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
slender thistle
Carduus tenuiflorus
Annual Ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
hyssop loosestrife
Lythrum hyssopifolia
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
Blackwood
Acacia melanoxylon
Aloe Yucca
Yucca aloifolia
Jimsonweed
Datura metel
American Black Nightshade
Solanum americanum
Silverleaf nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Garden tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Husk-Tomato
Physalis philadelphica
European hackberry
Celtis australis
Floating Heart
Nymphoides peltata
Common Chickweed
Cerastium fontanum
False Strawberry
Potentilla indica
Franchet's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster franchetii
Barbados nut
Jatropha curcas
Ghostweed
Euphorbia marginata
Tungoil tree
Vernicia fordii
Indian spinach
Basella alba
Curlytop Knotweed
Persicaria lapathifolia
Broad-Leaved Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus
Japanese privet
Ligustrum japonicum
Bloodflower
Asclepias curassavica
Spreading alkali grass
Puccinellia distans
Early Hair Grass
Aira praecox
Pennsylvania everlasting
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
Beach Sunflower
Helianthus debilis
Tropical whiteweed
Ageratum conyzoides
traveler's-palm
Ravenala madagascariensis
Jaggery palm
Caryota urens
Burmese fishtail palm
Caryota mitis
Canary Island Date Palm
Phoenix canariensis
Australian Spinach
Chenopodiastrum murale
Malabar plum
Syzygium jambos
Caesarweed
Urena lobata
Althea
Hibiscus syriacus
Bastard Alkanet
Buglossoides arvensis
Coffee
Coffea arabica
Fine-leaved Fumitory
Fumaria parviflora
Holly oak
Quercus ilex
Oak
Quercus palustris
Cork bark oak
Quercus suber
Black Eyed Susan
Thunbergia alata
little-robin
Geranium purpureum
smooth heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Balloon vine
Cardiospermum grandiflorum
litchi
Litchi chinensis
arizona-cypress
Cupressus arizonica
Sydney golden wattle
Acacia longifolia
Sunn hemp
Crotalaria juncea
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