fynbos
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fynbos (uncountable)
(botany) Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, made up chiefly of Proteaceae, restios, and Ericaceae.
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A Daily Dispatch team took a tour around the ward, which for the main comprises Fynbos, Gompo, and parts of Duncan Village.
For most of the year, there are more small birds in coastal thicket than in fynbos.
"Bush birds" tend to be rather scarce because of the coarse, scrubby nature of fynbos vegetation.
It is widely distributed in the southwestern and southern parts of South Africa in the fynbos region.
The city also encloses the 36 hectare Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden that contains protected natural forest and fynbos along with a variety of animals and birds.