Aliens Plants of the Cape Peninsula
From a database compiled of alien species over the years.
Alien is defined as not indigenous to the Cape Peninsula. The list includes all species that maintain themselves, whether ruderal, invasive or opportunistic.
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present / IntroducedRed Water Fern Rivers and vleis locally abundant
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present / IntroducedKariba Weed Vleis , pools, on Cape Flats; locally dominant
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IntroducedCommon Tree Fern Not recorded in 1950; was Cyathea dregei
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present / IntroducedAustralian Tree Fern Not recorded in 1950; was Cyathea cooperi
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present / IntroducedTender Brake Not recorded in 1950
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IntroducedRough Maidenhair Fern Not recorded in 1950
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present / IntroducedRads Maidenhair Fern Not recorded in 1950
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present / IntroducedSword Fern Forest margins and wet areas; rare, locally dominant
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present / IntroducedFragrant Fern Not recorded in 1950; From SAPIA 2010; on boulders and trunks; previously in Polypodium and Phymatosorus
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IntroducedMonterey Cypress Commonly planted
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IntroducedCoast Redwood Planted; escaping at Silvermine
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present / IntroducedSwamp Cypress Wetlands, in water; at Tokai
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present / IntroducedJapanese Cedar Not recorded in 1950
Last observation: sugi from Lister Nursery on March 12, 2023 at 07:49 AM by De Waal Hugo |0 comments -
present / IntroducedRadiata Pine Mountains; very common and dominant where not controlled
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present / IntroducedCanary Pine Mountains, granites and sandstones, widespread; infrequent
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present / IntroducedStone Pine Flats and lower slopes; spreads slowly; common
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present / IntroducedAleppo Pine Mainly Signal Hill and Devils Peak; infrequent
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present / IntroducedCluster Pine Mountains; very common and dominant where not controlled
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IntroducedOuteniqua Yellowwood Invading forests and old plantations; rare, locally dominant; a Garden Route invader
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present / IntroducedBreeriver Yellowwood Local at Newlands, Tokai, Soetvlei; rare; the indigenous P. latifolius has leaves 5-13mm X 60-150mm
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IntroducedPeanutbutter Cassia From SAPIA 2010; disturbed areas; from Somerset West
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IntroducedPeanut Butter Weed Not recorded in 1950
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present / IntroducedHoney Mesquite From SAPIA 2010; Cape Flats; water courses; hybridizes with other spp making ID difficult
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present / IntroducedVelvet Mesquite From SAPIA 2010; was Prosopis glandulosa var. velutina; hybridizes with other Prosopis
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IntroducedGreen Wattle Granite Fynbos, roadsides, disturbed areas; occasional, but large impact; Kirstenbosch to Tokai; not recorded in 1950
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IntroducedSilver Wattle Kirstenbosch and Newlands; not setting seed in 1950
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IntroducedBaileys Wattle Not recorded in 1950
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IntroducedBlack Wattle In 1950 casual on roadsides; Groote Schuur and Camps Bay
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IntroducedLongleaf Wattle Very common on flats
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present / IntroducedHop Wattle From SAPIA 2010; a problem in Knysna
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present / IntroducedWallangara Wattle From SAPIA 2010; grows on granites in Australia
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present / IntroducedKangaroo Thorn Shale Fynbos; rare; lower slopes of Devils Peak
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IntroducedPearl Wattle Sandy soil; occasional; Tokai
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IntroducedGolden Wattle Roadside; Wildschutsbrand, Devils Peak and Pinelands
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IntroducedPort Jackson Wattle Flats and hill slopes; very common
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present / IntroducedSticky Wattle Not recorded in 1950
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IntroducedScrew-pod Wattle Sandy soil; occasional, forming dense stands from root coppice; Tokai
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present / IntroducedNarrow-leaf Bower Wattle Not recorded in 1950
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IntroducedAustralian Blackwood Kloofs and forests; locally plentiful; Tokai, Devils Peak and Spilhaus Ravine
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IntroducedRooikrans Very common on flats
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present / IntroducedWoolly Clover Roadsides and waste areas; rather common
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IntroducedReversed Clover Damp areas in fields and commons; occasional
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present / IntroducedSuffocated Clover Fields and commons; occasional
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present / IntroducedFenugreek Fields and commons; occasional
Added by tonyrebelo on December 18, 2017
