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Tree List

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Acacia sieberiana Acokanthera oppositifolia Allophylus africanus Andrachne ovalis Apodytes dimidiata Bowkeria verticillata Buddleja dysophylla Buddleja salviifolia Burchellia bubalina Calodendrum capense Calpurnia aurea Calpurnia sericea Canthium ciliatum Canthium kuntzeanum Canthium mundianum Carissa bispinosa Cassinopsis ilicifolia Celtis africana Chionanthus foveolatus Chrysanthemoides monilifera Clausena anisata Clerodendrum glabrum Cliffortia nitidula Clutia pulchella Combretum erythrophyllum Combretum kraussii Cryptocarya woodii Cussonia

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Rock Hyrax

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Students of the Bible will have come across a creature called a coney. Biological details are few, but we know it lived in the rocky hills. Around here we call it a dassie, or hyrax. It looks a bit like a large, elastic rat, but it’s not related to rodents. Among many differences it lacks

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Plant List

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as seen on the Elsa Pooley Wild Flower Weekends: November 2003 Page numbers MF =Mountain Flowers WF = Wild Flowers of KZN & the Eastern Region Trees Natal = Trees of Natal, Zululand & Transkei References: Burrows, J.E. & S.M. (1990) SA Ferns and Fern Allies Frandsen

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