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    chosen by the WWF for what they call 'Succulent Karoo' does not correspond to the actual Karoo. The Succulent Karoo stretches along the coastal strip of...
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    succulent Karoo and the Nama Karoo, although both, like the geological Karoo Supergroup, are more extensive than the geographical or historical Karoo...
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    the only protected area of Succulent Karoo was the 2 square kilometre patch of the Gamkaberg Nature Reserve. Succulent Karoo has, together with the Cape...
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    is a subtype of Succulent Karoo (geographically an extension of the "Little Karoo") and is characterised by the dominance of succulent plant species, and...
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    distribution of M. viator. M. viator colonies outside of the Succulent Karoo and Nama Karoo biomes do not form mounds; they live in nests a few metres underground...
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    The Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden is a botanical garden focused on succulents and other plants of arid regions, that lies at the foot of the Hex...
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    succulent species, most residing in the succulent Karoo biome. While it is often thought that most succulents come from dry areas such as steppes, semi-desert...
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    (SKs 6) Piketberg Quartz Succulent Shrubland (SKk 8) Platbakkies Succulent Shrubland (SKn 5) Prince Albert Succulent Karoo (SKv 13) Richtersveld Coastal...
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    Bush vlei rat (redirect from Karoo Bush Rat)
    Rodents from the Succulent Karoo of South Africa", Oxford Journals. Accessed 31 Oct. 2016. Vermeulen, H.C.; Nel, J.A.J. (1988). "The bush Karoo rat Otomys unisulcatus...
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    occurs in many types habitat: fynbos heathland, succulent karoo, thickets, grassland, and Nama Karoo. Breeding takes place in permanent and temporary...
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  • Thumbnail for Astroloba spiralis
    Astroloba spiralis is a small succulent plant of the Astroloba genus, endemic to the southern Karoo regions of the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces...
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    town in Namaqualand, Vanrhynsdorp serves as a gateway to the Succulent Karoo and Nama Karoo regions to the north and east. Vanrhynsdorp was founded as Trutro...
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    Three races are accepted. C. c. coryphoeus Habitat and range: Nama and Succulent Karoo, strandveld and thicket in arid savanna of western Lesotho, the southern...
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  • The following is a list of succulent invasive plants of South Africa as per the South African Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. Alien and...
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  • Thumbnail for Aloiampelos striatula
    striped-stemmed aloe, is a sturdy succulent plant that naturally occurs on the summits of mountains along the south of the Karoo region of South Africa. Tough...
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    the Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants is "ladismithensis." Cotyledon tomentosa is native to the semidesert Little Karoo region located in the southern...
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  • Thumbnail for Gasteria brachyphylla
    Gasteria brachyphylla, the Klein Karoo gasteria, is succulent plant native to the Western Cape, South Africa. This species of Gasteria has its strap-shaped...
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    jade and spekboom in Afrikaans) is a small-leaved succulent plant found in South Africa. These succulents commonly have a reddish stem and green leaves,...
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  • Thumbnail for Crassula subaphylla
    Crassula subaphylla is a succulent plant belonging to the family Crassulaceae. It is widespread in the Karoo regions of South Africa and Namibia. A small...
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    ancestry and genetic uniqueness. It is stemless, sawtoothed and succulent. The soft succulent leaves grow in rosettes, in a dense and imbricate arrangement...
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    rare dwarf species of succulent plant of the iceplant family (Aizoaceae), indigenous to a very small area in the Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa...
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    within the semi-desert Succulent Karoo biome. This biome is a biodiversity hotspot with the largest concentration of succulent plants in the world. The...
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  • Thumbnail for Pentzia incana
    goeiekaroo, "good karoo", Pentzia incana) is a plant native to South Africa and Namibia. It ranges throughout the Succulent Karoo, Nama Karoo, renosterveld...
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  • Succulent Karoo and Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany). The site is characterised by high endemism of plant species (1,325 species including 182 Succulent Karoo...
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    Africa. The smallest species is Pneumoracris browni occurring in the Succulent Karoo ecoregion, while the largest is the wide-ranging Afromontane forest...
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    species of succulent plant in the family Asteraceae that is indigenous to the south-western Cape, South Africa. A small, low-growing succulent, with rhizomes...
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  • within the Succulent Karoo ecoregion. The known localities of the scorpion span four different vegetation types that fall under the Succulent Karoo biome:...
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  • Thumbnail for Anacampseros telephiastrum
    Anacampseros telephiastrum is a species of succulent plant native to the southern Karoo region of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces of South...
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    located a few kilometres north of the town. Nieuwoudtville is in the Succulent Karoo biome, which has less than 200 mm rainfall in winter and is even more...
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    relatively low densities in the succulent and desert shrubland of the central Karoo. In its natural environment in the Great Karoo, it usually inhabits rocky...
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