Freshwater Biodiversity of South Africa: Wetland Plants's Journal

Hi to all members of this project, thank you to those of you that joined when this project was first created, we are finally getting active!

You might have noticed a change in the species list, the list has been updated thanks to Dr Erwin Sieben (UKZN) and Hlengiwe Mtshali (SANBI) to represent a current master list of obligate (always found in wetland conditions) wetland plant species for South Africa.
We acknowledge that a small number of species on the current list may be considered to be riverine or riparian, and we may split into multiple lists in the future.

We welcome feedback within this journal on your observations from the field, especially if you have recommendations for additions or subtractions from the list.

Related to this, we are considering requesting additional information tags such as hydroperiod (temporary, seasonal, permanent) and substrate (peat/organic, sand, clay, other) as this will help to confirm or expand understanding of the narrow or wide habitat preferences of our wetland plants.

Thanks so much! Nancy