Woody alien plants (
Acacia
spp.): What do they it look like?
Rooikrans seed pods
Port Jackson Willow flowers
See Section 4b to find out what two of the common invasive alien trees in Cape Town look like.
Rooikrans
Port Jackson Willow
Woody alien plants (
Acacia
spp.): How do we use it?
Removing invasive alien trees provides wood for many purposes, including:
Firewood: About R30 million worth of firewood is sold in the Western Cape each year
Crafts
Furniture
Click the buttons to find out more about plants used for building and crafts:
Mat Sedge
(
Cyperus textilis
)
Thatching Reed
(
Thamnochortus spicigerus, T. insignis, Chondropetalum tectorum
)
Woody Alien Plants (
Acacia
spp)
Woody alien plants (Acacia spp.): What do they it look like?
