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The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19 (2006)

The 57 species that define Egoli Granite Grasslands, the historical vegetation type of northern Johannesburg were extracted from this source, called "The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19". This is a definitive source on vegetation types from South African National Botanical Institute (SANBI), so this list of plant species could be said to be definitive of Egoli Granite Grasslands. While this list of plants is definitive, as in, it makes Egoli Granite Grasslands what it is and unique, there are more plants than these species that would have occurred in the area, and are therefore appropriate to use in rehabilitating, restoring and gardening in a way that supports this vegetation type. Other species lists provide this information.

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Name	Vegetation type(s)	Features	Flowers & type
Brooms-an-brushes Acalypha angustata	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	yellow Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Forb Perennial
Acalypha peduncularis	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	yellow Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Forb Perennial
Snowflake Grass Andropogon eucomus	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
Anthospermum hispidulum	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Rocky habitat Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec Forb Shrub
Anthospermum rigidum pumilum	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Shrub
Curly Leaved Three-awn Aristida aequiglumis	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Good garden plant Attractive Useful Sun Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
Aristida canescens	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
Tassle Three-awn Aristida congesta	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
Iron Grass Aristida diffusa	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
Aristida scabrivalvis	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
Cats Whiskers Becium obovatum	Egoli Granite Grassland	Sun Egoli Granite Grassland	Forb Perennial
Berkheya insignis	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	yellow Aug Sep Oct Nov Forb Perennial
False Love Grass Bewsia biflora	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Grazers/browsers Good garden plant Attractive Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass Perennial
Red-topped Signal Grass Brachiaria serrata	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Birds Good garden plant Attractive Useful Semi-shade Sun Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green purple red yellow Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Grass Perennial
Bulbostylis burchellii	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass Perennial
Cloak Fern Cheilanthes deltoidea	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland
Woolly Lipfern Cheilanthes hirta	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland
Hairy Pricklehead Crabbea hirsuta	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	white Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec Forb Perennial
Showy Blue Ear Cyanotis speciosa	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Bees Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	blue mauve/lilac pink purple Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Forb Ground cover Perennial
Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass Cymbopogon caesius	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Birds Easy to grow Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Sun Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green purple yellow Feb Mar Apr May Dec Grass Perennial
Bermuda Grass Cynodon dactylon	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Egoli Granite Grassland Elgin Shale Fynbos Witwatersrand	Grazers/browsers Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Grass Ground cover Perennial
Grassveld Karmedik Dicoma anomala	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Medicinal Semi-shade Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	mauve/lilac pink purple white Jan Feb Mar Apr May Nov Dec Forb Perennial Shrub
One-finger Grass Digitaria monodactyla	Egoli Granite Grassland	Good garden plant Attractive Sun Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
Purple Finger Grass Digitaria tricholaenoides	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
Broad-leaved Blue Stem Diheteropogon amplectens	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Grazers/browsers Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass Perennial
Cape Love Grass Eragrostis capensis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Birds Grazers/browsers Good garden plant Easy to grow Attractive Useful Near water Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	brown green purple yellow Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Grass Perennial
Blue Love Grass Eragrostis chloromelas	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Grazers/browsers Good garden plant Attractive Useful Sun Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
African Love Grass Eragrostis curvula	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Birds Grazers/browsers Good garden plant Attractive Useful Rocky habitat Sun Pioneer species Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass Perennial
Gum Grass Eragrostis gummiflua	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Birds Good garden plant Attractive Near water Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass Perennial
Narrow Heart Love Grass Eragrostis racemosa	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Birds Grazers/browsers Good garden plant Attractive Useful Semi-shade Sun Climax species Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass Perennial
Eragrostis sclerantha	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
Common Curryflower Gnidia capitata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Forb Shrub
Straw Everlasting Helichrysum kraussii	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Shrub
Wrinkly Everlasting Helichrysum rugulosum	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	yellow Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Forb Perennial
Tanglehead Heteropogon contortus	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Grazers/browsers Easy to grow Attractive Useful Semi-shade Sun Climax species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green white yellow Feb Mar Apr May Dec Grass Perennial
Thatching Grass Hyparrhenia hirta	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld Witwatersrand	Butterflies Grazers/browsers Drought-resistant Attractive Useful Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green white yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Grass Perennial
Justicia anagalloides	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	white Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Forb Ground cover Perennial
Charm Trembletop Kohautia amatymbica	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	beige brown white Aug Sep Oct Nov Forb
Small-leaved Fluff-bush Lopholaena coriifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Shrub Succulent
Natal Grass Melinis repens repens	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Grazers/browsers Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Sub-climax species Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green red yellow Jan Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Grass Perennial
Boat Grass Monocymbium ceresiiforme	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Drought-resistant Easy to grow Attractive Useful Near water Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Grass Perennial
Grassland Vleiweed Nidorella hottentotica	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	yellow Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec Forb Perennial
Natal Buffalo Grass Panicum natalense	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Birds Attractive Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass Perennial
Pentanisia prunelloides latifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	blue pale purple purple white Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Forb
Jersey Cudweed Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Near water Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	yellow Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec Annual Forb
Common Currant-rhus Rhus pyroides	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Shrub Tree
Crimson Bluestem Schizachyrium sanguineum	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Grazers/browsers Attractive Useful Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Climax species Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass Perennial
Broom Ragwort Senecio venosus	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	yellow Aug Sep Oct Nov Forb
Vlei Bristle Grass Setaria nigrirostris	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Grazers/browsers Semi-shade Sun Climax species Soil: clay Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass Perennial
African Bristlegrass Setaria sphacelata	Egoli Granite Grassland	Egoli Granite Grassland	Grass
Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld Witwatersrand	Grazers/browsers Good garden plant Easy to grow Attractive Useful Semi-shade Sun Climax species Soil: clay Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Grass Perennial
Hairy Trident Grass Tristachya leucothrix	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Grazers/browsers Attractive Near water Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Climax species Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass
Tristachya rehmannii	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass
Quinine Grass Urelytrum agropyroides	Egoli Granite Grassland Witwatersrand	Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Climax species Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Grass
Wild-medlar Vangueria infausta	Egoli Granite Grassland	Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Attractive Edible Medicinal Semi-shade Shade Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland	cream green Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Dwarf Buffalothorn Ziziphus zeyheriana	Egoli Granite Grassland	Bees Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Useful Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland	green yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree

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