About the Project
This website contains photos of 375 species in 72 families of wildflowers (222), trees & shrubs (112) 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 (199 species), David & Bernie Spencer (93), Brenden Pienaar (66), Derek Solomon (63), Ali Joy (21), Ken Farnsworth (17), David Berry (16), Derek Keats (12), Byron Wright (10), Janine Scorer (10), Helene Loon (8), Mirjam Elbertse (8), Anthony de Boer (6), Christopher Hines (4), Cheryl Morrison (3), Dalene Worrall (3), Elize Oosthuizen (3), Steve Benbow (3), Josh Whyte (2), Kurt Max (2), Mark Lotwis (2), Mike Whatmore (2), Roger Targett (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), Mike Rex (1), Tansy McLean (1) and Wayne te Brake (1).
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 and various iNaturalist experts like Clare Archer, Iain Darbyshire, Almero Bosch, James Deacon, Pieter Winter, Phil White, Robert Archer, 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 have proven extremely helpful for identification:
- Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park by Ernst Schmidt, Mervyn Lötter and Warren McCleland
- Wild Flowers Of The Limpopo Valley by Retha van der Walt
- Wildflowers of the Waterberg by Linda Willemse, Kerry Baytopp, Jonathan Swart, Joseph Heymans and Warwick & Michèle Tarboton
- A Field Guide to Wild Flowers Kwazulu Natal and the Eastern Region by Elsa Pooley
- Wildflowers, Waterplants & Grasses of the Okavango Delta and Kalahari by Veronica Roodt
- Flora of Zimbabwe (www.zimbabweflora.co.zw) by Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave
- PlantZAfrica.com (pza.sanbi.org) by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
- MALVACEAE in "The Hoed" and Surrounds by Lynne Stone
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.