On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in ...

Temperate grasslands found in South Africa are called veldts. Plants in the Grassland: More than just grass! As you might expect, grasses are the predominant plant species growing in grasslands.

South Africa’s rangelands have always had ... A key indicator of ecosystem degradation is a decline in grassland forbs (herbaceous plants that are not grasses). They are highly sensitive to ...

Grasslands go by many names. In the U.S. Midwest, they're often called prairies. In South America ... include the hot savannas of sub-Saharan Africa and northern Australia. Rainfall can vary ...

A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, with organised crime groups capitalising on overseas demand. "They've not ...

Apart from the King Protea, almost half of South Africa’s protea species face extinction because of pressures on their ...