There are more than 22 000 different species of seed plants indigenous to southern Africa. These are arranged into about 2 180 genera, which in turn form part of 227 families. Some 18 000 vascular plant species occur within South Africa's boundaries, of which 80% occur nowhere else. More plant species occur within 22 000 hectares (ha) of the Table Mountain National Park (formerly the Cape Peninsula National Park), than the whole of the British Isles or New Zealand.
Grasslands and savannah cover much of South Africa.
Grasses is in just its fourth year but already the idea of a reserve so close to a city has caused great excitement with the prospect of another jewel in the crown of this already incredibly diverse region.
The idea of lions roaming South Africa would have had you laughed out of the bar a few years back but today, thanks to an ambitious project launched by an African entrepreneur, that concept has become a reality. Grasses is in just its fourth year but already the idea of a reserve so close to a city has caused great excitement with the prospect of another jewel in the crown of this already incredibly diverse region.
The idea of lions roaming South Africa would have had you laughed out of the bar a few years back but today, thanks to an ambitious project launched by an African entrepreneur, that concept has become a reality. Grasses is in just its fourth year but already the idea of a reserve so close to a city has caused great excitement with the prospect of another jewel in the crown of this already incredibly diverse region. Embassies
The idea of lions roaming South Africa would have had you laughed out of the bar a few years back but today, thanks to an ambitious project launched by an African entrepreneur, that concept has become a reality. Grasses is in just its fourth year but already the idea of a reserve so close to a city has caused great excitement with the prospect of another jewel in the crown of this already incredibly diverse region.
The idea of lions roaming South Africa would have had you laughed out of the bar a few years back but today, thanks to an ambitious project launched by an African entrepreneur, that concept has become a reality.
Grasses is in just its fourth year but already the idea of a reserve so close to a city has caused great excitement with the prospect of another jewel in the crown of this already incredibly diverse region. The idea of lions roaming South Africa would have had you laughed out of the bar a few years back but today.
The idea of lions roaming South Africa would have had you laughed out of the bar a few years back but today, thanks to an ambitious project launched by an African entrepreneur, that concept has become a reality. Grasses is in just its fourth year but already the idea of a reserve so close to a city has caused great excitement with the prospect of another jewel in the crown of this already incredibly diverse region. |
