The start of the iconic Van Ryns pass.
One of the more spectacular passes in the Northern Cape rising out of the Knersvlakte (Grinding Flats) and into the Hanram Karoo

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Have you ever heard of edaphism (or so-called edaphic endemism)❓

We applied this concept in a new paper in the South African Journal of Botany to the #quartz #islands of the #Knersvlakte (succulent karoo, #SouthAfrica):

https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0254629922005427