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#WagonTree

ThePiperThePiper
2025-06-22

Taken at sunset on the slopes of Table Mountain this is a Wagon Tree. It is a member of the protea family (Protea Nitida) and indigenous to the Fynbos Biome
It gets its name from the fact that it produced wood strong enough to repair the ox wagons used by early settlers.

A photo of a plant against a rock face. The overall tone of the image is a pale warm red from the light of the setting sun. The leaves are long and narrow with a pale green/grey colour. A number of whute flowers are vixible with tall thin stamens

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