Translocation success of Frithia humilis Burgoyne, an endangered succulent plant: preliminary results

• Main Authors: E. Kruger, S.J. Siebert
• Format: Article
• Language: Afrikaans
• Published: South African Journal of Science and Technology 2012-03-01
• Series: South African Journal of Science and Technology
• Online Access: http://www.satnt.ac.za/index.php/satnt/article/view/333

<div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: serif; left: 349.858px; top: 203.938px; transform: scale(1.05737, 1); transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px;" dir="ltr">A</div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: serif; left: 364.133px; top: 203.938px; transform: scale(1.01303, 1); transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px;" dir="ltr"><em>Frithia humilis</em></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: serif; left: 439.089px; top: 203.938px; transform: scale(1.10909, 1); transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px;" dir="ltr">population</div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: serif; left: 502.677px; top: 203.938px; transform: scale(1, 1); transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px;" dir="ltr">,</div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: serif; left: 505.677px; top: 203.938px; transform: scale(1.06197, 1); transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px;" dir="ltr">growing on a licensed mining plot near</div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: serif; left: 234.998px; top: 219.138px; transform: scale(1.09305, 1); transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px;" dir="ltr">Witbank was saved from obliteration in 2009. It was translocated to three habitats, which have</div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: serif; left: 234.998px; top: 234.338px; transform: scale(1.12346, 1); transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px;" dir="ltr">been monitored since 2010. Thus far, flowering has increased despite decreasing population</div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: serif; left: 234.998px; top: 249.671px; transform: scale(1.1118, 1); transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px;" dir="ltr">numbers; the populations seem stable.</div>