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Moorland Sugarbushes - Proteas

Inyanga Sugarbush - Protea asymmetrica

Habit: A shrub to 1.6m tall Fire survival: Resprouts after fire from an underground rootstock Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: June - August Pollinator: Probably beetles Fruit: Released after ripening Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: Dropped onto the ground Rarity status: Rare, known only from 2 populations Habitat: Afro-alpine grassland at 2000m Distribution: Inyangani Mountain and Chingamwe Plateau, Zimbabwe

Protea baumii robusta

Habit: A shrub to 1.6m tall with slender, usually unbranched, stems Fire survival: Resprouts after fire from an underground rootstock Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: Summer Pollinator: Probably beetles Fruit: Released after ripening Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: Dropped onto the ground Rarity status: Habitat: Badly drained and waterlogged soils of dambos and seeps in Miombo woodland Distribution: Angola to Tanzania

Wentzel's Sugarbush - Protea wentzeliana

Habit: A shrub to 1.6m tall with slender, usually unbranched, stems Fire survival: Resprouts after fire from an underground rootstock Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: May - December Pollinator: Probably beetles Fruit: Released after ripening Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: Dropped onto the ground Rarity status: Rare, but locally abundant at single known site Habitat: Badly drained and waterlogged soils of dambos and seeps in Miombo woodland Distribution: Chimanimani Mountains between Zimbabwe and Mozambique

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