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The place
The Cederberg and its neighbours, wild and farmed.
Start with this guide
The Cederberg
The Cederberg is the Western Cape mountain range that researchers place at the centre of rooibos's wild range: its acid sand, winter rain and fires, and where each source draws the edge of rooibos country. Read the guide →
Also in The place
- GuideThe Sustainability of Rooibos
- ArticleThe Soil Under Rooibos Cannot Tell It Is Farmed
- ArticleRooibos Bushes Keep Turning Up Insects Without Names
- ArticleThe Climate Rooibos Needs Is Leaving Its Only Legal Home
- ArticleHow Rooibos Is Grown, From Dormant Seed to Rested Field
- ArticleHow Wild Rooibos Is Harvested, and Why It Rests Every Other Year
Explainer · The place
Where it grows
Places set by their real latitude, north to south. The three sources draw the range differently, so each has its own bracket.
Olifants River valley, the heart of farming.
Bracket ends are approximate, read from the areas each source names. No coastline is drawn.
| Nieuwoudtville | 31.37°S |
|---|---|
| Vanrhynsdorp | 31.61°S |
| Clanwilliam | 32.18°S |
| Wupperthal | 32.27°S |
| Citrusdal | 32.59°S |
| Cape Peninsula | 33.9°S to 34.36°S |
Everything filed under The place
- GuideThe Sustainability of Rooibos
- ArticleThe Soil Under Rooibos Cannot Tell It Is Farmed
- ArticleRooibos Bushes Keep Turning Up Insects Without Names
- ArticleThe Climate Rooibos Needs Is Leaving Its Only Legal Home
- ArticleHow Rooibos Is Grown, From Dormant Seed to Rested Field
- ArticleHow Wild Rooibos Is Harvested, and Why It Rests Every Other Year
- ArticleRooibos Fields Run on Winter Rain. One Farm Now Irrigates at Scale.
- ArticleRooibos Has Three Real Insect Pests, and Almost Nothing Registered to Spray on Them
- ArticleMore of the Cederberg Is Under a Conservation Pact Than Under Rooibos