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
Common Wood-Rush
Luzula multiflora
Dwarf nettle
Urtica urens
Big-Sting Nettle
Urtica dioica
Canadian waterweed
Elodea canadensis
Orange wattle
Acacia saligna
Common Vetch
Vicia sativa
Purple Vetch
Vicia benghalensis
Serradella
Ornithopus sativus
Burclover
Medicago polymorpha
Black Medic
Medicago lupulina
Fenugreek
Trigonella foenum-graecum
Broom
Cytisus scoparius
Common Honey-Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Big Hop Clover
Trifolium campestre
Carnation Clover
Trifolium incarnatum
Mammoth Clover
Trifolium medium
Subterranean clover
Trifolium subterraneum
Clustered clover
Trifolium glomeratum
Angel'S Trumpet
Datura innoxia
Black Nightshade
Solanum nigrum
Hairy Nightshade
Solanum villosum
Cutleaf groundcherry
Physalis angulata
Least Pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum
Greater swinecress
Lepidium coronopus
Shepherd's purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Annual bastardcabbage
Rapistrum rugosum
Annual Wall-rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
Black Mustard
Brassica nigra
Jointed Charlock
Raphanus raphanistrum
Cultivated radish
Raphanus sativus
Ball Mustard
Neslia paniculata
Charlock mustard
Sinapis arvensis
White mustard
Sinapis alba
Herb Sophia
Descurainia sophia
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Common catchfly
Silene gallica
Nodding Catchfly
Silene pendula
greater sea-spurrey
Spergularia media
Purple Sand-Spurrey
Spergularia rubra
Aleppo pine
Pinus halepensis
Flag Iris
Iris pseudacorus
Empresstree
Paulownia tomentosa
Butterfly bush
Buddleja davidii
Black Elder
Sambucus nigra
Carrot
Daucus carota
wild celery
Apium graveolens
Carrot-Fern
Conium maculatum
Aniseed-Weed
Foeniculum vulgare
Knotted hedgeparsley
Torilis nodosa
Bur Chervil
Anthriscus sylvestris
Common Pear
Pyrus communis
Common Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
Petty spurge
Euphorbia peplus
Common Ivy
Hedera helix
Castor
Ricinus communis
Chufa (Edible Variety)
Cyperus esculentus
Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
Papyrus
Cyperus papyrus
Bohemian Knotweed
Reynoutria bohemica
Fiddle dock
Rumex pulcher
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