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
Red Buffalo-bur
Solanum sisymbriifolium
Black Nightshade
Solanum nigrum
Hairy Nightshade
Solanum villosum
Cutleaf groundcherry
Physalis angulata
Peruvian groundcherry
Physalis peruviana
Grass
Cannabis sativa
Seaside Koniga
Lobularia maritima
Least Pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum
Greater swinecress
Lepidium coronopus
Shepherd's purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Annual bastardcabbage
Rapistrum rugosum
Annual Wall-rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
American Cress
Barbarea verna
Indian hedgemustard
Sisymbrium orientale
Hedgemustard
Sisymbrium officinale
Long-stalked Rape
Brassica elongata
Field mustard
Brassica rapa
Brown mustard
Brassica juncea
Charlock mustard
Sinapis arvensis
White mustard
Sinapis alba
Herb Sophia
Descurainia sophia
Narrow-Leaf Bittercress
Cardamine impatiens
Bending Bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa
Bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta
Garden Nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus
Beauty Of The Night
Mirabilis jalapa
Deodar
Cedrus deodara
Annual Knawel
Scleranthus annuus
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Common catchfly
Silene gallica
Nodding Catchfly
Silene pendula
Bladder Campion
Silene vulgaris
Red Campion
Silene dioica
Bird'S-Eye Pearlwort
Sagina procumbens
sea pearlwort
Sagina maritima
greater sea-spurrey
Spergularia media
Purple Sand-Spurrey
Spergularia rubra
Aleppo pine
Pinus halepensis
Monterey pine
Pinus radiata
Maritime pine
Pinus pinaster
Flag Iris
Iris pseudacorus
Water fern
Azolla filiculoides
Aaron'S Rod
Verbascum thapsus
Ailanthus
Ailanthus altissima
Common St. John'S Wort
Hypericum perforatum
Black Elder
Sambucus nigra
Carrot
Daucus carota
wild celery
Apium graveolens
Bullwort
Ammi majus
Chinese Parsley
Coriandrum sativum
Aniseed-Weed
Foeniculum vulgare
Knotted hedgeparsley
Torilis nodosa
Bur Chervil
Anthriscus sylvestris
Red valerian
Centranthus ruber
Common Pear
Pyrus communis
Apricot
Prunus armeniaca
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
Common Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
Common Quince
Cydonia oblonga
Annual Mercury
Mercurialis annua
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