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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.)...
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),...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Cape Town Grasses were low. Low trees included kareeboom (Rhus) gum (Myrtus) and olive (Olea). Low weeds included the types slangbos (Stoebe) Pellitory-of-the-wall (Parietaria) and mugwort (Artemisia). Moulds were low....
Cape Town Grasses were moderate. Low tree levels included cypress (Cupressus), pine (Pinus), kareeboom (Rhus), gum (Myrtus), plane (Platanus) and Casuarina. Low weed levels were observed and heather (Erica) and...
Cape Town Grass and tree levels decreased. Tree types detected were pine, yellowwood (Podocarpus) and kareeboom (Searsia/Rhus). Low weed concentrations included (Cyperus) sedge, Erica, goosefoot (Chenopod), the daisy family...
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