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	Fynbos
		Fynbos (Afrikaans for fine bush) is the natural vegetation occurring in a small belt of South Africa, mainly in the South-western Cape.
		Three of the characteristic fynbos plant families are proteas, ericas and restios[?].
		Of the Ericas, 600 occur in th fynbos kingdom, while only 26 are found in the rest of the world.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fy/Fynbos.html (128 words)

	Fynbos Biome
		Fynbos is characterized by the presence of seven endemic or near-endemic plant families: Blacktips (Bruniaceae), Guyalone (Geissolomaceae), Sillyberry (Grubbiaceae), Brickleaf (Penaeaceae), Buttbush (Retziaceae), Dewstick (Roridulaceae) and Candlestick (Stilbaceae).
		Shrubby Fynbos is ecotonal to forest where rock outcrops, gorges and stream courses protect the vegetation from fires, and Grassy Fynbos predominates where the summer component of the rainfall allows grasses to outcompete the restioids.
		Grassy Fynbos was categorized as either Mesic (on southern slopes and nearer the coast) or Dry (northern slopes and predominantly inland).
	www.plantzafrica.com /vegetation/fynbos.htm (2547 words)

	farm 215 \| fynbos \| Cape Flora \| Protea \| fynbos biome
		Fynbos, the major biome of the Cape Flora is a shrub land largely made out of tall, large-leaved proteas, (proteoids), heaths (ericas / ericoids), reeds (restioids) and bulbous plants (geophytes).
		The fynbos biome is adapted to the specific situation of the Western Cape: hot and dry summers, a lot of wind and sandy (even acid sands in the case of farm 215) soils of low fertility.
		The fynbos biome is threatened by urban and agricultural expansion, by too frequent fires (the slowest growing shrubs are not able to produce sufficient quantities of seed) and alien vegetation.
	www.farm215.co.za /fynbos.html (446 words)

	Fynbos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fynbos is the natural shrubland vegetation occurring in a small belt of the Western Cape of South Africa, mainly in winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas with a Mediterranean climate.
		Fynbos grows in a 100-200km wide coastal belt stretching from Clanwilliam on the West coast to Port Elizabeth on the Southeast coast.
		Fynbos areas are a popular attraction for tourists, especially in the vicinity of Cape Town, and are also important recreational areas for locals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fynbos (660 words)

	Enviro Facts guide to Fynbos
		Fynbos plants are readily recognised by the sclerophyllous (hard, tough and leathery leaved) and microphyllous (small leaved) nature of almost all woody plants and is characterised by having more than 5% cover of Cape reeds.
		Furthermore, fynbos is very rich in geophytes (bulbous plants) and many species from the family Iridaceae have become household names such as babiana, freesia, gladiolus, iris, moraea, sporaxis and watsonia.
		However, smaller mammals common to fynbos are chacma baboons, klipspringers, grysbok, dassies, mongooses, and the striped mouse.
	www.botany.uwc.ac.za /envfacts/fynbos (1797 words)

	Fynbos
		The fynbos in South Africa differs from the vegetation of the other areas in that it resembles that of both the southern and northern Mediterranean areas and comprises a much larger diversity of species.
		Fynbos can be defined as a shrubland with an unusual mixture of plant types of different shapes and sizes that have been termed, "growth forms".
		The tallest shrubs in fynbos are the proteoids they are 1 to 3 metres in height and have large, leathery leaves.
	www.encounter.co.za /article/38.html (745 words)

	Cape fynbos at Cape Point. Cape of Good Hope. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fynbos is the is the name of the vegetation in the Reserve.
		Two types of fynbos ("fine bush") are found; coastal fynbos on alkaline sands and inland fynbos on acid soils.
		When fire threatens, fynbos seeds remain protected in woody cones until the cones split open and release the seeds to enable perpetuation of the species.
	www.sunsetbeach.co.za /cape_point/cape_fynbos.htm (296 words)

	Human Flower Project
		The “fynbos,” or “fine brush” country, is home to 7700 plants, 70% of them found nowhere else in the world.
		Four thousand workers employed on the fynbos flower farms have no plants to pick, and authorities say it may take as long as five years for the landscape to bear flowers again.
		“Fynbos in certain catchments was allowed to become too old, making it therefore impossible to apply fuel reduction by means of prescribed burning because this would now be too hazardous.
	www.humanflowerproject.com /index.php/weblog/fynbos_and_fire (573 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Lowland fynbos and renosterveld (AT1202)
		Lowland Fynbos and Renosterveld habitats are largely confined to its southern and eastern fringes where they are associated with shale-derived hills and plains (400 m to 1,000 m in elevation) and receive a non-seasonal rainfall of 250 mm to 400 mm annually.
		Fynbos is a hard-leaved, evergreen and fire-prone shrubland characterized by four major plant types: restioids, ericoids, proteoids, and geophytes (Cowling and Richardson 1995).
		Fynbos thrives in several locations in this ecoregion: on leached, aeolian sands of the coastal forelands and on the nutritionally imbalanced coastal dune and limestone sands of the coastal margin.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1202_full.html (4588 words)

