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Arrow Bindweed (Convolvulus sagittatus)Observer
outrampsjeanPlace
Sedgefield on the Island: This prostrate plant was growing on the grassy sidewalk alongside a tarred road (Google, OSM)Description
Alien or indigenous?
Prostrate plant with long almost linear leaves, flowers about 3 cm in diameter
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Bowwood (Grewia occidentalis var. occidentalis)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
Cross-berry bush
Shrub about 2m tall with glabrescent lanceolate toothed leaves.
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White-bellied Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica ssp. rustica)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
musical composition?
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Bush Brown (Bicyclus safitza ssp. safitza)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
Brown butterfly on forest path
Small brown butterfly with yellow/orange(?) spots on the wings
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Southern Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris ssp. coronatus)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
Helmeted guinea fowl
These birds roam widely on the Island and scratch the grass relentlessly in their foraging.
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outrampsjeanPlace
Outeniqua NR Tierkop Hike: Open flattish area shortly before ascending track merges with track entering from the left. (Google, OSM)Description
Amphithalea fourcadei
Reseeding shrub to 1,5m.Leaves 1-foliolate with margins slightly thickened, silvery hairy.Flowers light mauve.
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Forest Marguerite (Osmitopsis osmitoides)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
Osmitopsis osmitoides
Softly woody shrublet 15--60 cm with slender erect branches. Leaves oblanceolate, deeply to lightly toothed. Flower heads radiate, solitary on long peduncles, white with yellow disc, pappus of subequal scales
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Southern Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash ssp. hagedash)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
Hadeda ibis
Large, grey bird. Long probing beak. Nerve wracking call in flight.
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