Recovery of Granite Fynbos veld above the Arboretum in two-year-old veld after the 2015 fire in Upper Tokai Park
Recovery of Granite Fynbos veld above the Arboretum in two-year-old veld after the 2015 fire in Upper Tokai Park. The purple flowers are the Peninsula Hooded Storksbill – which, incidentally, is one of the parents of the Regal Geraniums popular in Europe – is one of the resprouters preventing erosion. The many species and many guilds present attest to how fast and comprehensively restoration can occur from seed banks. Only the rarer and more specialised species will need time to restore their natural populations.

Can Fynbos be restored at Lower Tokai Park?

Yes, Fynbos can be restored at Lower Tokai Park following afforestation, say Professors Richard Cowling and David Richardson.

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Proteas and Conebushes with Blombos in the foreground
Proteas and Conebushes with Blombos in the foreground At Level 2 above the Faerie Wetland in Upper Tokai Park. The veld here is nine-years-old, just before the 2025 fire. All the plant species have flowered since the 2015 fire, but have the animals and insects recovered enough to pollinate the plants? Only recovery after the 2025 fire will answer this question definitively! Monitoring is still underway, but it is looking really good.

Upper Tokai Park – A Glorious Decade of Fynbos Restoration

Over 700 species of Fynbos have been recorded in Upper Tokai Park – only four South African parks have more species than this single slope.

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