Plant species - full list
| Name | Form | Wildlife | Aspect | Habitats |
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Flame Thorn
Acacia Ataxacantha |
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Common Hook-thorn Acacia
Acacia caffra |
Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees | Sun | Rocky habitat Soil: sandy | |
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Sweet Thorn
Acacia karoo |
Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees | Sun | Rocky habitat | |
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Sweet Thorn
Acacia karroo |
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Splendid Thorn
Acacia robusta |
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Splendid Thorn
Acacia robusta robusta |
Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees | Sun | Near water Rocky habitat | |
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Paperbark Thorn
Acacia sieberiana woodii |
Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees | Sun | Near water | |
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Umbrella Thorn
Acacia tortilis |
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Curly-Pod Acacia
Acacia tortilis heteracantha |
Mammals | Sun | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: sandy | |
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Brooms-an-brushes
Acalypha angustata |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Forest False Nettle
Acalypha glabrata glabrata |
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| Acalypha peduncularis | Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Bushmans poison
Acokanthera oppositifolia |
Birds | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Black maidenhair fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris |
Shade | Near water | ||
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Mexican maidenhair fern
Adiantum poiretii poiretii |
Shade | Near water | ||
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Velvet Rock-alder
Afrocanthium gilfillanii |
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Rock Alder
Afrocanthium mundianum |
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Cockatoo grass
Alloteropsis semialata |
Birds | Sun Semi-shade | ||
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C3 Cockatoo Grass
Alloteropsis semialata eckloniana |
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candelabra aloe
Aloe arborescens |
Birds Sunbirds Bees | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Spotted aloe
Aloe greatheadii |
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| Aloe greatheadii davyana | Birds Bees | Sun | Rocky habitat | |
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Mountain Aloe
Aloe marlothii |
Birds Sunbirds Bees | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam | |
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Mountain Aloe
Aloe marlothii marlothii |
Birds Mammals Bees | Sun | Rocky habitat | |
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Transvaal Aloe
Aloe transvaalensis |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Grassveld Tree Fern
Alsophila dregei |
Shade Sun Semi-shade | Near water Soil: loam Soil: sandy | ||
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Snowflake Grass
Andropogon eucomus |
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Stab Grass
Andropogon schirensis |
Rocky habitat | |||
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Scented Fern
Anemia caffrorum |
Shade Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
| Anthospermum hispidulum | Rocky habitat | |||
| Anthospermum rigidum pumilum | ||||
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White Pear
Apodytes dimidiata |
Bees | |||
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Sixweeks three-awn
Aristida adscensionis |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Curly Leaved Three-Awn
Aristida aequiglumis |
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| Aristida canescens | ||||
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Tassle Three-awn
Aristida congesta |
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Tassle Three-awn
Aristida congesta congesta |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Iron Grass
Aristida diffusa |
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| Aristida scabrivalvis borumensis | Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Perennial Tufted Grass
Aristida transvaalensis |
Rocky habitat | |||
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Catthorn Asparagus
Asparagus suaveolens |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
| Asplenium adiantum-nigrum | Shade | Near water Rocky habitat | ||
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Ethiopian spleenwort
Asplenium aethiopicum |
Shade | Near water Rocky habitat | ||
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Scaly Fern
Asplenium cordatum |
Shade | Rocky habitat | ||
| Aster bakeranus | ||||
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Buff Bushmanland Bobbejaantjie
Babiana hypogea |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: sandy | ||
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Cats Whiskers
Becium obovatum |
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| Berkheya insignis | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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False Love Grass
Bewsia biflora |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Pointed Hard Fern
Blechnum attenuatum giganteum |
Shade | Near water Rocky habitat | ||
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Southern Hard Fern
Blechnum australe |
Shade | Near water | ||
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Australian Bluestem
Bothriochloa insculpta |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Red-Topped Signal Grass
Brachiaria serrata |
Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: disturbed Soil: sandy | ||
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Mountain Silver-oak
Brachylaena rotundata |
Bees | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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False olive
Buddleja saligna |
Birds Bees | Sun | Soil: loam | |
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Sagewood
Buddleja salvifolia |
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| Bulbostylis burchellii | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Cape Chestnut
Calodendrum capense |
Birds Butterflies Bees | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Velvet Rock-alder
Canthium gilfillanii |
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Rock Alder
