Table 2.

Species available during the ‘carbohydrate-crunch’ late summer period (February–March) in both survey years.

Vegetation type	Carbohydrate category	Species
Renosterveld	Underground storage organ	Babiana patula; Cyphia digitata; Watsonia meriana
	Aboveground	Diospyros dichrophylla (fruit); Osyris compressa (fruit); Sideroxylon inerme (fruit)
Limestone Fynbos	Underground storage organ	Cyphia digitata; Gladiolus exilis; Pelargonium lobatum; Pelargonium triste; Rhoicissus digitata; Watsonia fergusoniae
	Aboveground	Carissa bispinosa (fruit); Carpobrotus accinaciformis (fruit); Carpobrotus edulis (fruit); Cynanchum obtusifolium (seedpods); Euclea racemosa (fruit); Osyris compressa (fruit); Searsia glauca (fruit); Sideroxylon inerme (fruit); Tetragonia decumbens (leaves); Zygophyllum morgsana (seed)
Sand Fynbos	Underground storage organ	Gladiolus guthriei; Watsonia fourcadei
	Aboveground	Carpobrotus edulis
Strandveld	Underground storage organ	Chasmanhte aethiopica; Ferraria crispa; Rhoicissus digitata
	Aboveground	Carissa bispinosa (fruit); Carpobrotus accinaciformis (fruit); Osteospermum moniliferum (fruit); Schotia afra (seed); Tetragonia decumbens (leaves)