	Fynbos Vegetation on the Cape Peninsula - South Africa
		Its diverse evergreen wealth of plants is called fynbos, meaning "fine bush" and consists mainly of members of the Protea and Erica families as well as sour grasses.
		Of the Protea family alone there are 450 different species in the fynbos vegetation zone, some of them being small groundplants while others reach the height of trees.
		Fynbos suffers little damage from bushfires and in fact relies on fires to regenerate, grow and flower.
	www.southafrica-travel.net /westcape/cape_00.htm (299 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Lowland fynbos and renosterveld (AT1202) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lowland fynos (known as sand plain fynbos) occurs on the deep acid sands of the west coast lowlands from 5 to 300 m.
		Fynbos is often described as a Mediterrean-climate shrubland.
		Fynbos is comprised of a variety of plant types, with lowland species being somewhat larger than montane species.
	nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1202.html (614 words)

	De Hoop Nature Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fynbos is the natural vegetation occurring along a narrow belt which stretches north and east of Cape Town.
		Characteristic fynbos plants are the proteas, restios (Cape reeds) and ericas (heaths).
		A real "fynbos special" is the heath family (Ericaceae), with 600 species, while the rest of the world can boast a mere 26!
	www.xs4all.nl /~quanjer/African_Wildlife/Overberg/Fynbos/Fynbos.htm (190 words)

	Routes Travel Info Portal: Lowland fynbos and renosterveld ecoregion
		The difference between the Lowland fynbos and renosterveld ecoregion and the Fynbos in mountains (Montane fynbos and renosterveld ecoregion) is obviously that the second region lies in the mountains where the climate is different.
		Fynbos with proteas above and ericas below on the sandplains of the West Coast Forelands, and the Agulhas Plain.
		Fynbos and Renosterveld are found on shale-derived soils (especially where silcrete/ferricrete material is found) in the Elgin Basin and the mid-Breede River Valley and occurs patchily on the West Coast Forelands, the Agulhas Plain, the Langkloof, and the Southeastern Coast Forelands.
	www.routes.co.za /nature/ecoregions/fynbos.html (956 words)

	Fynbos - Veld Types
		Mountain fynbos also has a wide variety of bulb, rhizome and corm plants – watsonias, wild irises, and disas are prime examples.
		Coastal fynbos is found along the western and southern coastlines of the Cape Province from sea-level to about 150m above sea-level, where the soil is usually alkaline to sour.
		Coastal fynbos of the West Coast sands, from the Cape Flats to Redelinghuys on the West Coast, and Coastal fynbos of the south coast limestone, from Danger Point to Mossel Bay.
	www.encounter.co.za /article/39.html (683 words)

	Fynbos - Gordon's Bay Self Catering Accommodation
		Situated at the foot of the Hottentots Holland mountain range and on the eastern shores of False Bay, lies the little harbour town of Gordons Bay, a superb getaway for holidaymakers and overseas tourists alike.
		'Fynbos' is a self-catering holiday house and garden flat with uninterrupted views of the sea and mountains surrounding the Gordon's Bay area.
		The area is rich in fynbos and has been declared an International Biosphere.
	www.gordonsbayaccommodation.co.za (162 words)

	Make mine a glass of fynbos wine! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fynbos literally means ‘fine bush’ in Afrikaans and is named after the very small, fine leaves of the characteristic heath or Erica type plants to be found there.
		In the lowlands, fynbos is replaced by renosterveld (Afrikaans for ‘rhinoceros scrub’, technically a misnomer as no rhinos are found here), an ericoid shrubland.
		Some 80% of the land across the region is in private hands and of that 96% of the original renosterveld and 49% of the fynbos has been converted to farmland.
	www.plant-talk.org /stories/41fynbos.html (1766 words)

	SANBI:Kirstenbosch: Fynbos walk
		This path takes the visitor through the heart of the fynbos garden, which displays the major components of the fynbos, a vegetation type characteristic of the winter rainfall region of the south-western and southern Cape.
		It draws a rich variety of birds, many of which are the pollinators of the fynbos plants.
		Fynbos Walk is at its most colourful from September to January.
	www.sanbi.org /kirstenbosch/tour5a.htm (230 words)

	Fynbos: The Cape Floral Kingdom. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		However, while any other group can be absent from a particular fynbos habitat, the family of Restionaceae forms the unique distinguishing part of fynbos.
		Fynbos plants are readily recognized by the sclerophyllous (hard, tough and leathery leaved) and microphyllous (small leaved)
		The richness of the fynbos is well demonstrated by its ericas or heaths, of which there are over 600 different species.
	www.sunsetbeach.co.za /fynbos.htm (470 words)

	Fynbos on the Garden Route in South Africa
		Fynbos makes up four-fifths of the Cape Floral Kingdom,The world's landsurfaces are divided into six Plant Kingdoms and Mossel Bay area lies in the heart of the famous Cape Floral Kingdom (CFK) - the smallest and most diverse plant kingdom in the world!
		Components of fynbos are Proteoids, Erica's, Restios and the geophytes, or bulbous plants.
		A further unique adaptation is the one of fynbos to regular fire cycles.
	www.zoutpan.com /fynbos.htm (672 words)

