Fynbos

Amazing is it not! Please add as much input as you like Johan! And see if you feel like getting a guide book of fynbos and join us in ID'ing them! Im very worried for the day my book arrives! ill never get out to take more photo's!

My last input on this:

The Cape floristic region is regarded as a global “hotspot” of biodiversity. The fynbos biome is the smallest of the world’s six floristic kingdoms and the only one within the borders of a single country.

Quoted from: http://www.duinepos.co.za/west-coast-nat...

Yes, exactly. This why I started the Fynbos mission, so all who live or visit this area can have easy reference, and or help with new spots added. Therefor a big responsibility to get every one correct. Like you said with the correct guide book all can be named! Cant wait to begin!

Maybe these will help. It is however important to note that PN is about the ID of spottings. Quite a lot of fynbos occur only here, so the community at large will not be able to help with ID.

http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/plan...
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/plan...
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/plan...
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/plan...

My personal view is that the primary responsibility in terms of ID rests with the spotter. On my page there are only 9 moths and one larva, moth or butterfly, unidentified, which frustrates the living daylights out of me. If I take photos of fynbos in Hermanus, it will probably be in the Fernkloof reserve where a large number of plants are identified by nameplates next to the walkways.

Yes, I understand now. With so many options here on PN, it is difficult to choose and focus on one! Ill just try my best! But I do look forward to the insects you find on fynbos! It is truly amazing!

Why do you think I concentrate on bugs! Maybe at the end of the year when I visit Hermanus will I take some Fynbos photos, but I'll probaly search for bugs in the fynbos.

Wow Johan, I hope you have a field guide to help us! I dont have one yet.... but I do have my work cut out for me as soon it arrives! (I ordered one - thinking of all the work... not really sure I want it anymore ;) )

The Cape Fynbos is a wonder of the world. It is the term given to a collection of plants (a vegetation type) that are mainly shrubs and is comprised of species belonging to South Africa's southwestern and southern Cape. Fynbos makes up four-fifths of the Cape Floral Kingdom, which covers an area of less than 90 000 square kilometres (the size of Malawi or Portugal) and hosts 8 600 plant species. To put this in perspective, the British Isles, three and a half times larger, have only 1 500 plants and less than 20 of those are endemic. Table Mountain alone has almost 1 500 species in 57 square kilometres.

http://www.encounter.co.za/article/38.ht...

The individual plants however can be identified with the correct field guides.