21 May 2021
Cape Town Grasses were low. Trees were moderate due to the contribution of forest elder (Nuxia sp.). This tree is insect pollinated and unlikely to be allergenic. A small spike...
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14 May 2021
Cape Town Low grass, tree and weed levels were seen at this site. Trees detected were pepper tree (Schinus sp.) and forest elder (Nuxia sp.). Weeds included the daisy family...
7 May 2021
Cape Town Grasses were very low. Low tree concentrations included forest elder (Nuxia sp.), bayberry (Morella sp.), gum (Myrtaceae), pepper tree (Schinus sp.) and cypress (Cupressaceae). Weeds were low and...
30 April 2021
Due to courier delays, the Pretoria counts could not be completed in time for this report and the data from last week are repeated here. Cape Town Low tree, grass...
23 April 2021
Cape Town Grasses were low, as were trees and weeds. Trees detected were waxberry (Morella sp.), pine (Pinaceae), elm (Ulmaceae), birch (Betulaceae), eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) and forest elder (Nuxia sp.). Weeds...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.)...
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),...
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....
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...
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...
31 December 2020
Due to logistical challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic, count data from the same week in 2019 were used for this week’s report except for Cape Town where current data...
24 December 2020
Due to challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic, historical count data from the different sites were used for this week’s report. Except for the grasses in Kimberley, which are based...
18 December 2020
Covid has disrupted our readings for this week. Data is historical based on previous December findings. Cape Town All pollen counts remained low, but grass pollen increased slightly following rain....
12 December 2020
Cape Town Long term averages are given. Typically in this period trees are low and include the types cypress (Cupressus), oak (Quercus spp), plane (Platanus), olive (Olea Spp), Casuarina(beefwood), gum...