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Community conservation group for the critically

endangered remnant of Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos at

Harmony Flats, Cape Town.

The regrowth of fynbos species,

from around the trunk of a fallen

invasive Pine tree. Cape Town.

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Fynbos areas are a popular attraction for tourists, especially in the vicinity of Cape Town, and are alsoimportant recreational areas for locals. The Southern Cape coast is travelled by the Garden Route, while largeareas of natural fynbos can be seen in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town. Table MountainNational Park covers much of the Cape Peninsula, and Tsitsikamma National Park is to the east. There are anumber of published hiking routes from Cape Town and other towns such as Elgin. The centre for visiting theLittle Karoo is the town of Oudtshoorn, called "the ostrich capital of the world".

See also

Shrubland

Heath (habitat)

References

1. ^a b c d e Manning, John (2008). Field Guide

to Fynbos. Cape Town: Struik Publishers.

ISBN 9781770072657.

2. ^ "Lowland fynbos and renosterveld"

(http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at1202).

Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

Retrieved 26 January 2010.

3. ^ Noble, John. Descriptive handbook of the

Cape Colony: its condition and resources

Publisher: Juta 1875 it may be downloaded

from:

http://www.archive.org/details/descriptivehandb00nobl

4. ^ Bews, John William. The grasses and grasslands of South Africa

Publisher: Pietermaritzburg, P. David & Sons, Ltd., Printers 1918

May be downloaded from:

http://www.archive.org/details/grassesgrassland00bews

5. ^ "Lowland fynbos and renosterveld"

(http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at1202). Terrestrial

Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

6. ^ http://www.fynboshub.co.za/working-with-fynbos/

7. ^

http://tablemountain.net/blog/entry/pigs_ears_and_buchu_brandy_medicinal_plants_of_the_fynbos/

8. ^ http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-076.html

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