Phragmites
australis
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Phragmites australis. [photo Charlie
Griffiths ©] |
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Reeds, Phragmites australis, flowering in
winter in a vlei on the Agulhas Plain, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A Dark-capped Bulbul (Pycnonotus
tricolor) perched on the flowering stem of the common reed,
Phragmites australis, on the edge of Groenvlei along the Garden
Route in the southern Cape, Western Cape, South Africa. |
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