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 Ivy
Hedera helix
Castor
Ricinus communis
Chufa (Edible Variety)
Cyperus esculentus
Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
Lesser pond sedge
Carex acutiformis
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
Bastard Scotch Thistle
Carduus nutans
Latin American fleabane
Erigeron karvinskianus
Cuman Ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Yellow Star-thistle
Centaurea solstitialis
Spanish-needles
Bidens bipinnata
Grey Goosefoot
Chenopodium opulifolium
American Wormseed
Dysphania ambrosioides
Buzzy lizzy
Impatiens walleriana
Lantana
Lantana camara
Balsampear
Momordica charantia
Wild clary
Salvia verbenaca
Blackspot hornpoppy
Glaucium corniculatum
Pickerel-Weed
Pontederia cordata
Pride-of-India
Koelreuteria paniculata
Chinese Scholartree
Styphnolobium japonicum
Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia aculeata
Small Nightshade
Solanum triflorum
Kangaroo-apple
Solanum laciniatum
Jerusalem cherry
Solanum pseudocapsicum
London rocket
Sisymbrium irio
Parrotfeather
Myriophyllum aquaticum
wintergreen barberry
Berberis julianae
Jagged Chickweed
Holosteum umbellatum
Annual pearlwort
Sagina apetala
proliferous pink
Petrorhagia prolifera
Italian stone pine
Pinus pinea
Fourleaf manyseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Peruvian peppertree
Schinus molle
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
Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata
hyssop loosestrife
Lythrum hyssopifolia
Carolina fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana
Garden Pink-sorrel
Oxalis latifolia
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