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Thamnochortus lucens. |
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Female Thamnochortus lucens. |
Male Thamnochortus lucens. |
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and the final example of
restios
or Cape Reeds in our current virtual tour,
Thamnochortus lucens. This species is very common in the Western Cape
mountains. It grows well in dry gravelly slopes and is often in small
populations or locally dominant. The plants grow tufted on a short
rhizome, often with tangled sterile clusters of culms at the base. Grows
to 50 cm. Again the photographs above illustrate the sticking differences
in the appearance of male and female plants of the same species!
The beautiful Thamnochortus genus have 13 species and most of its members grow well in coastal areas at the beach. Some species are very large and are commonly used to thatch houses. T. insignis is commonly used for this purpose because of its very long culms. One species, T. nutans is the exception and is only found above 600 m. It is endemic to Table Mountain and the Constantia berg. |
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| Photographs of restios and text used on these pages from "Restios of the Fynbos" Els Dorrat Haaksma and H. Peter Linder. (c) Botanical Society of South Africa. 2000. |
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