23 October 2020
Cape Town Grasses are moderate but increasing. Tree levels are waning but acacia, cypress, gum, olive, pine, yellowwood, mulberry and oak pollen was detected in the atmosphere. Low weed levels included the types: Erica, dandelion, the daisy family and ferns. Moulds were low. Johannesburg Tree levels are now decreasing but Linden, oak, gum, white mulberry, […]
16 October 2020
Cape Town The spore trap has been repaired and findings will be available from next week. Values given are based on archived data from the last decade. Trees present in the air during the second week in October are birch, cypress, gum, oak, olive, white stinkwood, pine, plane and yellowwood. Erica, the daisy family and […]
9 October 2020
Cape Town Historical averages are given for Cape Town from the last 10 years as the spore trap is still being repaired. The trees found during this week are usually: olive, cypress, oak, gum, birch and Rhus. Weeds include English Plantain, the daisy family and the pink or carnation family. Mould loads vary according to […]
2 October 2020
Cape Town Current pollen levels are unavailable. Typical flowering tree types for this period are oak, olive, plane, pine, yellowwood, poplar, Rhus/Searsia, chestnut and poplar. Weeds found at this time are English Plantain, the daisy family and Caryophyllaceae (the pink or carnation family). Grass levels are moderate at this time of year and moulds are […]
25 September 2020
Cape Town The spore trap is not yet repaired so 10-year averages are given. For this sampling period grass levels are typically low, tree pollen is high as cypress, olive, oak, gum, pine, yellowwood, Rhus and white mulberry flower. Weeds are low and the daisy family, Erica, sorrel and English Plantain are detected. Johannesburg Tree […]
18 September 2020
Cape Town The spore trap motor has suffered storm damage. 10-year averages are given and flowering trees in the second week of September include: oak, white stinkwood, pine, yellowwood, mulberry, olive and cypress. Weeds are found in low numbers and include sorrel, goosefoot and daisy. Mould levels are generally low but increase on sunny days […]
11 September 2020
Cape Town High tree levels were detected for cypress despite heavy rain. Other flowering trees were: pine, plane, oak and white mulberry. Grasses were low. Low weed levels included Erica and Stoebe. Fungal spores increased as sunny days followed rain and high levels were detected. Johannesburg Tree levels were high as plane and white mulberry […]
4 September
Cape Town Grasses were low but are slowly increasing. Tree pollen levels surged on dry, sunny days as cypress, pine and plane continued their pollen release cycle. Other tree types included oak, white stinkwood, gum, willow, chestnut, birch, ash and yellowwood. Weeds were low and included erica, Artemisia (mugwort or sagebush), sedge and Rutaceae (the […]
28 August 2020
Cape Town Grasses remained low at this sampling site but tree pollen levels increased as significant numbers of cypress were detected. Other flowering trees were low and included plane, oak and pine. Weeds were low and included Artemisia (mugwort) ferns, sorrel and English Plantain. Moulds were low. Johannesburg Grasses were very low. Tree levels were […]
