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thumb|Mountain fynbos on the Cape Peninsula thumb|A toollabs:panoviewer/#Fynbos 18 months after fire - 360 degree photo.jpg|360 degree photograph of fynbos in the [[Groot Winterhoek section of the Cape Fold Mountains about 18 months after a fire. New plants can be seen in various stages of growth. The infertile white soil that fynbos tends to grow in can also be clearly seen]]

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  • Origin of the term
  • Cape Floral Kingdom
  • Flora
  • Vegetation types
  • Fauna
  • Ecoregions
  • Economic uses
  • Threats and conservation
  • See also
  • References
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thumb|Mountain fynbos on the Cape Peninsula thumb|A toollabs:panoviewer/#Fynbos 18 months after fire - 360 degree photo.jpg|360 degree photograph of fynbos in the [[Groot Winterhoek section of the Cape Fold Mountains about 18 months after a fire. New plants can be seen in various stages of growth. The infertile white soil that fynbos tends to grow in can also be clearly seen]]

Fynbos (; , ) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. The area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean climate.

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