The CREW Midlands Group visited Impendle NR in March.

As per the BotSoc: KZN Inland Branch post on social media:
The BotSoc Inland group was joined by members of the Durban CREW group for a day of botanizing at Impendle Nature Reserve. The reserve is known for its undulating grassy hills, southern slopes covered in afromontane forest and the Critically Endangered Blue Swallows (Hirundo atrocaerulea). The protected area is a custodian for one of the largest Blue Swallow populations in the country.
The team aimed to seek out populations of the vulnerable Senecio dregeanus (VU). We didn't see the Blue Swallow but we found a good population of our target species in full flower. A follow-up trip will be planned to collect seed for the BotSoc Threatened Plant Project. The team is keen to return in Spring for another outing. Details will follow later in the year.

146 observations of 84 species (3 of which are listed as threatened) were recorded by 4 observers.
Well done to @suncana for contributing over 100 observations during this field trip.
Thank you, @muhammad_a for making the most identifications for this field trip.
Please assist with identifying the remaining 77 observations so that we may increase our species count for this trip. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?verifiable=true&page=1&spam=false&place_id=48432&user_id=&project_id=&swlng=&swlat=&nelng=&nelat=&lat=&lng=&radius=&q=&on=2024-03-23&quality_grade=needs_id

Posted on March 25, 2024 05:43 PM by suvarna