Harmony Flats is managed by local volunteers and community organisers
Harmony Flats was originally established to preserve a habitat for the rare and declining geometric tortoise (Psammobates geometricus). This tortoise is now locally extinct, but the reserve still protects about 220 species of plants (many of them endangered)[2] as well as a range of animal species, such as the tiny parrot-beaked tortoise (Homopus areolatus), various snakes and a large variety of birds. This is one of the few remaining spots of the critically endangered vegetation type Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos. Local volunteers and community organisations are now heavily involved in protecting and managing the reserve.[3]
harmony, flats, nature, reserve, hectare, acre, piece, protected, land, located, between, strand, gordon, south, africa, protects, surviving, fragment, critically, endangered, lourensford, alluvium, fynbos, vegetation, critically, endangered, lourensford, allu. Harmony Flats Nature Reserve is a 9 hectare 22 acre piece of protected land located between Strand and Gordon s Bay South Africa It protects a surviving fragment of critically endangered Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos vegetation 1 Harmony Flats Nature ReserveCritically endangered Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos growing at Harmony FlatsLocation of Harmony Flats Nature ReserveLocationStrand South AfricaCoordinates34 08 18 S 18 51 33 E 34 13833 S 18 85917 E 34 13833 18 85917Area9 ha 22 acres Established7 July 1989 34 years ago 1989 07 07 City of Cape Harmony Flats Nature ReserveHarmony Flats Nature Reserve Western Cape Harmony Flats is managed by local volunteers and community organisersHarmony Flats was originally established to preserve a habitat for the rare and declining geometric tortoise Psammobates geometricus This tortoise is now locally extinct but the reserve still protects about 220 species of plants many of them endangered 2 as well as a range of animal species such as the tiny parrot beaked tortoise Homopus areolatus various snakes and a large variety of birds This is one of the few remaining spots of the critically endangered vegetation type Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos Local volunteers and community organisations are now heavily involved in protecting and managing the reserve 3 See also editBiodiversity of Cape Town List of nature reserves in Cape Town Geometric tortoise Lourensford Alluvium FynbosReferences edit City of Cape Town Nature Reserves Free Booklet PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2010 11 22 Flora of the Western Cape Environmental resources and downloads City of Cape Town Environmental Resource Management Dept Archived from the original on 2012 12 23 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harmony Flats Nature Reserve amp oldid 1167736603, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
