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
Perennial Pigweed
Amaranthus deflexus
Slender amaranth
Amaranthus viridis
Green Amaranth
Amaranthus hybridus
Mat amaranth
Amaranthus blitoides
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
Common Saltwort
Salsola kali
Durham slug
Arion flagellus
Horseradish tree
Moringa oleifera
Linearleaf snapdragon
Misopates orontium
Broad-Leaved Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Common Scouring-Rush
Equisetum hyemale
anoda-weed
Anoda cristata
Cherry Slug Sawfly
Caliroa cerasi
Cheeseweed mallow
Malva parviflora
Chinese Mallow
Malva verticillata
Bladder Ketmia
Hibiscus trionum
Arrowleaf sida
Sida rhombifolia
Abutilon-Hemp
Abutilon theophrasti
Coco yam
Colocasia esculenta
Water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Bear's-breech
Acanthus mollis
Purple Viper's-bugloss
Echium plantagineum
Blue Field Madder
Sherardia arvensis
Gray Poplar
Populus canescens
Brittle Willow
Salix fragilis
goat willow
Salix caprea
weeping willow
Salix babylonica
Yellow Dodder
Cuscuta campestris
Clover Dodder
Cuscuta epithymum
Common Morning Glory
Ipomoea purpurea
Bearbind
Calystegia sepium
European Field Pansy
Viola arvensis
Johnny jumpup
Viola tricolor
common broomrape
Orobanche minor
European Chestnut
Castanea sativa
Clasping Henbit
Lamium amplexicaule
Black soldier fly
Hermetia illucens
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Common Oak
Quercus robur
European turkey oak
Quercus cerris
Blow Fly
Lucilia sericata
Corn poppy
Papaver rhoeas
Common Fumitory
Fumaria officinalis
Cheese skipper
Piophila casei
Hedgehog arion
Arion intermedius
Calamus
Acorus calamus
California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Camphortree
Cinnamomum camphora
Bermuda Thistle
Argemone mexicana
Coliseum-Ivy
Cymbalaria muralis
sharped-leaved fluellen
Kickxia elatine
round-leaved fluellen
Kickxia spuria
Lobster cockroach
Nauphoeta cinerea
Butter And Eggs
Linaria vulgaris
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Common Birch
Betula pendula
Roundleaf geranium
Geranium rotundifolium
Awnless Geranium
Geranium molle
Cutleaf geranium
Geranium dissectum
sesame
Sesamum indicum
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