Exploring Fynbos

Title: Exploring Fynbos
Author: Margo Branch
Genre: Guide to Southern African Flora
Photography: Georg Branch
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Imprint: Struik Nature
3rd edition. Cape Town, South Africa 2012
ISBN 9781431700011/ ISBN 978-1-43170-001-1
Softcover, 21 x 28 cm, 64 pages, throughout colour photographs and illustrations

About: Exploring Fynbos

This exploration of southern Africa's extraordinary fynbos has long been a popular introduction to the region's natural treasures. Formerly Explore the Cape Flora, and now relaunched as Exploring Fynbos, the guide has been updated and freshly designed to appeal to today's young readers, and is a timely call to preserve what remains of our local habitat. The title details not only the region's flora, but also the animals that are associated with it and the many interactions and processes that underpin it all.

Margo Branch is an award-winning author and illustrator. She has spent many years exploring the natural wonders of southern Africa and believes in developing skills and a conservation ethic by interactive, first-hand discovery.

Content: Exploring Fynbos

Introduction
Come and explore
The Cape Floral Kingdom
Ecosystems
Amazing biodiversity
Fynbos plant groups
Ericas
Proteas
Pincushions
Silver trees and sunshine proteas
Cape reeds and animals
Geraniums and pelargoniums
Nature's bulb garden
Daisies
Vygies - midday flowers
How plants work
A food and fresh air factory
Food chains
Flowers and pollination
Insect pollination
Seeds on the move
Moles and geophytes
Parasites and sundews
Adapted for dry summers
What's in the water?
Humans and the environment
Danger - be alert
Adapted for fire
Valuable Cape plants
Aliens on the march
Capturing the beauty of nature
Protecting natural areas
Planning for the future
In Conclusion
The Cape Floral Kingdom
Useful contacts and references
Key words
Index