South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Kebsh el Gebel
Ammotragus lervia
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Ecoregions
Knysna-Amatole montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Highveld grasslands
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands · Afrotropic
Albany thickets
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub · Afrotropic
Kalahari xeric savanna
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Afrotropic
Southern Africa mangroves
Mangroves · Afrotropic
All Species in South Africa
Golden Star Tunicate
Botryllus schlosseri
Golden twin-spot
Chrysodeixis chalcites
cotton bollworm
Helicoverpa armigera
turnip moth
Agrotis segetum
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Beet Armyworm
Spodoptera exigua
Currant Borer
Synanthedon tipuliformis
Geometrician
Grammodes stolida
Passenger
Dysgonia algira
pinion-streaked snout
Schrankia costaestrigalis
crimson speckled
Utetheisa pulchella
Common Pill Woodlouse
Armadillidium vulgare
Oleander Hawk Moth
Daphnis nerii
Death's-head Hawk Moth
Acherontia atropos
striped hawk-moth
Hyles livornica
convolvulus hawkmoth
Agrius convolvuli
Japanese skeleton shrimp
Caprella mutica
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
Barn Funnel Weaver
Tegenaria domestica
Cat
Felis catus
Australian tubeworm
Ficopomatus enigmaticus
Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii
vestal
Rhodometra sacraria
Codling Moth
Cydia pomonella
Lesser wax moth
Achroia grisella
brown sea anemone
Metridium senile
Longbodied cellar spider
Pholcus phalangioides
lesser grain borer
Rhyzopertha dominica
dooryard sowbug
Porcellio laevis
potato aphid
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Camphortree
Cinnamomum camphora
Birdeye speedwell
Veronica persica
Lawson's Cypress
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica
Common Vetch
Vicia sativa
Purple Vetch
Vicia benghalensis
Bird'S Foot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Woman's tongue
Albizia lebbeck
Tall albizia
Albizia procera
Creeping White Clover
Trifolium repens
Hairy Clover
Trifolium arvense
Annual Strawberry Clover
Trifolium resupinatum
Roadside pepperweed
Lepidium ruderale
Heart-Pod Hoary Cress
Lepidium draba
Lesser swinecress
Lepidium didymum
Annual bastardcabbage
Rapistrum rugosum
Annual Wall-rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
Narrow-Leaf Bittercress
Cardamine impatiens
Bending Bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa
Bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta
Deodar
Cedrus deodara
Indian shot
Canna indica
Empresstree
Paulownia tomentosa
Butterfly bush
Buddleja davidii
Common Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
Bristly dogstail grass
Cynosurus echinatus
Big quakinggrass
Briza maxima
Little quakinggrass
Briza minor
Spanish-needles
Bidens bipinnata
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