What open canopy ecosystem is the principal exhibit of The Cape May County Park & Zoo?
Savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of grasses.
Psychotria capensis The Bird-berry ("Psychotria capensis" ) is a southern African evergreen shrub or small tree. It belongs to a genus which is used medicinally in many regions, 'Psychotria' being from the Greek for 'rejuvenating', in reference to the healing properties of certain species. Kew lists some 2,000 species of "Psychotria" growing throughout the warmer regions of both hemispheres, but only two of them occur in southern Africa, namely "P. capensis" and "P. zombamontana".