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Rodent Sugarbushes - Proteas

Clasping-leaf Sugarbush - Protea amplexicaulis
	Habit: Low sprawling shrub to 1.3m across Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: June - September Pollinator: Rats and Mice Fruit: Stored on plant for a few years Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Sandstone soils, 180-1600m Distribution: Citrusdal to Kogelberg and Langeberg

Linear-leaf Sugarbush - Protea decurrens

Habit: An erect shrub up to 0.5m across and 0.6m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: July - October, mainly July - August Pollinator: Rats and Mice Fruit: Stored on plant for a few years Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened, probably more common than currently known because of its cryptic nature Habitat: Silcrete or ferricrete gravels at the fynbos/renosterveld ecotone, 150-700m Distribution: Langeberg, Shaw's Pass and Potberg Notes: This species should be properly surveyed. It may be endangered with extinction

Patentleaf Sugarbush - Protea humiflora

Habit: Low sprawling shrub to 2m across Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: July to September, but mainly August Pollinator: Rats and Mice Fruit: Stored on plant for a few years Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Hot dry slopes on the Fynbos/Karoo ecotone, 450-1200m Distribution: Du Toitskloof to Langeberg and Waboomsberg

Awl-leaf Sugarbush - Protea subulifolia

Habit: A low shrublet up to 0.5m across and 0.7m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: July- October, mainly July - September Pollinator: Rats and Mice Fruit: Stored on plant for a few years Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Lowland populations threatened by agriculture Habitat: Varied, sandy to heavy clay soils, 60-1300m Distribution: Stettynskloof to Riviersonderend Mountains, Langeberg, Bot River to Elim flats

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