The Camel-thorn Acacia prefers deep, sandy, well-drained soils.

Velvet Raisin usually grows in groups. Very common in open grassland, Kalahari plains and Karoo scrubland.

Three-leaved Rhigozum thrives and flowers well in hot areas of low rainfall. It grows naturally in a swathe through the Karoo from Springbok to Kimberley and Bloemfontein, south to Stutterheim and westward to Ceres.

Silver Cluster-leaf can grow in loose groups, or in lines along seepage areas, and sometimes in deep sand it forms open canopied woodland.

 

Chinese-lanterns, Nymania capensis, grow in semi-arid sites, and where there is one, there are mostly others in the vicinity, most often found along watercourses or among rocks. Along roadsides it is not browsed and can be common.

Shepherds-trees, Boscia albitrunca, are not usually taller than 6 metres. They can be trees with a single fluted, often crooked trunk, or a small rounded shrub.