Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

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  • Soil: clay
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Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
Bushmans poison
Acokanthera oppositifolia
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • white
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tree
Kranz aloe
Aloe arborescens
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports 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
Mountain Aloe
Aloe marlothii
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam
  • orange
  • red
Jun Jul Aug
Succulent Shrub Tree
Cape Chestnut
Calodendrum capense
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Useful Medicinal Attractive Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
Dec
Tree
Buffelgrass
Cenchrus ciliaris
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports 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
Supports grazers/browsers Supports 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
Supports grazers/browsers Supports 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
Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tree
Southern Cabbagetree
Cussonia paniculata
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam
  • green
Feb
Tree
Cabbage tree
Cussonia spicata
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
Feb Mar Apr May Dec
Tree
Bermuda grass
Cynodon dactylon
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
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
  • green
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Ground cover Perennial Grass
Small-leaf Sicklebush
Dichrostachys cinerea africana
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports mammals Supports bees
Useful Medicinal
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • yellow
Tree
Grassveld Karmedik
Dicoma anomala
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Medicinal
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
  • pink
  • purple
  • white
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Shrub Forb Perennial
Digitgrass
Digitaria eriantha
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds Supports mammals
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
Dec
Grass
Wild Apricot
Dovyalis zeyheri
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Useful Edible
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tree
Stamvrug
Englerophytum magalismontanum
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
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
  • brown
  • cream
  • white
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Tree
Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis capensis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers Supports 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
Large-leaved rock fig
Ficus abutilifolia
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam
Dec
Tree
Milk-ball
Halleria lucida
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
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
  • orange
  • red
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub Tree
Tanglehead
Heteropogon contortus
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports 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
Supports 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
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
  • 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
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
  • cream
  • green
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tree
Ouhout
Leucosidea sericea
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports bees
Easy to grow Hedge
Medicinal
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • green
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Tree
Bristle-Leaved Red-Top Grass
Melinis nerviglumis
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Easy to grow
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • pink
  • purple
  • white
  • yellow
Dec
Perennial Grass
African Boxwood
Myrsine africana
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports 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
Supports birds Supports 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
Supports birds Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Useful Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • white
Shrub Tree
African Olive
Olea europaea africana
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
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
  • 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
Supports birds Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant
Useful Medicinal Edible Fragrant
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug
Shrub Tree
Bushveld Ozoroa
Ozoroa paniculosa
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
Feb Dec
Shrub Tree
Jacket plum
Pappea capensis
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds Supports 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
African Sumac
Searsia lancea
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
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
  • green
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Tree
Vlei bristle grass
Setaria nigrirostris
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports 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
Supports grazers/browsers Supports 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
Buffalo-thorn
Ziziphus mucronata
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
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
  • green
  • yellow
Feb Dec
Tree

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