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Newlands Forest
Newlands Forest is a conservation area, conservancy area on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, beside the suburb of Newlands, Cape Town. 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 forest itself is a popular walking and jogging destination (See trail map below), close and easily accessible from the city's southern suburbs. Due to its location on the mountain slopes, there are impressive views eastward over the Cape Flats. Fauna and Flora Newlands Forest lies at a natural transition zone between endangered Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Granite Fynbos and Peninsula Shale Fynbos, in an area that also originally supported large Southern Afrotemperate Forest, indigenous forests. In the late 1800s, much of the indigenous forests were felled, and the fynbos cleared, to make way for Pinus pinaster, commercial pine plantations, which still remain and accoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newlands Forest And Devils Peak - Cape Town - SA
Newlands may refer to: Places Australia * Newlands, Queensland, a locality in the Whitsunday Region New Zealand * Newlands, Wellington, a suburb of Wellington South Africa * Newlands, Cape Town, a suburb of Cape Town * Newlands, Johannesburg, a suburb of Johannesburg * Newlands, Pretoria, a suburb of Pretoria *Newlands East, a township near Durban *Newlands West, a township near Durban United Kingdom England * Newlands, Allerdale, Cumbria, in Above Derwent ** Newlands Valley, a valley in Cumbria * Newlands, Eden, Cumbria, in Castle Sowerby * Newlands, Derbyshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: New-Newl#New L, location * Newlands, Hampshire * Newlands, Northumberland, a List of United Kingdom locations: New-Newl#New L, location * Newlands, Nottinghamshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: New-Newl#New L, location * Newlands, Staffordshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: New-Newl#New L, location * Newlands Corner in Surrey Northern Ireland * Newlands, County Antri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point. Because a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively. This difficulty leads to phenomena such as Lazarus taxa, where a species presumed extinct abruptly "reappears" (typically in the fossil record) after a period of apparent absence. More than 99% of all species that ever lived on Earth, amounting to over five billion species, are estimated to have died out. It is estimated that there are currently around 8.7 million species of eukaryote globally, and possibly many times more if microorganisms, like bacteria, are included. Notable extinct animal species include non-avian dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, dodos, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geophyte
A storage organ is a part of a plant specifically modified for storage of energy (generally in the form of carbohydrates) or water. Storage organs often grow underground, where they are better protected from attack by herbivores. Plants that have an underground storage organ are called geophytes in the Raunkiær plant life-form classification system.; reprinted (1977) in ''History of ecology'' series, New York: Arno Press, Storage organs often, but not always, act as perennating organs which enable plants to survive adverse conditions (such as cold, excessive heat, lack of light or drought). Relationship to perennating organ Storage organs may act as perennating organs ('perennating' as in perennial, meaning "through the year", used in the sense of continuing beyond the year and in due course lasting for multiple years). These are used by plants to survive adverse periods in the plant's life-cycle (e.g. caused by cold, excessive heat, lack of light or drought). During these per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with c.4250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it the 14th most species-rich family of flowering plants. The many well known and economically important members of the Ericaceae include the cranberry, blueberry, huckleberry, rhododendron (including azaleas), and various common heaths and heathers (''Erica'', ''Cassiope'', ''Daboecia'', and ''Calluna'' for example). Description The Ericaceae contain a morphologically diverse range of taxa, including herbs, dwarf shrubs, shrubs, and trees. Their leaves are usually evergreen, alternate or whorled, simple and without stipules. Their flowers are hermaphrodite and show considerable variability. The petals are often fused (sympetalous) with shapes ranging from narrowly tubular to funnelform or widely urn-shaped. The corollas are usually ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Winelands
