Crowberry
Searsia pyroides integrifolia |
Supports birds Supports mammals | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat | |
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Common currant-rhus
Searsia pyroides pyroides |
Supports birds Supports mammals | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat | |
| Setaria pumila pallidefusca | Supports grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | ||
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Hooked Bristle Grass
Setaria verticillata |
Supports grazers/browsers | Shade Sun Semi-shade | Soil: loam | |
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Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus |
Supports birds | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Soil: clay Soil: disturbed Soil: loam Soil: sandy |