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
Papyrus
Cyperus papyrus
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
Slender oat
Avena barbata
Beardless rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon viridis
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
Spanish-needles
Bidens bipinnata
Grey Goosefoot
Chenopodium opulifolium
American Wormseed
Dysphania ambrosioides
Buzzy lizzy
Impatiens walleriana
Lantana
Lantana camara
Wild clary
Salvia verbenaca
Pride-of-India
Koelreuteria paniculata
Eastern Juniper
Juniperus virginiana
Tape grass
Vallisneria spiralis
Small Nightshade
Solanum triflorum
Kangaroo-apple
Solanum laciniatum
Jerusalem cherry
Solanum pseudocapsicum
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
Peruvian peppertree
Schinus molle
Briar Rose
Rosa rubiginosa
Baby Rose
Rosa multiflora
American Ash
Fraxinus americana
Wimmera ryegrass
Lolium rigidum
common rivergrass
Scolochloa festucacea
Threespike goosegrass
Eleusine tristachya
slender thistle
Carduus tenuiflorus
Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata
hyssop loosestrife
Lythrum hyssopifolia
Carolina fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana
Hampshire Purslane
Ludwigia palustris
Chilean evening primrose
Oenothera stricta
Garden Pink-sorrel
Oxalis latifolia
Guava
Psidium guajava
Jew's-mallow
Corchorus olitorius
Beach sheoak
Casuarina equisetifolia
European heliotrope
Heliotropium europaeum
bald cypress
Taxodium distichum
dawn redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Silver wattle
Acacia dealbata
Red beadtree
Adenanthera pavonina
Narrow Clover
Trifolium angustifolium
American Black Nightshade
Solanum americanum
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