It was our annual work-shop at Beacon Hill office and been met warmly by Suvarna and Kaveesha (SANBI) who had travelled all the way from Durban was welcoming. We of course warmed ourselves up with tea and after a lot of laughs we got on with business.
What incredible work Suvarna and
Kaveesha are doing and to be part of this as a citizen scientist is so valuable
with its regular research by all its participants throughout the country. It was good to see the progress being made with
I-Naturalist and how it’s been amalgamated in assisting with research when
looking on Sanbi’s Red Data List. Conservation is so important. Onwards
and upwards team.
With a stretch needed we took a short walk around the office area to see what was flowering. The baboon’s can be so destructive in their search looking for grubs. One wishes they could be trained to put back the clod of earth in the same manner in which it was found but they leave it like the riots in July 2021. With Suvarna and Kaveesha needing to head home before it was dark, we cut the day short and waved good-bye.
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| Cyrtanthus breviflorus Yellow Fire Lily AMARYLLIDACEAE
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| Anne, Suvarna and Kaveesha |
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| Burchellia bubalina Wild Pomegranate RUBIACEAE |
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| Searsia dentata Nana-berry ANACARDIACEAE |
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| Gymnanthemum corymbosum back of leaf Mountain Bitter-tea ASTERACEAE |
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| Gymnanthemum corymbosum Mountain Bitter-tea ASTERACEAE |
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| Gymnanthemum corymbosum seed heads Mountain Bitter-tea ASTERACEAE |
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| Ornithogalum juncifolium Grass-leaved Chincherinchee HYACINTHACEAE |
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| Schistostephium heptalobum ASTERACEAE |
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| Schistostephium heptalobum leaf ASTERACEAE |
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| Tephrosia macropoda var. diffusa Creeping Tephrosia FABACEAE |
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| Tephrosia macropoda var. diffusa Creeping Tephrosia FABACEAE |
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| Tephrosia macropoda var. diffusa Creeping Tephrosia FABACEAE |
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| Lasiosiphon triplinervis THYMELAEACEAE |
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| Athrixia phylicoides Bush Tea ASTERACEAE |
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| Athrixia phylicoides seed heads Bush Tea ASTERACEAE |
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| Athrixia phylicoides Bush Tea ASTERACEAE |
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| Albuca setosa Soldier-in-the-box HYACINTHACEAE |
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| Albuca setosa Soldier-in-the-box HYACINTHACEAE |
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| Haemanthus albiflos AMARYLLIDACEAE |
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| Tricalysia capensis var. capensis Forest Jackal-coffee RUBIACEAE |
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| Erythrina lysistemon Sacred Coral Tree FABACEAE Photo credit: Tracy |
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| Anastrabe integerrima Pambati-tree STILBACEAE Photo credit: Tracy |
 Anne pulling out an invasive Chromolaena odorata. It didn't go unseen. Gail lifted up a large rock and Anne did the yanking. Together we removed it from the reserve. |
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| This is what Thurday's are all about. |
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