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Arid Conebushes - Leucadendrons
Red-edged Conebush - Leucadendron arcuatum
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Habit: A sprawling shrub
up 1.3m tall Fire survival: Resprouts from underground bole Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: September - October Pollinator: Insects Fruit: Released two months after flowering Seed dispersal: Rodents Seed storage: Dropped to gound after three months ripening and cached by rodents Rarity status: Not rare, isolated patches although extensive populations occur Habitat: Stony, sandstone, soils, 800-1700m Distribution: Cederberg, Olifants River Koue Bokkeveld, Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Elandskloof, Hex River, Keeromsberg and Kwadouw Mountains |
Red-edged Conebush - Leucadendron crassulifolium
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Habit: An upright shrub up
to 3m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: September Pollinator: Insects Fruit: Released two months after flowering Seed dispersal: Rodents Seed storage: Dropped to gound after three months ripening and cached by rodents Rarity status: Rare, Habitat: Stony, sandstone, soils, 800-1700m Distribution: Hex River, Keeromsberg and Kwadouw Mountains Note: At present this species is still included under Leucadendron arcuatum, which is however a resprouter |
Gideon's Kop Conebush - Leucadendron bonum
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Habit: A erect shrub up
1.6m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: October Pollinator: Unknown - the flowerheads are unique in opening and closing (at night and when overcast) Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Rodents Seed storage: Dropped to gound after three months ripening and cached by rodents Rarity status: Endangered, known from two dense stands totalling 250 plants Habitat: Level, dry, sandy soil, among rocks, 1950-2000m Distribution: Koue Bokkeveld at Gideonskop |
The Gideon's Kop Conebush - Leucadendron bonum habitat in the Koue Bokkeveld
The large plant in the above photograph is Water Sugarbush - Protea punctata. The Gideon's Kop Conebushes are the smaller plants in the lower right half of the photograph
Grey Conebush - Leucadendron pubescens
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Habit: A erect shrub
up2.5m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants Flowers: June - October, mainly July Pollinator: Small beetles Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire Seed dispersal: Rodents Seed storage: Dropped to gound after three months ripening and cached by rodents Rarity status: Not threatened, extremely common Habitat: Sandstone and quartzite soils, 60-1700m Distribution: Bokkeveld escarpment, Gifberg, Cederberg, Piketberg, Olifants River, Sandveld, Koue Bokkeveld, Hex River, Bonteberg and Kwadouw Mountains, Witteberg and Touwsberg |
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