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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).

Crimson bottlebrush 1
Callistemon citrinus
Stiff Bottlebrush 2
Callistemon rigidus
Weeping Bottlebrush 3
Callistemon viminalis
Calothamnus sanguineus 4
Red-flowering gum 5
Corymbia ficifolia
bangalay 6
Eucalyptus botryoides
river redgum 7
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
sugar gum 8
Eucalyptus cladocalyx
spider gum 9
Eucalyptus conferruminata
Karri
Eucalyptus diversicolor
Tasmanian blue gum 10
Eucalyptus globulus
Tuart 11
Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Flooded Gum 12
Eucalyptus grandis
Mountain Ash 13
Eucalyptus regnans
Australian Tea Tree 14
Leptospermum laevigatum
Hillock bush 15
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Showy Honey-myrtle 16
Melaleuca nesophila
paperbark 17
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Pohutukawa 18
Metrosideros excelsa
myrtle 19
Myrtus communis
Common guava 20
Psidium guajava

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