Tokai Park is of global interest because of the vegetation that occurs there: Cape Flats Sand Fynbos contains 14 species that exist only in the Cape and more than 42 Red List plant species—two ...

The fynbos is the country's most invaded ecosystem and most of the research on invasive plants has taken place in this ecosystem. Despite the large extent of invasive plants in the fynbos ...

Ericas, heathers, pincushions and blushing brides are water-wise, low-maintenance indigenous fynbos plants that thrive in local gardens. Appreciate their needs and you can slowly convert your ...

Most of us only think about the easily visible parts of plants — stems, flowers, leaves — but in a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Princeton ecologists Lars ...

Fynbos plants, such as proteas, need fire to be able to release seeds and reproduce, explains van Wilgen. In mature fynbos plants, fires stimulate them to release their seeds which then germinate.

Cape Flora SA has snaffled a golden medal for South Africa this week at the acclaimed 2024 Chelsea Flower Show for its fine fynbos ...

Cape Town – A new species of fynbos has been discovered in one of Eden to Addo’s Corridors, near the Cape Garden route. The discovery suggests that the plant my only exist in certain coastal parts ...

These seed banks are natural storage areas in the soil where certain plants preserve their seeds. Our research in the Cape Floristic Region discovered that fynbos seed banks that have survived ...