Thursday, March 22, 2012

Groendal reflection

The residents of Nelson Mandela Bay is very fortunate to have a place like the Groendal Wilderness Area right outside our "back door".  (Hopefully I don't insult any of Uitenhage's residents by saying it that way)  The 30 000 hectare Groendal Wilderness Area protects the water catchment area of the Swartkops River with the Groendal Dam in its centre.  All of this falls within the Groot Winterhoek Mountain range and these days form part of the Greater Baviaanskloof Wilderness area.  Groendal's rugged terrain is incised by numerous streams and ravines with the vegetation being predominantly fynbos.  There are also isolated pockets of indigenous forest occurring in the ravines as well as elements of Subtropical Thicket (Valley Bushveld).

2 comments:

  1. I'll bet this is a great place to hike.

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  2. And it really is quita an incredible flora - subtropical thicket. so many of our commercial flowers like Strelitzia, pelargonium (geranium) and Agapanthus are all from Eaastern Cape subtropical thicket.

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