Canthium mundianum |
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Num-num
Carissa bispinosa |
Butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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White Stinkwood
Celtis africana |
Birds Butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: sandy | |
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Buffelgrass
Cenchrus ciliaris |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: sandy | |
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Napier Millet
Cenchrus geniculatus |
Grazers/browsers | Near water | ||
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Silver Fern
Cerosora argentea |
Shade Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat | ||
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Cloak Fern
Cheilanthes deltoidea |
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Dolomite Lipfern
Cheilanthes dolomiticola |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Resurrection Fern
Cheilanthes eckloniana |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Woolly Lipfern
Cheilanthes hirta |
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| Cheilanthes involuta involuta | Shade Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat | ||
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Hard Lip Fern
Cheilanthes viridis glauca |
Shade Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Rhodes Grass
Chloris gayana |
Grazers/browsers Birds | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Spider Web Chloris
Chloris pycnothrix |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | ||
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Feather Finger Grass
Chloris virgata |
Grazers/browsers Birds | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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River Bushwillow
Combretum erythrophyllum |
Birds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Velvet Bushwillow
Combretum molle |
Sun | |||
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Hairy Pricklehead
Crabbea hirsuta |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Southern Cabbagetree
Cussonia paniculata |
Birds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam | |
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Cabbage tree
Cussonia spicata |
Birds | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Showy Blue Ear
Cyanotis speciosa |
Mammals Butterflies Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass
Cymbopogon caesius |
Birds | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: sandy | |
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Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass
Cymbopogon excavatus |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Citronella grass
Cymbopogon nardus |
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Narrowleaf Turpentine Grass
Cymbopogon pospischilii |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | ||
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Bermuda grass
Cynodon dactylon |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: disturbed Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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pompom tree
Dais cotinifolia |
Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Small-leaf Sicklebush
Dichrostachys cinerea africana |
Mammals Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: sandy | |
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Grassveld Karmedik
Dicoma anomala |
Sun Semi-shade | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | ||
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Brown Finger Grass
Digitaria brazzae |
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Digitgrass
Digitaria eriantha |
Birds Mammals | Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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One-finger Grass
Digitaria monodactyla |
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Purple Finger Grass
Digitaria tricholaenoides |
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Broad-Leaved Blue Stem
Diheteropogon amplectens |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | |
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Transvaal Bluebush
Diospyros lycioides guerkei |
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Bluebush
Diospyros lycioides lycioides |
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bladder nut
Diospyros whyteana |
Birds Bees | Shade | ||
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South African Wild Pear
Dombeya rotundifolia |
Birds Butterflies | Sun | Soil: loam | |
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South African Wild Pear
Dombeya rotundifolia rotundifolia |
Birds Butterflies | Rocky habitat | ||
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Wild Apricot
Dovyalis zeyheri |
Birds Butterflies | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Grassland Fern
Dryopteris athamantica |
Shade Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Thin-Stemmed Forest Fern
Dryopteris inaequalis inaequalis |
Shade | Near water Rocky habitat | ||
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Puzzle Bush
Ehretia rigida |
Birds | Soil: sandy | ||
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Cape-Lilac
Ehretia rigida nervifolia |
Birds Mammals Butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | ||
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Broadpod Elephantroot
Elephantorrhiza burkei |
Birds Bees | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Dwarf Elephantroot
Elephantorrhiza elephantina |
Bees | Sun | Rocky habitat Soil: sandy | |
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Wire Grass
Elionurus argenteus |
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Wire Grass
Elionurus muticus |
Birds | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: sandy | |
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Stamvrug
Englerophytum magalismontanum |
Birds Butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Soft Feather Pappus Grass
Enneapogon cenchroides |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Branched Horsetail
Equisetum ramosissimum |
Shade Semi-shade | Near water | ||
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Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis capensis |
Grazers/browsers Birds | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Narrow Heart Love Grass
Eragrostis chalcantha |
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Blue Love Grass
Eragrostis chloromelas |
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African love grass
Eragrostis curvula |
