In June 2001, when Rhodes University surveyed the fauna and flora of the Joan Muirhead Nature Reserve it described the biome as ‘thicket’. It provided the list of flora below, mentioning several rare species, amongst others:
Haworthia venusta Hyacinthaceae Bowiea volubilis
Source: Google images, unknown Source: SANBI
Cycad Zamiaceae Encephaloartos spp. Cyrtanthus sanguineus Kei lily
Amaryllidacae Cyrtanthus obliquus
Knysna lily (Red data list)
Clivia nobilis Eulophia speciosa
Cyrtanthus clavatus (Red Data) Lachenalia Bowkeri (Endemic to EC)
Eulophia Speciosa Butt street, photo taken by Glenda Webster