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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).

Calothamnus sanguineus 1
Red-flowering gum 2
Corymbia ficifolia
bangalay 3
Eucalyptus botryoides
river redgum 4
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
sugar gum 5
Eucalyptus cladocalyx
spider gum 6
Eucalyptus conferruminata
Karri
Eucalyptus diversicolor
Tasmanian blue gum 7
Eucalyptus globulus
Tuart 8
Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Flooded Gum 9
Eucalyptus grandis
Mountain Ash 10
Eucalyptus regnans
Australian Tea Tree 11
Leptospermum laevigatum
Hillock bush 12
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Showy Honey-myrtle 13
Melaleuca nesophila
paperbark 14
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Pohutukawa 15
Metrosideros excelsa
myrtle 16
Myrtus communis
Common guava 17
Psidium guajava

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