Containing more than 20,000 different plants, which are about 10 per cent of all the vegetation on the earth, South Africa is particularly rich in species. 8000 of the species are located on the small region of the Western Cape. The fynbos vegetation zone at the Cape is one of the six Floral Kingdoms on earth. Mainly consists of evergreen hard-leave plants with usually fine, needle-like leaves. By far the biggest part of South Africa is the grass lands.