Indigenous Animals and plants in Kenya

1. Indigenous Animals and plants in Kenya By Leo and Holly

2. Kenya's capital city is Nairobi and the population is 44 million the flag is shown above. Kenya is full of wonderful plants and animals. Here we mention a few.

3. The Eland The largest of the Antelope in the savannah, weighing about 600 kilograms. They can be found all over Kenya

4. A Genet Genets are feliforms, and are related to cats, but more closely related to mongooses. Most of them have spotted coats, long, banded tails, small heads, and large ears.

5. Elephant The African bush elephant can be found in habitats as diverse as dry savannahs, deserts, marshes, and lake shores, and in elevations from sea level to mountain areas above the snow line

6. Blood lily The large spherical ball represents up to 150 smaller flowers all opened at once. Being spectacular and common, this plant has gathered a number of colloquial names and has also been brought into cultivation.

7. Wollaston’s Aloe The rosette of leaves typical of most aloes are set at the ground with no obvious trunk or branches. The thick, fleshy, leaves have whitish spots and the margins are sharply armed. The flowers are supported on a tall stem and are red-orange, and tubular.

8. She-oak The leaves of this plant are very small and appear scale-like. Six to eight scales appear at each node on long very slender twigs; the twigs are grey-green and very flexible.