- A wildfire,
forest fire, or a
bushfire is an unplanned,
uncontrolled and
unpredictable fire in an area of
combustible vegetation.
Depending on the type...
- and
unburnt (left)
sides of a dirt road in
South Africa after a
major veldfire (gr****land fire) the
effectiveness of the road in
acting as a firebreak...
- elevation),
including Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos. The
plant survives veldfires from an
underground rootstock.
Seeds are
pollinated by
insects and are...
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covered in persistent,
fibrous leaf bases,
often charred and
blackened by
veldfires.
Fragrant flowers appear after fire or rain, and are blue or mauve, or...
-
memorial fire:
Firefighter injured, UCT
evacuates students as
runaway veldfire rages on". News24. Hendricks, Ashraf; Stent, James; Geffen, Nathan. "In...
- is best to
prune the
plant right back (this
simulates the
effects of a
veldfire in its
natural habitat). The
plant will re-grow
denser &
bushier than before...
- plants. The
plant dies back
annually to its root crown, and
survives veldfires over the
winter period. Its
leaves are
light green in colour, lanceolate-elliptic...
-
preferred habitat lying within gr****veld, it has
developed resistance to
veldfires, and also the
intense cold
brought on by snow and frost. It is
found in...
