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
Wild Lettuce
Lactuca indica
Hairy Knotweed
Persicaria attenuata
Spicy Conebush
Leucadendron tinctum
Brown Barrel
Eucalyptus fastigata
Saltwater Paperbark
Melaleuca cuticularis
grey honey myrtle
Melaleuca incana
Rottnest Island teatree
Melaleuca lanceolata
prickly-leaf paperbark
Melaleuca nodosa
Falcate Yellowwood
Podocarpus henkelii
Pinchot Juniper
Juniperus pinchotii
Wallangarra wattle
Acacia adunca
Brisbane Golden Wattle
Acacia fimbriata
Sticky Wattle
Acacia viscidula
Pompon Tree
Dais cotinifolia
Greathead's aloe
Aloe greatheadii
Black wattle
Acacia mearnsii
Key lime
Citrus aurantiifolia
African amaranth
Amaranthus muricatus
Sponge gourd
Luffa aegyptiaca
Mauritius hemp
Furcraea foetida
Sisal hemp
Agave sisalana
Japanese jasmine
Jasminum mesnyi
Lemon beebrush
Aloysia citrodora
Flamevine
Pyrostegia venusta
Belamcanda
Iris domestica
Blackberry, Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
Snowpeaks raspberry
Rubus niveus
Hen's eyes
Ardisia crenata
Common gum cistus
Cistus ladanifer
good-luck palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Balloon cotton bush
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Serrated tussock grass
Nassella trichotoma
Coast Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
sweet grass
Panicum schinzii
Australian saltbush
Atriplex semibaccata
Broad-leaf arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
Kurrajong
Brachychiton populneus
Karo
Pittosporum crassifolium
Baby sage
Salvia microphylla
Yellow ginger
Hedychium flavescens
dodder-laurel
Cassytha filiformis
American Black Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Gout stalk
Jatropha podagrica
honeyplant
Hoya carnosa
mountain buchu
Agathosma betulina
Creeping croftonweed
Ageratina riparia
queen's crape-myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Bluegreen saltbush
Atriplex nummularia
Creeping mirrorplant
Coprosma repens
Clasping heliotrope
Heliotropium amplexicaule
Japanese wisteria
Wisteria floribunda
Big blue lilyturf
Liriope muscari
inkberry
Cestrum laevigatum
Jacob's coat
Acalypha wilkesiana
fiddle-leaf philodendron
Philodendron bipennifolium
ten-commandments
Maranta leuconeura
Uruguayan needlegrass
Nassella neesiana
Indian sandbur
Cenchrus biflorus
Hedge bamboo
Bambusa multiplex
Crown Daisy
Glebionis coronaria
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