fynbos
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Origin of the term
- Cape Floral Kingdom
- Flora
- Vegetation types
- Fauna
- Ecoregions
- Economic uses
- Threats and conservation
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Mountain fynbos on the Cape Peninsula thumb|A toollabs:panoviewer/#Fynbos 18 months after fire - 360 degree photo.jpg|360 degree photograph of fynbos in the [[Groot Winterhoek section of the Cape Fold Mountains about 18 months after a fire. New plants can be seen in various stages of growth. The infertile white soil that fynbos tends to grow in can also be clearly seen]]
Fynbos (; , ) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. The area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean climate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fynbos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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