Rondebosch Common
A small 40ha commonage in the Cape Flats of Cape Town. It is home to the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos vegetation and includes renosterveld vegetation. It is funded by the City of Cape Town and managed by the Friends of Rondebosch Common. It has a long history of usage including as a cricket ground, airfield, military camp during more than one war, and a dumping ground and as a result has a large weedy component that threatens the remnant indigenous species. The largest threat is kikuyu grass though other aliens including pines threaten the flora. A large flock of guineafowl disturb soil and eat precious seeds and bulbs after fire. Other threats including trampling, illegal squatting, flowering picking, eutrification (nutrients) from dog faeces and the polluted water table and nitrification from airborne pollution,