ABSTRACT

The Vankervelsvlei wetland is situated along the southern Cape coast of South Africa, about c. 5 km inland at an elevation of 152 m asl, surrounded by a lithified aeolian dune of Middle to Late Pleistocene age (Illenberger 1996) (Figure 1A, B). The site falls within the year round rainfall zone, with moisture being delivered from both temperate and tropical climate systems.