The Boland (Afrikaans for "top country" or "land above") is a region of the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated to the northeast of Cape Town in the middle and upper courses of the Berg and Breede Rivers, around the Boland Mountains of the central Cape Fold Belt. It is sometimes also referred to as the Cape Winelands because it is the primary region for the making of Western Cape wine. Geography Although the Boland does not have defined boundaries, its core lies around the Boland Mountains and the towns of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Worcester. It may be understood to extend as far as Malmesbury, Tulbagh, Swellendam and Somerset West. This is approximately the area included in the Cape Winelands District Municipality, which was formerly called the Boland District Municipality. To the southwest lies the Cape Town metropolitan area, to the northwest the Swartland and West Coast, to the northeast the Great Karoo, to the east the Little Karoo, and to the south the Overberg. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos
Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos is a vegetation type that naturally occurs in the Cape Winelands (or " Boland") of the Western Cape, South Africa. This vegetation type is found on lower mountain slopes and high, rolling plains in the Western Cape Boland of South Africa. The loamy soils are naturally poor, moist and slightly acidic but the biodiversity is rich. The vegetation consists of a diverse array of Protea, Erica, geophyte and daisy species, as well as some endemic species. In the moister areas, the Ericas predominate over the other plant groups. This vegetation type is more vulnerable than other types of mountain fynbos, as it typically grows on lower slopes, which tend to be developed for housing or cultivated for farming. Peninsula Shale Fynbos An isolated patch of this vegetation can also be found further to the west, within the city of Cape Town. Here it is usually known as Peninsula Shale Fynbos and occurs on the lower slopes of Devils Peak as far south as Newlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristea Pauciflora
''Aristea'' is a genus of evergreen, perennial and rhizomatous species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1789. The genus is distributed in tropical and southern Africa, as well as Madagascar. The genus name is derived from the Greek word ''arista'', meaning "awn". ; SpeciesThe Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet(accessed September 2013) * '' Aristea abyssinica'' Pax * ''Aristea africana'' (L.) Hoffmanns. * ''Aristea alata'' Baker * ''Aristea anceps'' Eckl. ex Klatt * ''Aristea angolensis'' Baker * ''Aristea angustifolia'' Baker * ''Aristea bakeri'' Klatt * ''Aristea bequaertii'' De Wild. * ''Aristea biflora'' Weim. * ''Aristea cantharophila'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning * ''Aristea capitata'' (L.) Ker Gawl. * ''Aristea cistiflora'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt * ''Aristea cladocarpa'' Baker * ''Aristea compressa'' Buchinger ex Baker * ''Aristea cuspidata'' Schinz * ''Aristea dichotoma'' (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. * ''Aristea dj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lampranthus Curvifolius
''Lampranthus'' is a genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to southern Africa. Description The genus name ''"Lampranthus"'' means ''"shining-flowers"'' in Greek, and the species of this genus have unusually large, bright flowers, of a range of colours (sometimes even bi-coloured), that usually appear in summer, and frequently cover the plants entirely. The species of this genus typically have long, smooth, elongated, succulent leaves. These can be triangular or cylindrical, and like all plants in its family, appear in opposite pairs on the shrubs' branches. ''Lampranthus'' can be clearly distinguished from related genera by its seed capsules. The seed capsules of all of these genera have triangular valves, which open when they become wet, exposing the seed chambers (locules). In contrast to ''Ruschia'', each valve in a ''Lampranthus'' capsule has two wings, on either side of it, but no visible closing body. Unlike in ''Delosperma'', the seeds in ''Lampr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erepsia Patula
''Erepsia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. Its native range is South African Republic. Species: *'' Erepsia anceps'' *'' Erepsia aperta'' *'' Erepsia aristata'' *'' Erepsia aspera'' *'' Erepsia babiloniae'' *''Erepsia bracteata'' *'' Erepsia brevipetala'' *'' Erepsia × caledonica'' *'' Erepsia distans'' *'' Erepsia dubia'' *''Erepsia dunensis'' *'' Erepsia esterhuyseniae'' *'' Erepsia forficata'' *''Erepsia gracilis'' *'' Erepsia hallii'' *'' Erepsia heteropetala'' *'' Erepsia inclaudens'' *'' Erepsia insignis'' *'' Erepsia lacera'' *'' Erepsia oxysepala'' *'' Erepsia patula'' *'' Erepsia pentagona'' *'' Erepsia pillansii'' *'' Erepsia polita'' *'' Erepsia polypetala'' *'' Erepsia promontorii'' *'' Erepsia ramosa'' *'' Erepsia saturata'' *'' Erepsia simulans'' *''Erepsia steytlerae ''Erepsia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. Its native range is South African Republic. Species: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polycarena Silenoides
''Polycarena'' is a genus of flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...s belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae. Its native range is Namibia and South African Republic. Species: * '' Polycarena aemulans'' Hilliard * '' Polycarena aurea'' Benth. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q9061518 Scrophulariaceae Scrophulariaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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