South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Ardilla Gris Oriental
Sciurus carolinensis
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
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
Saltcedar
Tamarix ramosissima
Saltwater Paperbark
Melaleuca cuticularis
sambar
Rusa unicolor
Santa maria feverfew
Parthenium hysterophorus
Savigny's brittle star
Ophiactis savignyi
Sawtooth oak
Quercus acutissima
Scaly Hawkbit
Hedypnois cretica
Scar Bank Gem
Ctenoplusia limbirena
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Oryx dammah
scoparia-weed
Scoparia dulcis
Scotch attorney
Clusia rosea
Scuttle fly
Megaselia scalaris
sea pearlwort
Sagina maritima
Seashore paspalum
Paspalum vaginatum
Seashore vervain
Verbena litoralis
Seaside Koniga
Lobularia maritima
sea thread hydroid
Obelia dichotoma
Sea Vase
Ciona intestinalis
Separated sedge
Carex divisa
Septicweed
Senna occidentalis
serpent cactus
Peniocereus serpentinus
Serradella
Ornithopus sativus
Serrated tussock grass
Nassella trichotoma
sesame
Sesamum indicum
Sesbania Pea
Sesbania bispinosa
Sessile joyweed
Alternanthera sessilis
shallot aphid
Myzus ascalonicus
sharp-angled cone
Conus acutangulus
sharped-leaved fluellen
Kickxia elatine
sheathed cholla
Cylindropuntia tunicata
Shellplant
Alpinia zerumbet
Shepherd's purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shoeblackplant
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Shoebutton
Ardisia elliptica
Short Sharp-tail Bee
Coelioxys afra
showy banksia
Banksia speciosa
Shrimpplant
Justicia brandegeeana
Siamese cassia
Senna siamea
Siamweed
Chromolaena odorata
Sickle Medick
Medicago falcata
sika deer
Cervus nippon
Silkoak
Grevillea robusta
Silky feather-winged beetle
Acrotrichis sericans
Silverfish
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum
Silver hairgrass
Aira cupaniana
Silverleaf cotoneaster
Cotoneaster pannosus
silverleaf desmodium
Desmodium uncinatum
Silverleaf nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Silverleaf Sunflower
Helianthus argophyllus
Silver-striped Hawkmoth
Hippotion celerio
Silver wattle
Acacia dealbata
Simons' cotoneaster
Cotoneaster simonsii
Simpleleaf chastetree
Vitex trifolia
Sisal hemp
Agave sisalana
sitatunga
Tragelaphus spekii
Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra
Slash pine
Pinus elliottii
Slender amaranth
Amaranthus viridis
Slender Burnished Brass, Golden Plusia
Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Slender false garlic
Nothoscordum gracile
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