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
Tunbridge Wells Gem
Chrysodeixis acuta
Tungoil tree
Vernicia fordii
Turkey berry
Solanum torvum
turnip moth
Agrotis segetum
Turpentine tree
Syncarpia glomulifera
Tussock paspalum
Paspalum quadrifarium
Upright chickweed
Moenchia erecta
Uruguayan needlegrass
Nassella neesiana
Uruguayan pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana
Vasey's grass
Paspalum urvillei
Vegetable fern
Diplazium esculentum
Velvet leaf
Kalanchoe beharensis
velvet mesquite
Prosopis velutina
vestal
Rhodometra sacraria
Violet crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
virgin cone
Conus virgo
Wallangarra wattle
Acacia adunca
Wand mullein
Verbascum virgatum
Washerwoman
Alternanthera caracasana
Waste Grass-veneer
Pediasia contaminella
waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Waterbush
Myoporum montanum
Water fern
Azolla filiculoides
Water foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus
Water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Water-Lily
Nymphaea marliacea
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Waterpoppy
Hydrocleys nymphoides
Water spangles
Salvinia minima
Waterthyme
Hydrilla verticillata
Wavyleaf sea lavender
Limonium sinuatum
Wax mallow
Malvaviscus arboreus
Wax tree
Toxicodendron succedaneum
weasel cone
Conus mustelinus
Weeping Paperbark
Melaleuca leucadendra
weeping willow
Salix babylonica
Weevil
Stenopelmus rufinasus
western cudweed
Gnaphalium polycaulon
Western flower thrips
Frankliniella occidentalis
White bladderflower
Araujia sericifera
white-flower Mexican-poppy
Argemone ochroleuca
White garland-lily
Hedychium coronarium
White garlic
Allium neapolitanum
White leadtree
Leucaena leucocephala
White mustard
Sinapis alba
White passionflower
Passiflora subpeltata
white silk cottontree
Ceiba pentandra
wild boar
Sus scrofa
wild celery
Apium graveolens
Wild clary
Salvia verbenaca
Wild Lettuce
Lactuca indica
Wild Lettuce
Lactuca inermis
Wild parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
Wild passionfruit
Passiflora suberosa
Wild Tantan
Desmanthus virgatus
willow hakea
Hakea salicifolia
willow-leaf heimia
Heimia salicifolia
Willow-leaved Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster salicifolius
Wimmera ryegrass
Lolium rigidum
wintergreen barberry
Berberis julianae
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