	Fynbos Ridge Country House & Cottages - Accommodation in Plettenberg Bay
		Fynbos Ridge Country House & Cottages has been awarded 5 Stars by the Tourism Grading Council, winning three AA Accommodation Awards and being placed in the Hall of Fame (2002).
		Nestling in six hectares of fynbos (Cape flora), with magnificent views of the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountains, Fynbos Ridge offers self-contained, fully serviced accommodation in a limited number of secluded Cape cottages, equipped and furnished to a standard of excellence rarely encountered.
		Fynbos Ridge Country House offers the exceptional hospitality and experience for which the award-winning cottages are renowned.
	www.places.co.za /html/1452.html (718 words)

	Fynbos
		Although it covers a relatively tiny area of the Earth's surface, Fynbos is so unique in terms of its plant groups that it is recognised as part of one of only six floral kingdoms of the world - the Cape Floral Kingdom.
		Furthermore, coastal fynbos may experience less extreme changes in climate, thanks to the moderating effect of the ocean.
		As climates cooled during glacial periods, Fynbos expanded northwards and Succulent Karoo plants took refuge in the Knersvlakte and Richtersveld, both centres of endemism today.
	www.sanbi.org /climrep/6.htm (604 words)

	Routes Travel Info Portal: Fynbos in mountains - Montane fynbos and renosterveld ecoregion
		Fynbos is a general description for a range of plants unique to the southwestern Cape of South Africa and covers 54% of this ecoregion.
		The ecoregion is found mostly in the mountains and uplands of the Western Cape Province with a small portion in the neighboring Eastern Cape Province.
		The are is the same as that of the Lowland Fynbos ecoregion, except that this ecoregion is at a higher altitude in the mountains.
	www.routes.co.za /nature/ecoregions/fynbosmountains.html (784 words)

	Stellenbosch Accommodation \| Fynbos Villa Guest House Cape Winelands
		Welcome to Fynbos Villa Guest House, situated in the heart of historic Stellenbosch, in the Western Cape, South Africa.
		Fynbos Villa Guest House is a lovely 14 room Victorian style Guest House (National Monument), equipped with modern facilities, where we offer our guests comfort and tranquility; whilst only a 5 minute stroll to town!
		Fynbos Villa Guest House is graded three stars by the National Grading Council of South Africa.
	www.fynbosguesthouse.co.za (358 words)

	Fynbos, South Africa
		Fynbos is an ancient vegetation type that was spared the massive wipeouts that occurred in the northern hemisphere during a prolonged ice age which only ended 100 000 years ago.
		A great place to go and see fynbos is in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town.
		There are numerous reserves in the Western Cape which protect endemic species of fynbos, both coastal and mountainous.
	www.safarinow.com /cms/fynbos/irie.aspx (396 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Montane fynbos and renosterveld (AT1203)
		Proteoid fynbos (fynbos with a high cover of proteoid shrubs) is commonly found on the deep and fertile soils at the base of mountains.
		Most endemic species grow in fynbos vegetation, although locally endemic geophytes are relatively common in renosterveld vegetation in the western, winter-rainfall part of the lowland and montane fynbos ecoregions.
		Fynbos plants endow their seeds with high concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium to ensure that seedlings will grow in low-nutrient soils.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1203_full.html (4066 words)

	Huguenot Memorial Museum :: Fynbos
		Fynbos is much poorer in mammals, especially larger mammals, than the savanna and grassveld regions of our country.
		Fynbos has also a low grazing potential, grows densely and there are few trees present that bear berries and fruit.
		Fynbos has been mentioned as the area that is richest in endemic butterflies and moths.
	www.museum.co.za /fauna.html (695 words)

	Fynbos Villa - Accommodation in Stellenbosch
		Fynbos Villa is a lovely 14 room Victorian style Guest House (National Monument), equipped with modern facilities, where we offer our guests comfort and tranquility; whilst only a 3 minute stroll to town!
		Fynbos Villa also offers its discerning guests safe undercover parking, a beautiful solar heated swimming pool, barbecue facilities, lush gardens, bird-watching and secure surroundings.
		Fynbos Villa is situated 5 minutes walk to the Museums, Traditional Restaurants, University, Music Conservatoire, Coetzenburg International Sports Grounds and the Botanical Garden.
	www.places.co.za /html/1453.html (572 words)

	FineBushPeople: Fynbos
		The most popular way for gardeners to kill their fynbos is when they feel sorry for the plants in the heat of summer and give them a good watering in the afternoon of a hot day.
		Fynbos seeds germinate when the rainy season starts, to ensure that they are strong enough to survive the next summer.
		He provides fynbos seed starter packs complete with instructions and Smoke Primer over the internet at finebushpeople.co.za and supplies stock to customers in the US via Seedman.com.
	finebushpeople.co.za /fynbos_article.html (1013 words)

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