16 April 2021
Cape Town Grass pollen levels were low. Tree pollen were moderate and included forest elder (Nuxia sp.), pepper tree (Schinus sp.), birch (Betulaceae), pine (Pinus sp.), gum (Myrtaceae) and waxberry (Morella sp.). Weeds were low with erica (Ericaceae), English plantain (Plantago), the daisy family (Asteraceae), goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae) and mugwort (Artemisia sp.) detected. Mould counts were […]
9 April 2021
Cape Town Grass pollen counts were low. Tree pollen levels were moderate, with gum (Myrtaceae), pepper tree (Schinus sp.), cypress (Cupressaceae), olive (Oleaceae) and waxberry (Morella) present. Weed counts were low and included the daisy family (Asteraceae), buttercups (Ranunculaceae), goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae), English plantain (Plantaginaceae), sedges (Cyperaceae) and erica (Ericaceae). Fungal spore loads were low. Johannesburg […]
2 April 2021
Cape Town Low tree, grass and weed levels were detected. Trees identified were olive (Oleaceae), waxberry/bayberry (Morella sp.), eucalyptus (Myrtaceae), Brazilian pepper (Schinus spp.) and hackberry (Celtis sinensis). Weeds were mugwort (Artemisia sp.), goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae), English plantain (Plantaginaceae), sedges (Cyperaceae) and pellitory-of-the-wall (Parietaria sp.). Low mould loads were detected. Johannesburg Grasses were moderate. In the […]
26 March 2021
Durban and Kimberley findings have been added. Cape Town Grass counts were low. Tree and weed pollen levels were also low. Tree pollen included cypress (Cupressaceae), eucalyptus (Myrtaceae), karee (Rhus) and elm (Ulmus). Weed pollen types detected were goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae), erica (Ericaceae), waxberry (Morella), English plantain (Plantago sp.), nettle (Urticaceae) and the daisy family (Asteraceae). […]
19 March 2021
Cape Town Grass levels were low. Tree and weed pollen counts were also low. Tree pollen types included eucalyptus (Myrtaceae), karee (Rhus), pepper tree (Schinus sp.) and elm (Ulmus). Weed pollen detected were waxberry (Morella sp.), the daisy family (Asteraceae), nettles (Urticaceae), goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae) and English plantain (Plantago sp.). Fungal spore counts were low. Johannesburg […]
12 March 2021
Cape Town Grass counts were low. Tree pollen found included eucalyptus (Myrtaceae), olive (Oleaceae), pine (Pinus), karee (Rhus), pepper tree (Schinus) and elm (Ulmaceae). Weed pollen types detected were the daisy family (Asteraceae), goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae), erica (Ericaceae), iris (Iridaceae), malva (Malvaceae), waxberry (Morella), English plantain (Plantago), buttercups (Ranunculaceae), fern spores (Polypodiaceae) and nettle (Urticaceae). Mould […]
5 March 2021
Cape Town Grass levels were low. Tree pollen increased slightly mainly due to the contribution of elm (Ulmaceae) but cypress (Cupressaceae) and waxberry (Morella) were also detected. A slight but insignificant increase in weed levels occurred as sedges (Cyperaceae), goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae), erica (Ericaceae) privet (Ligustrum) and ferns (Polypodiaceae) appeared regularly. Moulds were low. Johannesburg Grass […]
26 February 2021
Cape Town Overall counts of grass, weed and tree pollen were low. Tree pollen of elm (Ulmus), gum (Eucalyptus), karee (Rhus) and pepper tree (Schinus sp) were detected. Weed pollen of the daisy family (Asteraceae), waxberry (Morella), goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae), English plantain (Plantago), erica (Ericaceae), aloe (Asphodelaceae), nettle (Urticaceae) and fern spores (Polypodiacea) were present. Mould […]
19 February 2021
Cape Town Overall counts of grass, weed and tree pollen were low. Tree pollen of elm (Ulmus), gum (Eucalyptus), karee (Rhus/Searsia) and pepper tree (Schinus) were detected. Weed pollen of the daisy family (Asteraceae), waxberry (Morella), goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae), English plantain (Plantago), erica (Ericaceae), aloe (Asphodelaceae), nettle (Urticaceae) and fern spores (Polypodiaceae) were present. Mould counts […]
