South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
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
Lesser pond sedge
Carex acutiformis
European woodland sedge
Carex sylvatica
Bohemian Knotweed
Reynoutria bohemica
Fiddle dock
Rumex pulcher
Glossy privet
Ligustrum lucidum
Oleander
Nerium oleander
Bulbous canarygrass
Phalaris aquatica
Littleseed canarygrass
Phalaris minor
Reed mannagrass
Glyceria maxima
Feather fingergrass
Chloris virgata
Mexican love grass
Eragrostis mexicana
Hairy Love Grass
Eragrostis pilosa
Bristly dogstail grass
Cynosurus echinatus
Big quakinggrass
Briza maxima
Little quakinggrass
Briza minor
Cuman Ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Yellow Star-thistle
Centaurea solstitialis
Santa maria feverfew
Parthenium hysterophorus
Grey Goosefoot
Chenopodium opulifolium
American Wormseed
Dysphania ambrosioides
Buzzy lizzy
Impatiens walleriana
Lantana
Lantana camara
Balsampear
Momordica charantia
Blackspot hornpoppy
Glaucium corniculatum
Pickerel-Weed
Pontederia cordata
Pride-of-India
Koelreuteria paniculata
Chinese Scholartree
Styphnolobium japonicum
Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia aculeata
Eastern Mousetail
Myosurus minimus
American Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
London rocket
Sisymbrium irio
Annual pearlwort
Sagina apetala
proliferous pink
Petrorhagia prolifera
Italian stone pine
Pinus pinea
Fourleaf manyseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Wild parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
Chinese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Hairy Bramble
Rubus phoenicolasius
Briar Rose
Rosa rubiginosa
Baby Rose
Rosa multiflora
Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
Dallisgrass
Paspalum dilatatum
Hare's-tail
Lagurus ovatus
Awned Canary-grass
Phalaris paradoxa
Wimmera ryegrass
Lolium rigidum
common rivergrass
Scolochloa festucacea
Threespike goosegrass
Eleusine tristachya
slender thistle
Carduus tenuiflorus
Annual Ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Carolina fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana
Garden Pink-sorrel
Oxalis latifolia
Guava
Psidium guajava
Java plum
Syzygium cumini
Tasmanian bluegum
Eucalyptus globulus
white silk cottontree
Ceiba pentandra
Jew's-mallow
Corchorus olitorius
Mintweed
Salvia reflexa
Avocado
Persea americana
European heliotrope
Heliotropium europaeum
bald cypress
Taxodium distichum
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