12 February 2021
Cape Town Grasses were very low. Low tree levels were detected including the types pine (Pinaceae), waxberry (Morella), cypress (Cupressaceae) and kareeboom (Searsia/Rhus). Low weed levels were detected and these included English Plantain (Plantaginaceae), buttercup (Ranunculaceae), nettle (Urticaceae), slangbos (Stoebe), the daisy family (Asteraceae) and ferns (Polypodiaceae). Moulds were consistently low. Johannesburg Heavy rain washed […]
5 February 2021
Cape Town Grasses were low but showed a slight increase from previous weeks. Tree pollen levels were also low, with palm tree (Arecaceae), gum tree (Eucalyptus), pepper tree (Schinus sp.) and kareeboom (Rhus/Searsia) detected. Weed pollen of the daisy family (Asteraceae), goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae), erica (Ericaceae), waxberry (Myricaceae), English plantain (Plantago), slangbos (Stoebe), nettle (Urticaceae) and […]
29 January 2021
Cape Town Grasses are low. Trees remain low, with eucalyptus (Myrtaceae), acacia (Acacia sp.), waxberry (Myricaceae) and cypress (Cupressaceae) detected. Weed counts were very low, including the daisy family (Asteraceae), English plantain (Plantago), erica (Ericaceae), duckweed (Lemnaceae) and buttercups (Ranunculaceae). Moulds were low with a small but insignificant spike for Alternaria following the rain. Johannesburg […]
22 January 2021
Due to logistical challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic, count data from the same week in 2020 were used for Bloemfontein and Kimberley. All the other sites show current findings. Cape Town Grass levels were low. Low tree levels included pine (Pinus) and cypress (Cupressus). Weed levels were low and only goosefoot (Chenopod) and nettle […]
15 January 2021
Due to logistical challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic, count data from the same week in 2020 were used for this week’s report, except for Kimberley where current data is shown. Cape Town Low fungal spores, grasses, trees and weeds were seen during this hot, dry sampling week. The tree pollen was mostly eucalyptus (Myrtus) […]
8 January 2021
Challenges related to covid has made sampling difficult at some sites. The data for Cape Town, Gqeberha and Johannesburg is current. Data for the other sites is based on data for the same time period in 2019. Cape Town Grasses declined to low levels. Low tree pollen detected included gum (Myrtaceae) pine (Pinus) and white […]
