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Cape Town's original vegetation types Cape Town's surviving vegetation types. The biodiversity of Cape Town is the variety and variability of life within the City of Cape Town, excluding the Prince Edward Islands. The terrestrial vegetation is particularly diverse and much of it is endemic to the city and its vicinity.
The vegetation types are plotted on the map in as much resolution as is available using a GIS system. [ 1 ] Mapping of the distribution and extent of natural vegetation of South Africa started in 1918 when the Botanical Survey of the Union of South Africa was established.
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld – Endangered vegetation type endemic to the coastal areas around Cape Town; Cape Flats Sand Fynbos – Vegetation type endemic to the City of Cape Town; Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetland – Vegetation type endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa
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.
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 ...
Newlands Forest, the indigenous forests of the upper slopes viewed from the south Newlands Forest is a conservancy area on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, beside the suburb of Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. It is owned and maintained by the Table Mountain National Parks Board, along with the City Parks Department of Cape Town, and includes a Fire Station, Nursery and Reservoir. The ...
Pages in category "Vegetation types of Cape Town" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This type of riparian vegetation and its accompanying ecosystem is found in the Western Cape, South Africa, on freshwater floodplains, along the lower stretches of rivers and around seasonal vleis and estuaries. The terrain is typically flat and the soil is rich and silty.