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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
by Burke Antje
A study to test the relocation and propagation of precious indigenous southern Namib plant species threatened by mining shows that replanting disturbed areas is a practical solution to preserving flora.
by Low Barrie
A hike along this unspoiled river in the Cedarberg where arid mountain fynbos dissolves into Tanqua Karoo.
by Morrow Carl
The first in a series on using indigenous trees in the ancient art of bonsai.
by Maneveldt Gavin W., Frans René
Five common brown intertidal seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula that tend to occur lower down on the shore than the green seaweeds.
by Botha Mark
To accommodate the diversity of landowner's needs and to cater for different tenure relationships, ownership scenarios and management objectives, the country must offer a range of options for private conservation.
by Durow Andi
The Secretary of the Pietermaritzburg Branch of the Botanical Society documents the goings-on in a wild garden over the years.
by Kikillus Johan
There can be nothing more pleasant in a garden than the scent of many different plants filling the air. Not roses and pennyroyal, but the plants that grow wild in South Africa.
by Goldblatt Peter, Manning John
Exclusive to the south-western Cape, Namaqualand and south-western Namibia, the genus Babiana has an array of very different-looking flowers adapted to different pollinators.
by Van Jaarsveld Ernst
Plants from abusive backgrounds have become the most enduring and popular garden plants.
by Watson Fiona
This little-known remnant of the most endangered vegetation type - sand plain fynbos - produces an amazing variety of plants even in the driest of years.