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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The area surrounding Tokai Park used to be a commercial pine plantation, but after the exit of forestry from the Western Cape, the last pine trees are being harvested and the area is being restored to indigenous fynbos vegetation.

The Tree Myth – With special regard to TMNP

Paul and Eileen van Helden lay to rest the myth that alien pines (pinus radiata) sequester more carbon than fynbos at Tokai Park.

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