Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos

This vegetation type is found on lower mountain slopes and high, rolling plains in the Western Cape Boland of South Africa.

The loamy soils are naturally poor, moist and slightly acidic but the biodiversity is rich.

Here it is usually known as Peninsula Shale Fynbos and occurs on the lower slopes of Devils Peak as far south as Newlands Forest and Kirstenbosch.

[2] There is a forest of Silvertrees (Leucadendron argenteum) growing in this spot of Peninsula Shale Fynbos, just above Rhodes Memorial.

This rare and enormous Protea is typically restricted to the Peninsula Granite Fynbos of Cape Town.