It is apparent from the differences in these pollen and fungal spore levels that weather patterns change within the Cape Peninsula over small distances. It is clear that temperatures have been too low to favour fungal spore or mould proliferation at the Observatory site, close to the mountain, but that the conditions were more favourable at Table View, the start of the West Coast vegetation, where some high counts were recorded, particularly for ascospres. Pollen counts were generally low, with a sharp spike for Parietaria, a weed in Observatory.