Grazers/browsers | Rocky habitat | ||
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Gum grass
Eragrostis gummiflua |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Narrow Heart Love Grass
Eragrostis racemosa |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | ||
| Eragrostis sclerantha | ||||
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Blue Gwarrie
Euclea crispa crispa |
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Large-leaved rock fig
Ficus abutilifolia |
Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam | ||
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Red-Leaved Fig
Ficus ingens |
Birds | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Snowberrytree
Flueggea virosa |
Birds Butterflies | |||
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Common Curryflower
Gnidia capitata |
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crossberry
Grewia occidentalis |
Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees | Shade Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Common Spikethorn
Gymnosporia buxifolia |
Birds Butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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african honeysuckle
Halleria lucida |
Birds Sunbirds Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Caterpillar Grass
Harpochloa falx |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | |
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Straw Everlasting
Helichrysum kraussii |
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Wrinkly Everlasting
Helichrysum rugulosum |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Woolly Lipfern
Hemionitis hirta |
Shade Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Cluster Fern
Hemionitis multifida |
Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat | ||
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Four-Pinnate Lip Fern
Hemionitis quadripinnata |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Green Cliff Brake
Hemionitis viridis viridis |
Shade Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat | ||
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Parsleytree
Heteromorpha arborescens arborescens |
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Common Parsleytree
Heteromorpha trifoliata |
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Tanglehead
Heteropogon contortus |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Cogon Grass
Imperata cylindrica |
Birds Butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
| Justicia anagalloides | Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Wild Peach
Kiggelaria africana |
Birds Butterflies Bees | Shade Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Charm Trembletop
Kohautia amatymbica |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
| Kohautia lasiocarpa | Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Live Long
Lannea discolor |
Birds | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Ouhout
Leucosidea sericea |
Bees | Soil: clay Soil: sandy | ||
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Small-leaved Fluff-bush
Lopholaena coriifolia |
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Common Russet Grass
Loudetia simplex |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Staghorn Clubmoss
Lycopodiella cernua |
Shade | Near water | ||
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Bush Maerua
Maerua caffra |
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Bush Maerua
Maerua cafra |
Birds | Shade Sun Semi-shade | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
| Marsilea macrocarpa | Grazers/browsers | Shade | In water | |
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Koko Tree
Maytenus undata |
Birds Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: loam | |
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Bristle-Leaved Red-Top Grass
Melinis nerviglumis |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | ||
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Natal grass
Melinis repens |
Birds Bees | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
| Melinis repens grandiflora | Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | |
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Natal grass
Melinis repens repens |
Grazers/browsers Birds Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: disturbed | |
| Microchloa afra | Rocky habitat | |||
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Boat Grass
Monocymbium ceresiiforme |
Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: sandy | ||
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Cork Bush
Mundulea sericea |
Birds Sunbirds Butterflies Bees | Sun | Soil: sandy | |
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Cork Bush
Mundulea sericea sericea |
Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: sandy | |
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African Boxwood
Myrsine africana |
Birds Butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Kooboo-berry
Mystroxylon aethiopicum |
Birds Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Highveld Koobooberry
Mystroxylon aethiopicum burkeanum |
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Grassland Vleiweed
Nidorella hottentotica |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Brittlewood
Nuxia congesta |
Birds Butterflies | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: sandy | |
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Cats Whiskers
Ocimum obovatum obovatum |
Butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | ||
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african wild olive
Olea europaea africana |
Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Olive
Olea europaea europaea |
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Mountain Hardpear
Olinia emarginata |
Birds Bees | Sun | Soil: sandy | |
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Common Adders-tongue
Ophioglossum polyphyllum |
Sun Semi-shade | Near water | ||
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Southern Adder'S-Tongue
Ophioglossum vulgatum |
Sun Semi-shade | Near water | ||
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American Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis |
Shade Sun Semi-shade | Near water In water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam | ||
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African Sandalwood
Osyris lanceolata |
Birds Butterflies | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | ||
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Bushveld Ozoroa
Ozoroa paniculosa |
Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | ||
