platbos june 2008
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8/3/2019 Platbos June 2008
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Btw Stfrd d Gsb
t Wstr cp, dd t gt
fdd dsp, tr r fv sub-
stt pts f dgus frst.
T rgst d bst srvd f ts
s Ptbs (trstd frm afrks, t
ms ‘ft frst’). T mjr prt
f Ptbs s wd b Frs dMss Krg, tw x-cpts w
sd up t t t bu Ptbs. T
v ddtd tmsvs t srv-
g t frst d r ssstd wt ts
b tw w-trd stff mmbrs frm
Gsb’s Msk twsp.
Ptbs s uqu, t bus
f t mpst f t p tr
sps but s bus, t fd frst
Sut afr gt udutg
trr vrd b dp, k, sd
ss, s rr. T rst smr frstsr fud axdr (just st f
Prt ezbt), KwZuu-nt (t
hw t Umg, hgw t t
Tug Rvr mut, Dukuduku s t
St lu d t frsts f Mputd)
d sutr Mzmbqu.
Ptbs s st m t busbuk, d
rdg t c.J. Skd, s prbb t
sut-wstr mt f ts s frst
d srub dwr’s rg. it sms t
tt t t d rsg rr bu
dukr s urrd r.
Wkg trug Ptbs f
t trs s dd prvg. T tr-
r s sst ft s t wks r
t rus, d t frst s rtv
p s vsbt s gd.
Strutur t tr p s w,
rg mxmum f 10 m, s t
s k t wkg trug t wr
p f ‘rm’ frsts, w ms
vs, fwrs d fruts r s t
d – mkg dtft f t
pts sr.
T dmt tr sps r tafrmt sps Celtis africana
(afr wt stkwd) d Olinia
ventosa (iduqu rd pr), d t
st frst sps Sideroxylon inerme
(wt mkwd). i t udrstr
I nd igenous fo rest
by Eugene Moll, Chairman, Council of the Botanical Society
PlatbosA unique forest near the southern tip of Africa
Top: rikans (Acacia cyclops) with bight ed ails suunding its seeds. These ae vey attactive t
bids, which hel sead this Austalian invade lant.
ABoVE LEFT: one f the dinant tee secies is the Afican white stinkwd (Celtis africana).
ABoVE rIGHT: Fuits f the Afican white stinkwd (Celtis africana).
phts: Eugene mll.
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Chionanthus foveolata (pk rwd),
Apodytes dimidiata (wt pr) d
Euclea racemosa (du gurr) r mst
mm – d r s dtfb
bt wt tt prt d p.
M f t rg tr brs
r vrd wt ppts su s
Peperomia , frs, msss d s
(tt ftr r r fg r brgt gr,
but dr tms but t Peperomia
r srvd d brw, wtg fr
mstur). as m f t xpsd
brs r fstd wt d m’s
brd (Usnea ).
Wd mbrs r s r
mm, d wr t ur
ds trts m f t mr
mm frst brds sk rfug t
ds vr.
Bus f pst dsturb (tr
uttg, tt grzg d brwsg,
d fr) Acacia cyclops (rkrs) svdd prts f t frst. hwvr,
mst f tm v b tr pud
(sdgs d sm spgs) r rg-
brkd, d tr wr sm r-
mus spms ft s dd stgs.
Bus rkrs tkts mst sur-
rud Ptbs d bus frugvrus
brds v t rd rs tt surrud
t sds, t w rg s ug
supps f s-strd sd-bks d
fr t mgrs, rmvg rkrs
sdgs d spgs s vr-d-
g g.
Fr wtg t vst ts gm
t s s t fd – frm Stfrd t
Gsb tk t Grtbs tur-ff
d fw t Ptbs sgs, but pr-
bkg fr wks s sst. o t
Ptbs tr r trprttv pm-
pts rg t trs (sf-gudd
r wt gud), t mjr pt sps
d t str f t frst. yu
s spsr frst tr t b ptd
t frst dg s prt f Ptbs’ r-
frstt prjt, d u r wm
t vst t Ptbs Frst idgus Tr nursr. Fuds grtd frm t
frst wks g twrds t sts f
rg, frbrks d mt f
t frst pts.
What does that mean?
alkaline soil Sil with a H value highe
than 7.3.
aril A fleshy waxy aendage, usually
bightly clued, cveing atly
enclsing the seed.
canopy The uest laye in a fest,
fed by the cwns f the tees.epiphyte A nn-aasitic lant that gws
n anthe lant.
frugivorous Fuit eating.
stag Standing dead tee.
Top: In the undestey Chionanthus foveolata (ck inwd) is cn.
ABoVE LEFT: Peperomia (bsee) and the eihytes gwing in the fest at platbs.
ABoVE rIGHT: In this ld ilkwd (Sideroxylon inerme) eihytic lants ae taking advantage f its height
t each the sunlight in the fest cany.
ABoVE: old an’s bead lichen, Usnea festns
the fest tees.
ABoVE: A view f Stanfd f the ad t
platbs. Wh wuld have thught that fests
like platbs existed nea hee?
ABoVE: Fancis and melissa Kige have
dedicated theselves t cnseving the
suthenst fest in Afica - platbs.
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