GrootSwartbergFynbos-
Gwarrieveld
The Groot Swartberg Fynbos-Gwarrieveld is similar to the
Klein Swartberg Fynbos-Gwarrieveld in having Koeniebos
(Rhus undulata) the most abundant woody tree, with only a few Gwarrie (Euclea undulata) trees present. It differs in often having the localised endemic Klipkoolhout ( Lachnostylos bilocularis) tree often abundant on rocky slopes. Here the shrub component in the matrix Fynbos vegetation differs as species such as Diosma apetala are present, but the same restioids (Cannamois scirpoides, Ischyrolepis ocreata and
Hypodiscus striatus) are abundant. Proteoid shrubs are also uncommon, but Protea canaliculata and Protea lorifolia is sometimes present on the upper slopes. The rare Erica insignis also occur on rocky outcrops in this unit. The same succulent species (Aloe comptonii and Crassula rupestris) are abundant on rocky outcrops, but here two rare succulents
(Crassula brachystachya and Gasteria vlokii) are present that are not known to occur in any of the other Fynbos-Gwarrieveld units of the Little Karoo.