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entrance stairs improving the link and reinforcing
the connection
UCT Heritage Park Management Framework: Final Draft Report, July 2012
indigenous tree species where
necessary
Replacement of dead trees with
appropriate, locally indigenous
tree species
Output 2.2) Invasive alien plants are managed in collaboration with SANParks in order to ensure
the most effective outcome while limiting visual impact, soil erosion and fire risk
Activities Phase one (1-5 years) Phases 2 and 3 (6-15 years)
Identify invasive alien plants (IAPs), ensure
personnel are trained to identify these species
correctly and use appropriate methods of control
Remove all IAPs seedlings and saplings annually -
IAP control ongoing
Remove Cotoneaster hedge below parking area
Ensure liaison with SANParks and potential use of
trained SANParks alien clearance teams
Ongoing training
Ongoing IAP control
IAP control ongoing
Output 2.3) An assessment of senescing trees is undertaken on an annual basis and identified
trees are removed where they pose a danger to public safety
Activities Phase one (1-5 years) Phases 2 and 3 (6-15 years)
Identify all potentially dangerous specimens Annual assessment
Remove problematic trees on an annual basis
Annual removal – where
necessary replanting with
appropriate species
Output 2.4) Regeneration of the UCT Forest Area actively seeks to showcase indigenous
vegetation while ensuring that non-invasive alien tree elements associated with the
surrounding cultural landscape are replanted and maintained
Activities Phase one (1-5 years) Phases 2 and 3 (6-15 years)
Establish “nurse” planting of Keurboom for all
indigenous tree areas to provide fast height and
provide a “forest” environment sheltering slower
elements and encouraging slower trees to seek
light and grow upwards.
Plant selected indigenous trees species.
Establish and maintain indigenous forest
Plant screening shrubbery where required by
detailed landscaping plans
Initial planting with annual maintenance =
irrigation initially; pruning where necessary,
replacement of dead plants
Clear and plant the Strip along (above & below)
the road above the Tennis Courts to just past the
new path.
Clearing above and below road; plant with
appropriate species; annual maintenance
The “Eyebrows” to be tidied up and additional
trees planted.
“Overflow” Stone pines along the Rhodes
Memorial road, could also be planted (this would
Maintenance, remove senescent
Keurboom specimens where
necessary
Planting where necessary
Annual maintenance =
• initial irrigation for plant
establishment;
• pruning where necessary; and,
• replacement of dead plants when
necessary
Annual maintenance