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Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

A quick guide to aliens recorded as naturalized on the Cape Peninsula

As guides can only do 500 species the list stops in "Solanum" and 80 species are omitted (this is our short list: there are over 800 species known at present).

Wallangara Wattle 1
Acacia adunca
Cootamunda wattle 2
Acacia baileyana
western coastal wattle 3
Acacia cyclops
Silver wattle 4
Acacia dealbata
Cedar wattle 5
Acacia elata
Acacia implexa 6
Sydney golden wattle 7
Acacia longifolia
black wattle 8
Acacia mearnsii
Tasmanian blackwood 9
Acacia melanoxylon
Kangaroo thorn 10
Acacia paradoxa
Queensland silver wattle 11
Acacia podalyriifolia
Golden Wattle 12
Acacia pycnantha
golden wreath wattle 13
Acacia saligna
Hop wattle 11
Acacia stricta
Acacia subporosa 14
Acacia viscidula
Bear's breeches 15
Acanthus mollis
boxelder maple 16
Acer negundo
Achyranthes aspera aspera
Acroceras macrum
blue lily 17
Agapanthus praecox
Agave americana expansa 18
sisal 19
Agave sisalana
sticky snakeroot 9
Ageratina adenophora
Agrostemma githago githago
pacific bent grass 20
Agrostis avenacea
Tree of heaven 21
Ailanthus altissima
Aira cupaniana
European Water-plantain 22
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Three-cornered Leek 23
Allium triquetrum
European Alder 24
Alnus glutinosa
candelabra aloe 25
Aloe arborescens
creeping chaffweed 26
Alternanthera pungens
Prostrate Amaranth 27
Amaranthus deflexus
Amaranthus hybridus hybridus
Amaranthus lividus polygonoides
Amaranthus muricatus
Thunberg's Pigweed
Amaranthus thunbergii
common ragweed 28
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Bullwort 29
Ammi majus
Marram Grass 13
Ammophila arenaria
Yellow Gromwell
Amsinckia calycina
Rancher's fiddleneck 30
Amsinckia intermedia
scarlet pimpernel 31
Anagallis arvensis
Foemina Pimpernel 32
Anagallis foemina
Mignonette vine 33
Anredera cordifolia
Stinking chamomile 34
Anthemis cotula
sweet vernal grass 35
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Antirrhinum orontium
Wild celery 36
Apium graveolens
white bladderflower 37
Araujia sericifera
Argemone mexicana forma mexicana
Argemone ochroleuca ochroleuca
Dutchman's pipe 38
Aristolochia littoralis
tall oat grass 39
Arrhenatherum elatius
giant reed 40
Arundo donax
Atriplex lindleyi inflata
Atriplex muelleri
Atriplex nummularia nummularia
Australian saltbush 41
Atriplex semibaccata
slender wild oat 42
Avena barbata
wild oat 43
Avena fatua
Oat 44
Avena sativa
Winter Wild-oat
Avena sterilis ludoviciana
Animated Oat
Avena sterilis sterilis
Bambusa balcooa
land cress 45
Barbarea verna
Beet 46
Beta vulgaris
Downy Birch 47
Betula pubescens
black-jack 48
Bidens pilosa
Bluebell creeper 49
Billardiera heterophylla
Wineflower 50
Boerhavia diffusa
Coast Silver-oak 51
Brachylaena discolor
Brachylaena elliptica
purple false-brome 52
Brachypodium distachyon
Rapeseed 53
Brassica napus
Cabbage 22
Brassica oleracea
Saharan mustard 54
Brassica tournefortii
Greater Quaking Grass 55
Briza maxima
Little quaking-grass 56
Briza minor
Rescue Brome 35
Bromus catharticus
great brome 57
Bromus diandrus
soft brome
Bromus hordeaceus molliformis
Butterfly bush 58
Buddleja davidii
Madagascar Buddleia 11
Buddleja madagascariensis
Turtle Vine
Callisia repens
Crimson bottlebrush 59
Callistemon citrinus
Stiff Bottlebrush 60
Callistemon rigidus
Weeping Bottlebrush 61
Callistemon viminalis
Calothamnus sanguineus 62
Indian-shot
Canna indica
Hemp 63
Cannabis sativa
Shepherd's-purse 64
Capsella bursa-pastoris
hairy bittercress 65
Cardamine hirsuta
Italian thistle 66
Carduus pycnocephalus
woolly distaff thistle 67
Carthamus lanatus
American chestnut 68
Castanea dentata
Sweet Chestnut 69
Castanea sativa
River sheoak 9
Casuarina cunninghamiana
beach she-oak 70
Casuarina equisetifolia

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