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
False codling moth
Thaumatotibia leucotreta
Black-Seed Proso Millet
Panicum miliaceum
Common wheat
Triticum aestivum
Uruguayan pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana
Hairy Marron
Cherax tenuimanus
Rough Bluegrass
Poa trivialis
Annual Bluegrass
Poa annua
English Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
Bulbous Oatgrass
Arrhenatherum elatius
Cutworm
Callopistria maillardi
Common Velvetgrass
Holcus lanatus
Lesser Love-Grass
Eragrostis minor
Teff
Eragrostis tef
Job's tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
Meadow brome
Bromus commutatus
Bronco Grass
Bromus tectorum
Foxtail barley
Hordeum jubatum
Mouse barley
Hordeum murinum
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
Thrips
Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis
Barnyard Grass
Dactylis glomerata
Water foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus
Creeping meadow foxtail
Alopecurus arundinaceus
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
Spiny Cocklebur
Xanthium spinosum
Burweed
Xanthium strumarium
Smooth hawksbeard
Crepis capillaris
Black Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Boar Thistle
Cirsium arvense
Dumb-Nettle
Galinsoga parviflora
Cat'S Ear
Hypochaeris radicata
Annual Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
vestal
Rhodometra sacraria
jumping spiders
Plexippus paykulli
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
jumping spiders
Menemerus bivittatus
Niger
Guizotia abyssinica
Thrips
Thrips tabaci
Garden cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
Maltese star-thistle
Centaurea melitensis
Mite
Tetranychus evansi
Early Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Dalmatia Pyrethrum
Tanacetum cinerariifolium
Yellow salsify
Tragopogon dubius
Stinking chamomile
Anthemis cotula
Eucalyptus longhorn borer
Phoracantha semipunctata
Annual Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Moth
Grapholita molesta
Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii
Hairy beggarticks
Bidens pilosa
chital
Axis axis
Common Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Muster john henry
Tagetes minuta
African Marigold
Tagetes erecta
Russian wheat aphid
Diuraphis noxia
Cultivated Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Deodar Weevil
Pissodes nemorensis
Ageratum
Ageratum houstonianum
Common Rue
Ruta graveolens
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