2024 MCSA Meet & KZN July Camp: Drakensberg - Cobham's Journal

August 1, 2024

Thanks everyone

That is it. All my pics are now loaded. So it is a matter know of tidying up the identifications. I will leave it for a week or two for everyone to have a good look, and then I will cross-correlate and tidy up.

Some of the big groups are:

Helichrysum

466 observations: 20 RG (4%). 12 spp:

  • 7 Helichrysum sutherlandii Mollepelle
  • 3 Helichrysum albirosulatum Rosette-leaf Everlasting
  • 2 Helichrysum adenocarpum Pink Everlasting
  • 2 Helichrysum herbaceum Monkeytail Everlasting
  • 2 Helichrysum umbraculigerum Woolly Umbrella Everlasting

Thanks especially to @sandraf for IDs.
Help with IDs?

Poaceae

458 observations: 19 RG (4%). 8 spp:

  • 75 Merxmuellera macowanii Berg Wire Grass
  • 27 Themeda triandra Red Grass
  • 9 Genus Cymbopogon Lemon Grasses
  • 6 Bergbambos tessellata Drakensberg Bamboo

Thanks especially to @carolinemashau and @sandraf for IDs.
Help with IDs?

Trees

120 observations needing an ID.
Help with IDs?
Please dont both with an ID of "plant" or "dicot": we already know that they are trees. If you cannot ID them, then just leave them.
Identified: 357 observations: 357 RG (100%) 32 spp:

  • 76 Leucosidea sericea Ouhout
  • 62 Protea roupelliae Silver Sugarbush
  • 46 Protea caffra Common Grassveld Sugarbush
  • 31 Cyathea dregei Grassveld Tree Fern
  • 17 Halleria lucida Tree Fuchsia
  • 13 Podocarpus latifolius Real Yellowwood
  • 12 Searsia dentata Nana Currantrhus
  • 11 Buddleja salviifolia Sagewood
  • 10 Cliffortia paucistaminea Rock Caperose
  • 9 Myrsine africana African Boxwood
  • 8 Kiggelaria africana Wild Peach
  • 8 Cliffortia repens Drakensberg Ricebush
  • 7 Protea subvestita Waterlily Sugarbush

Special thanks to @sandraf @koekemoerm @reubenheydenrych @sedgesrock @galpinmd @chris_whitehouse @shauns @kyle_campbell1 @geoffnichols

Asteraceae Daisies (excl. Helichrysum)

150 Observations: 19 RG (13%). 15 taxa:

  • 56 Genus Berkheya African Thistles
  • 9 Athrixia elata Daisy-Tea
  • 8 Osteospermum moniliferum Bietou
  • 7 Genus Gazania Gazanias
  • 6 Metalasia densa Fynbos Blombush
  • 6 Printzia auriculata Giant Printzia

Thanks especially to @sandraf & kyle_campbell1 for IDs.
Help with IDs?

Ferns

133 Observations: 61 RG (46%). 7 spp:

  • 37 Cyathea dregei Grassveld Tree Fern
  • 16 Pteridium aquilinum Common Bracken
  • 9 Cheilanthes quadripinnata Four-Pinnate Lip Fern
  • 7 Pellaea calomelanos Hard Fern
  • 4 Sticherus umbraculifer Umbrella Coral Fern

Thanks especially to @sedgesrock @sandraf @reubenheydenrych @barbaraparris & @geoffnichols for IDs.
Help with IDs?

Ericaceae

78 Observations: 5 RG (69%). 5 species:

  • 17 Erica cerinthoides Fire Heath
  • 5 Erica caffra Water Heath
  • 2 Erica alopecurus Foxtail Heath
    Thanks especially to @sandraf for IDs.
    Help with IDs?

Searsia

64 Observations: 44 RG (69%). 2 taxa:

  • 32 Searsia discolor Grassveld Currantrhus
  • 12 Searsia dentata Nana Currantrhus

Thanks especially to @galpinmd @sandraf & @reubenheydenrych for IDs.
Help with IDs?

A special thanks also to:
@chris_whitehouse for Cliffortia
@pieterwinter for Apiaceae & Rubus
@james_deacon for Crassula
And also @shauns @graham_g and @alanhorstmann

Once again. thanks for helping out.

Tut on the curation tool:
https://vimeo.com/246153496 (a two minute tutorial)
Join the project? https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2024-mcsa-meet-kzn-july-camp-drakensberg-cobham/join

Posted on August 1, 2024 09:30 PM by tonyrebelo tonyrebelo | 1 comment | Leave a comment

July 26, 2024

Alien species requiring attention - Mzimkhulu Wilderness Area, Drakensberg

Posted on July 26, 2024 10:38 PM by tonyrebelo tonyrebelo | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Please help with IDs.

Posted on July 26, 2024 08:46 PM by tonyrebelo tonyrebelo | 1 comment | Leave a comment

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