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A surviving remnant of Cape Flats Sand Fynbos at Rondebosch Common. Heath (Erica spp.), cone-bush and restio specimens. Cape Flats Sand Fynbos (CFSF), previously known as Sand Plain Fynbos, is a critically endangered vegetation type that occurs only within the city of Cape Town. Less than 1% of this unique lowland fynbos vegetation is conserved ...
Rondebosch Common is a National Monument and an important conservation area for the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos vegetation. This type of fynbos exists only in Cape Town, and has become critically endangered due to the urban development which has covered most of the Cape Flats.
The reserve is one of the few City of Cape Town nature reserves where it is possible to find white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus) and aardvark (Orycteropus afer). The holotype of Blaauwberg dwarf burrowing skink (Scelotes montispectus) was collected within Blaauwberg Nature Reserve. Besides the population of white-tailed rat, which is ...
Sparaxis bulbifera growing in Cape Flats Sand Fynbos on Meadowridge Common. Meadowridge Common is an 8-hectare (20-acre) reserve in the Meadowridge suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, which preserves a fragment of critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos vegetation. [2] The preserve contains over a hundred plant species, including 4 that are ...
This small nature reserve is located on the border between two critically endangered vegetation types: Swartland Shale Renosterveld and Cape Flats Sand Fynbos. It was proclaimed in 1966 after Aristea lugens, a rare species of plant, was discovered here. The invasive alien vegetation was then cleared and the indigenous landscape was restored.
Bracken Nature Reserve is a 36-hectare (89-acre) piece of protected land in Brackenfell in the Western Cape, South Africa. [2] This park preserves badly threatened Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Swartland Granite Renosterveld vegetation. A diverse array of orchids, succulents and flowering bulbs are among the over 160 plant species that occur here.
The fynbos ecoregion is within the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. In fields related to biogeography, fynbos is known for its exceptional degree of biodiversity [1] and endemism, [2] consisting of about 80% (8,500 fynbos) species of the Cape floral kingdom, where nearly 6,000 of them are endemic. [3]
Edith Stephens Wetland Park is a nature reserve for wetlands and fynbos, located in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. The park consists of a large seasonal wetland , with surrounding stretches of Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Cape Flats Dune Strandveld vegetation. [ 1 ]