Elephants are known for being major ecosystem engineers due to their extensive eating habits. We compared adjacent areas with and without elephants in order to assess damage to marula trees (Sclerocarya birrea) and mountain aloes (Aloe marlothii). We hypothesized that plants where elephants are present (Thornybush Game Reserve) would have more damage than plants in areas without elephants (Wits Rural Facility). Marula trees will be shorter, with smaller trunk diameter and higher browse line. Mountain aloes will be shorter and have shorter leaf lengths. We measured marula tree height, trunk diameter and browse height as well as mountain aloe height and leaf length in areas with and without elephants. Because we found no living aloes inside Thornybush Game Reserve, we measured mountain aloes that were located along an adjacent fence line where elephants broke in due to a drought about two years before our study. We also compared the densities of aloes (both dead/de-crowned and alive) in areas with and without elephants present. Our results indicate that the mountain aloes were highly affected by elephant presence because we found no live aloes in the area with elephants. However, we found that the live aloes in the area where elephants had previously broken in were taller with longer leaf lengths (leaf length p-value= 0.0406, height p-value= 0.0002). We also found that the parameters measured regarding the marula trees were not statistically different.