Fynbos Corridor Collaboration

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Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
African Bent
Agrostis lachnantha
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Dobo Grass
Cymbopogon marginatus
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Bermuda grass
Cynodon dactylon
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Attractive
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: disturbed Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Ground cover Perennial Grass
Perennial Veldtgrass
Ehrharta calycina
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Easy to grow
Useful
Shade Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • red
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Annual Perennial Grass
Panic Veldtgrass
Ehrharta erecta
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Longflower Veldtgrass
Ehrharta longiflora
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Pipe Grass
Ehrharta villosa
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis brizoides
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis capensis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • green
  • purple
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
African love grass
Eragrostis curvula
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers
Rocky habitat
Pioneer species
  • green
  • yellow
Perennial Grass
Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Useful
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • white
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Cogon Grass
Imperata arundinacea
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports butterflies
Easy to grow
Soil: sandy
Cogon Grass
Imperata cylindrica
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds Supports butterflies
Easy to grow Fast-growing
Useful Medicinal Edible
Near water
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species Climax species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • green
  • white
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Koeleria capensis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Merxmuellera cincta
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
False Hairgrass
Pentameris airoides
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Pale Fiveawn
Pentaschistis pallida
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Common Reed
Phragmites australis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful
Near water
Shade Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • purple
Grass
Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal
Near water
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: disturbed Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Sporobolus capensis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Saint Augustine grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Stentotaphrum familiatum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Stentotaphrum secundatum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cape Wire Grass
Tenaxia stricta
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Kangaroo Grass
Themeda triandra
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful Attractive
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • green
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Themeda triandra Forssk.
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Common Hare Grass
Tribolium uniolae
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • green
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Grass

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