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Giraffe in Kitui County, Kenya

Trees & wildlife registry

Everything we have found growing and moving here.

An open record of the species living on our 137 hectares. Filter by type or status, or search by name.

Recently added to the forest

The three newest records across trees and animals.

  • A butterfly pollinating flowers

    Specimen SC-26-012

    Newly Identified

    African monarch

    Danaus chrysippus

    Identified during the first pollinator survey. Wildflower strips planted beside crops are already drawing dozens of butterfly species.

    Type:
    Insect
    Recorded:
    Where:
    Wildflower strips along crop margins
  • Gloved hands planting a young tree sapling in fresh soil

    Specimen SC-26-001

    Newly Introduced

    Mukau (Meru oak)

    Melia volkensii

    A fast-growing dryland timber tree planted in 2026 to take pressure off wild stands. Seedlings are supplied from research trials.

    Type:
    Drought-tolerant timber
    Recorded:
    Where:
    Lower slopes, Block C nursery plots
  • African elephant walking through grassland

    Specimen SC-26-007

    Endangered

    African bush elephant

    Loxodonta africana

    A small family herd now uses the farm corridor during the dry season. Camera traps recorded two calves this year.

    Type:
    Mammal
    Recorded:
    Where:
    Wildlife corridor, northern boundary

The full registry

6 records shown

  • Gloved hands planting a young tree sapling in fresh soil

    Specimen SC-26-001

    Newly Introduced

    Mukau (Meru oak)

    Melia volkensii

    A fast-growing dryland timber tree planted in 2026 to take pressure off wild stands. Seedlings are supplied from research trials.

    Type:
    Drought-tolerant timber
    Recorded:
    Where:
    Lower slopes, Block C nursery plots
  • Close-up of cracked tree bark

    Specimen SC-26-002

    Endangered

    Muhuhu

    Brachylaena huillensis

    A slow-growing East African hardwood that is heavily over-harvested. A protected seed stand of 40 mature trees is fenced on the farm.

    Type:
    Indigenous hardwood
    Recorded:
    Where:
    Hill-top woodland, Block A
  • A flowering tree in blossom in woodland

    Specimen SC-26-005

    Newly Identified

    Mbarao (brown-barked terminalia)

    Terminalia brownii

    A survey team confirmed regenerating stands along the stream banks, a first record for the farm. Valued locally for medicine and shade.

    Type:
    Indigenous hardwood
    Recorded:
    Where:
    Seasonal stream banks, Block D
  • Looking up through a green tree canopy

    Specimen SC-26-006

    Newly Introduced

    Apple-ring acacia

    Faidherbia albida

    Sheds its leaves in the rainy season so crops grow beneath it, and enriches the soil with nitrogen. Introduced to boost maize and sorghum yields.

    Type:
    Nitrogen-fixing agroforestry
    Recorded:
    Where:
    Crop margins, farm-community plots
  • A solitary baobab tree against a clear sky

    Specimen SC-26-003

    Native

    African baobab

    Adansonia digitata

    Several veteran baobabs anchor the lower plains. They store water, feed baboons and birds, and shelter bat roosts.

    Type:
    Iconic native
    Recorded:
    Where:
    Dry plains near the seasonal river
  • Acacia trees on the African savannah at sunset

    Specimen SC-26-004

    Native

    Umbrella thorn acacia

    Vachellia tortilis

    The flat-topped acacia of the savanna. Its shade lets grass recover and its pods feed goats, giraffe and dik-dik.

    Type:
    Acacia
    Recorded:
    Where:
    Open savanna, Block B