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Spekboom on a southern slope

Spekboom on a southern slope
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It is not often that a notable stand of Portulacaria afra plants become established on a southern slope in the Little Karoo. Here the spekboom plants follow the foot of the rocky ridge for some distance among a variety of mature shrubs in veld that hasn’t burned for several years.

Spekboom tends to grow in association with wildepruim, Pappea capensis or guarri, Euclea undulata, on north-facing slopes, often in shallow, rocky soils (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2010).

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Thabo Maphisa
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Ivan Latti
 
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