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Our collection of documents and journal articles about South African plants and related topics.
Veld & Flora
Veld & Flora is the journal of SANBI's partner, the Botanical Society of South Africa. The society has kindly given its permssion for the reproduction of selected articles from Veld&Flora to be displayed on this site. Copyright resides with the Botanical Society and anyone wishing to reproduce material from these journals is requested to contact them.
Veld & Flora 2000
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst
The writer discusses the stocking of the Kirstenbosch fish pond at the Visitors centre with the indigenous Otjikoto tilapia (Tilapia guinasana). Other indigenous fish are discussed as well.
by Van der Walt Liesl
This article explains how to plant wild hanging gardens using Kirstenbosch's Visitor's Centre courtyard display as an example.
by Putz Francis E
Widespread invasion by exotic species, cultivation of introduced crops, urbanisation and disruption of ecosystems has caused the demise of the Holocene and ushered in the Homogeocene.
by Bell Clare
The article contains points gardeners should consider and which easy burning plants to avoid when planning to 'firescape' their gardens.
by Milewski A.V.
The writer speculates that perhaps the answer to this question is that few plants can afford to produce fruit-juice after producing nectar and large flowers amongst other reasons.
by Desmet Philip
New plants, new friends and new ideas for flora conservation. A group of botanists set off to explore Namaqualand - that treasure trove of interesting plants, especially succulents and bulbs.
by Swartz Priscilla
In Part 1, Priscilla Swartz drew attention to the intricate links between forests and their surrounding grasslands, and looked at the Pongola Forest in particular. Ngome Forest comes under the spotlight now.
by McDonald David J.
Perhaps the most special of the floral delights of the Bontebok National Park is Acmadenia laxa, a 'buchu' and a member of the Rutaceae or citrus family.
by Mustart Penny
Fire has played a major role in creating the astounding number of species in fynbos. Appropriate fire management is important in maintaining this diversity.
by Saunders Rachel, Saunders Rod
There are obviously species that require fire to stimulate seed germination. But for many of the species, fire does not seem to be essential, say the writers of this article.