The fight against invasive tree species is intensifying at the Melville Koppies, particularly with the alarming rise of the bugweed tree (solanum mauritianum). This category 1 invader is wreaking ...

Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only ...

Once thriving with aquatic life, two dams in the north of Johannesburg are now completely blanketed by a thick, green invasive plant ... by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and ...

On Tuesday, 15 April 2025, South Africa will join the rest of the continent to celebrate Indigenous Tree Day (ITD), which is ...

More than 7,000 trees have been affected by tiny invasive beetles from Vietnam that are killing off trees in urban and ...

wattle and gum—were brought to South Africa by colonizers during the 1800s to supply wood. These trees became invasive aliens that spread rapidly into local ecosystems, crowding out fynbos.