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| Name | Vegetation type(s) | Features | Flowers & type |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Tanglehead
Heteropogon contortus |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Easy to grow
Useful
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Perennial
Grass
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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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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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Bristle-Leaved Red-Top Grass
Melinis nerviglumis |
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Easy to grow
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Dec
Perennial
Grass
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African Boxwood
Myrsine africana |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Hedge
Useful
Medicinal
Attractive
Sun
Semi-shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
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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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Brittlewood
Nuxia congesta |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Useful
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
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Shrub
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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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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African Sandalwood
Osyris lanceolata |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Fragrant
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Shrub
Tree
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Bushveld Ozoroa
Ozoroa paniculosa |
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Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Dec
Shrub
Tree
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Jacket plum
Pappea capensis |
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Supports birds
Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Useful
Medicinal
Edible
Attractive
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
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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Vlei bristle grass
Setaria nigrirostris |
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Supports grazers/browsers
Sun
Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
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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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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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