Alice Glockner Nature Reserve, in

Gauteng Gauteng ( , ; Sotho-Tswana languages, Sotho-Tswana for 'place of gold'; or ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts f ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

, is a nature reserve located south of

Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve is a protected area which encompasses most of the Suikerbosrand Range, South Africa. It is one of Gauteng's most frequented ecotourism locations, located approximately 50 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, jus ...

. It has altitudes between above sea level. The closest town is

Heidelberg, Gauteng Heidelberg is a town with 35,500 inhabitants in the Gauteng province of South Africa, some 50 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, close to the Mpumalanga border. It sits at the eastern end of the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, next to the N3 hig ...

. It contains several threatened or endangered species including ''

Delosperma ''Delosperma'' ('delos'=evident, 'sperma'=seed) is a genus of around 170 species of succulent plants, formerly included in ''Mesembryanthemum'' in the family Aizoaceae. It was defined by English botanist N. E. Brown in 1925. The genus is common ...

macellum A ''macellum'' (: ''macella''; , ''makellon'') is an ancient Roman indoor market building that sold mostly provisions (especially meat and fish). The building normally sat alongside the forum and basilica, providing a place in which a market cou ...

'' and the

Heidelberg copper ''Chrysoritis aureus'', the Heidelberg copper or golden opal, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is Endemism, endemic to South Africa, where it is found in montane grassland in Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces. The wingspan i ...

butterfly (''Chrysoritis aureus''). The floral wealth of the Alice Glockner is confirmed by the complex grass vegetation and the support of no more than 16 proven plants of significant medicinal value.

References

Gauteng Parks 1973 establishments in South Africa Protected areas established in 1973 {{Gauteng-geo-stub