Two clusters of Strelitzia juncea on kop. Western kop in distance, showing heavy quarring on southern flank. By railways for Port Elizabeth docks. Typical bushveld in rest of picture.
View of east kop of the three Coega Kops showing scars of stone-quarry. The two large bushes in central-picture are Australian Wattles (rooikrans). The openness is almost certainly due to man's having removed dense bushveld.
Distant view of western of the three Coega Kops showing a stone-quarry used for making of harbour at Port Elizabeth. At right is a glimpse of the stone -quarry at the base of the eastern kop.
A ghastly scar on western kop of a stone-quarry on its southern face from which material was taken for the Port Elizabeth harbour. Motherwell township in middle distance with the Bethelsdorp hills in the far distance. The flat bushveld between Motherwell & the kop will certainly disappear under Motherwell's expansion.
Several clumps of Euphorbia polygona, E. mauritanica, and a single E. ledienii. A few flowering Aloe striata, Coral aloe, Orthopterum coegana grows in this habitat.
Nature of the green on which wild flowers appear seasonally. The small blue flowers in the foreground are Babania patersoniae of which there where many such patches over the green. In the left background are patches of Tritonia lineata.
Good stretch of Strelitzia reginae plants just beyond the fence behind the Euphorbia. A count of 35 plants was made at this cluster. Only a few flowers at this time.
Fine patch of Strelitzia reginae at roadside. Typical Ecca bushveld in distance, spoilt by hideous road-quarry and waterpipeline cut through the dense bush. MJ Collins.
