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| Name | Vegetation type(s) | Features | Flowers & type |
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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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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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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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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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| 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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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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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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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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| Cheilanthes involuta involuta |
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Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Branched Horsetail
Equisetum ramosissimum |
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Medicinal
Near water
Shade
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Cluster Fern
Hemionitis multifida |
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Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Green Cliff Brake
Hemionitis viridis viridis |
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Drought-resistant
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Useful
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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Cogon Grass
Imperata cylindrica |
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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
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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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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Staghorn Clubmoss
Lycopodiella cernua |
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Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Boat Grass
Monocymbium ceresiiforme |
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Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Perennial
Grass
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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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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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Common Adders-tongue
Ophioglossum polyphyllum |
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Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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Southern Adder'S-Tongue
Ophioglossum vulgatum |
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Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
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Fern
Forb
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American Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis |
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Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Near water
In water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
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Fern
Forb
Perennial
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Jersey Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium luteo-album |
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Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Nov
Dec
Annual
Forb
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Cretan brake
Pteris cretica |
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Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Ladder brake
Pteris vittata |
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Near water
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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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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Firethorn Rhus
Searsia pyroides gracilis |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Useful
Edible
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
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Dec
Tree
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Mountain Firethorn Crowberry
Searsia pyroides integrifolia |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Useful
Edible
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
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Dec
Tree
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Common currant-rhus
Searsia pyroides pyroides |
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Supports birds
Supports mammals
Useful
Edible
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Pioneer species
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Dec
Tree
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Mitten's Spikemoss
Selaginella mittenii |
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Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Golden Bristle Grass
Setaria sphacelata sericea |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Near water
Sun
Semi-shade
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Perennial
Grass
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Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus |
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Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Near water
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
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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Swamp Fern
Thelypteris confluens |
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Attractive
Near water
Shade
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Fern
Forb
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Kangaroo Grass
Themeda triandra |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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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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