South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Chang-po
Acorus calamus
Seoyangtobpul
Achillea millefolium
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
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
Littleseed canarygrass
Phalaris minor
Slender oat
Avena barbata
Beardless rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon viridis
Bristly dogstail grass
Cynosurus echinatus
Big quakinggrass
Briza maxima
Little quakinggrass
Briza minor
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
Wild clary
Salvia verbenaca
Blackspot hornpoppy
Glaucium corniculatum
Pickerel-Weed
Pontederia cordata
Eastern Juniper
Juniperus virginiana
Tape grass
Vallisneria spiralis
Chinese Scholartree
Styphnolobium japonicum
Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia aculeata
Eastern Mousetail
Myosurus minimus
American Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
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
Wild parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
Chinese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Hairy Bramble
Rubus phoenicolasius
American Ash
Fraxinus americana
Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
Dallisgrass
Paspalum dilatatum
Hare's-tail
Lagurus ovatus
Awned Canary-grass
Phalaris paradoxa
Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata
hyssop loosestrife
Lythrum hyssopifolia
Carolina fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana
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
Red beadtree
Adenanthera pavonina
Narrow Clover
Trifolium angustifolium
Aloe Yucca
Yucca aloifolia
Jimsonweed
Datura metel
Husk-Tomato
Physalis philadelphica
European hackberry
Celtis australis
Floating Heart
Nymphoides peltata
Tower rockcress
Turritis glabra
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