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).

All 500

European Alder ¹
Alnus glutinosa

Downy Birch ²
Betula pubescens

American chestnut ³
Castanea dentata

Sweet Chestnut ⁴
Castanea sativa

River sheoak ⁵
Casuarina cunninghamiana

beach she-oak ⁶
Casuarina equisetifolia

Mirbeck's oak ⁷
Quercus canariensis

Turkey Oak ⁸
Quercus cerris

Holm oak ⁹
Quercus ilex

pin oak ¹⁰
Quercus palustris

pedunculate oak ¹¹
Quercus robur

cork oak ¹²
Quercus suber

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Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

European Alder 1 Alnus glutinosa

Downy Birch 2 Betula pubescens

American chestnut 3 Castanea dentata

Sweet Chestnut 4 Castanea sativa

River sheoak 5 Casuarina cunninghamiana

beach she-oak 6 Casuarina equisetifolia

Mirbeck's oak 7 Quercus canariensis

Turkey Oak 8 Quercus cerris

Holm oak 9 Quercus ilex

pin oak 10 Quercus palustris

pedunculate oak 11 Quercus robur

cork oak 12 Quercus suber