Drakensberg

Jan 10 2016

 

Drakensberg is the highest segment of the Great Escarpment and forms Lesotho's eastern border with South Africa. While patches of forest remain in the valleys, the vegetation mostly consists of grasslands. There are not many epiphytes to be found, but instead plenty of rock growing plants.

 

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    Xerophyta longicaulis growing in the Tugela gorge.

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    Talbotia elegans close to Nandi Falls.

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    Merwilla plumbea. 

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    Scenery along the Tugela gorge trail.

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    Tugela river.

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    Begonia sutherlandii.

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    Cliff vegetation.

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    Forest.

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    The Sani Pass to Lesotho.

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    Delosperma obtusum.

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    Cotyledon sp.

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    Possibly Euryops acraeus, Sani Pass.