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Free State National Botanical Garden
Free State National Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in Free State, about 6 km north-east of Bloemfontein. It covers 0,70 km² — number 3 by size of the 4 Free State areas with a recorded size.
0,7km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
6 kmnorth-east of Bloemfontein
Facts
- Type
- Botanical garden
- Province
- Free State
- District
- Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
- Local municipality
- Mangaung
- Size
- 0,70 km² · 70 ha
- Rank by size
- 94 of 115 nationally · 3 in Free State
- Coordinates
- -29.0522, 26.2108
- Nearest large town
- Bloemfontein, 6 km north-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 2 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q5500098 · WDPA 555570959 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Naval Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve6 km south
- Pikkie Park ConservancyPrivate game reserve8 km south-west
- Soetdoring Nature ReserveNature reserve29 km north
Willem Pretorius Game ReserveProtected area130 km north-east- Tempelhof Guest & Game FarmPrivate game reserve168 km east
Laohu Valley ReserveProtected area174 km south-west
GBIF records within 2 km
Wildlife recorded around Free State National Botanical Garden
107 mammal and 50 489 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata45
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii10
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia6
- Scrub HareLepus saxatilis5
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis5
- Southern African Mole-ratCryptomys hottentotus4
- South African Ground SquirrelXerus inauris4
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum4
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio2
- Southern African Pygmy MouseMus minutoides2
- Mountain ReedbuckRedunca fulvorufula2
- Common TsessebeDamaliscus lunatus2
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis2
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus2
Birds
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis2 676
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus2 309
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus1 303
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus1 158
- House SparrowPasser domesticus1 095
- African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans1 065
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi861
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis836
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola830
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea796
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra780
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash780
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris773
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix773
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.