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Natal Buffalo Grass
Panicum natalense |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Jacket plum
Pappea capensis |
Birds Butterflies | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Hairy Bride's Bush
Pavetta gardeniifolia subtomentosa |
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Hard Fern
Pellaea calomelanos calomelanos |
Shade Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Weeping wattle
Peltophorum africanum |
Bees | Sun | Rocky habitat Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
| Pentanisia prunelloides latifolia | Butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | ||
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Purple Spike Grass
Perotis patens |
Sun Semi-shade | Soil: sandy | ||
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Cape Cheesewood
Pittosporum viridiflorum |
Birds | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Common Protea
Protea caffra caffra |
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Jersey Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium luteo-album |
Sun Semi-shade | Near water | ||
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Jersey Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum |
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Common Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum aquilinum |
Shade Semi-shade | |||
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Cretan brake
Pteris cretica |
Shade | Near water Rocky habitat | ||
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Ladder brake
Pteris vittata |
Shade | Near water | ||
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African sumac
Rhus lancea |
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Mountain Karree
Rhus leptodictya |
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Common currant-rhus
Rhus pyroides |
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Wild Gardenia
Rothmannia capensis |
Sun Semi-shade | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | ||
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Crimson Bluestem
Schizachyrium sanguineum |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | |
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Thorn Pear
Scolopia zeyheri |
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African Sumac
Searsia lancea |
Birds Mammals Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Near water In water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Mountain Karree
Searsia leptodictya |
Birds Mammals | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Ribbed Kunirhus
Searsia pallens |
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Firethorn Rhus
Searsia pyroides gracilis |
Birds Mammals | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat | |
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Mountain Firethorn Crowberry
Searsia pyroides integrifolia |
Birds Mammals | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat | |
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Common currant-rhus
Searsia pyroides pyroides |
Birds Mammals | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat | |
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Drege's Spikemoss
Selaginella dregei |
Sun | Rocky habitat | ||
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Mitten's Spikemoss
Selaginella mittenii |
Shade | Near water Rocky habitat | ||
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Broom Ragwort
Senecio venosus |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Vlei bristle grass
Setaria nigrirostris |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Soil: clay | |
| Setaria pumila pallidefusca | Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | ||
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African bristlegrass
Setaria sphacelata |
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Golden Bristle Grass
Setaria sphacelata sericea |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Near water | |
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African bristlegrass
Setaria sphacelata sphacelata |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | |
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Hooked Bristle Grass
Setaria verticillata |
Grazers/browsers | Shade Sun Semi-shade | Soil: loam | |
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Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus |
Birds | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Soil: clay Soil: disturbed Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Fringed Dropseed
Sporobolus pectinatus |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Swamp Fern
Thelypteris confluens |
Shade | Near water | ||
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Kangaroo Grass
Themeda triandra |
Grazers/browsers Birds | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: sandy | |
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Spiked Crinkleawn
Trachypogon spicatus |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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African bur-grass
Tragus berteronianus |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Rolling Grass
Trichoneura grandiglumis |
Sun Semi-shade | |||
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Hairy Trident Grass
Tristachya leucothrix |
Grazers/browsers | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | |
| Tristachya rehmanni | ||||
| Tristachya rehmannii | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Quinine Grass
Urelytrum agropyroides |
Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | ||
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Quinine Grass
Urelytrum squarrosum |
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Red-Topped Signal Grass
Urochloa serrata |
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Wild-Medlar
Vangueria infausta |
Birds Butterflies | Shade Sun Semi-shade | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Wild-Medlar
Vangueria infausta infausta |
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Smooth Sourplum
Ximenia caffra caffra |
Birds Mammals Butterflies | Sun Semi-shade | Rocky habitat | |
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Small knobwood
Zanthoxylum capense |
Birds Butterflies | Sun | Soil: loam | |
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Buffalo-thorn
Ziziphus mucronata |
Birds Mammals Butterflies Bees | Sun Semi-shade | Near water Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Dwarf Buffalothorn
Ziziphus zeyheriana |
Birds Butterflies Bees | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |