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Partner Heath
Erica sociorum
Erica sociorum, the Noordhoek cliff heath, partner heath and companion heath, is a plant belonging to the genus Erica and is part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs at Noordhoek Peak on the Cape Peninsula. It has an area of occurrence of 0.1 km2 and there are 59 plants in one population. The plants are declining due to habitat loss due to the growth of pine trees, an invasive plant.
== References ==
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 585195.