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About the Project

This website contains photos of 384 species in 75 families of wildflowers (229), trees & shrubs (114) and grasses & sedges (41) of Raptor's View Wildlife Estate in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa. All photos were taken on the estate by residents and visitors and were uploaded on the Flora of Raptor's View Facebook group.

Contributors

Photos have been submitted by 34 contributors: Joël Roerig (206 species), David & Bernie Spencer (85), Brenden Pienaar (75), Derek Solomon (62), Ken Farnsworth (23), Ali Joy (19), David Berry (16), Derek Keats (12), Byron Wright (10), Janine Scorer (10), Helene Loon (9), Mirjam Elbertse (8), Anthony de Boer (6), Elize Oosthuizen (5), Christopher Hines (4), Cheryl Morrison (3), Dalene Worrall (3), Mark Lotwis (3), Josh Whyte (2), Mike Whatmore (2), Roger Targett (2), Steve Benbow (2), Alex Shapiro (1), Andrew Wilcox (1), David Fitzhugh (1), Dirk Redecker (1), Eliza Oosthuizen (1), Heidel Hiestermann (1), Jenny Bell (1), Jessica Raye Stoop (1), Kurt Max (1), Mike Rex (1), Tansy McLean (1) and Wayne te Brake (1).

IMPORTANT NOTE: This website is a work in progress. Residents and visitors to Raptor's View are encouraged to submit photos of trees, shrubs, plants and grasses taken on the estate to the Flora of Raptor's View Facebook group. It is not essential to know what species it is.

Identification

Species identification has been provided by the uploader or was discussed on the Facebook group. Great thanks goes to Duncan McKenzie and Warren McCleland for their assistance with identifying many tricky species. Andrew Hankey, Bart Wursten, Ralph Peckover and various iNaturalist experts like Clare Archer, Iain Darbyshire, Almero Bosch, James Deacon, Pieter Winter, Phil White, Robert Archer, Brian du Preez, Norman Douglas and Troos van der Merwe also provided valuable input, along with assistance from James Culverwell.

MISTAKES: If you see a species on this website that might be misidentified, please write a post on the Facebook group or contact Joël Roerig by email.

Literature

The following titles were helpful for identification and the sources marked * have been used for the species descriptions: