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
Mulberry
Morus alba
Common Fig
Ficus carica
Bullwort
Ammi majus
Carrot-Fern
Conium maculatum
Chinese Parsley
Coriandrum sativum
Red valerian
Centranthus ruber
Common Pear
Pyrus communis
Bullace Plum
Prunus domestica
fragrant agrimony
Agrimonia procera
Alpine Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
Common Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
Common Quince
Cydonia oblonga
Annual Mercury
Mercurialis annua
Madwoman'S Milk
Euphorbia helioscopia
Barbary fig
Opuntia ficus-indica
Chufa (Edible Variety)
Cyperus esculentus
Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
Papyrus
Cyperus papyrus
Lesser pond sedge
Carex acutiformis
European woodland sedge
Carex sylvatica
Bohemian Knotweed
Reynoutria bohemica
Fiddle dock
Rumex pulcher
Glossy privet
Ligustrum lucidum
Oleander
Nerium oleander
Bulbous canarygrass
Phalaris aquatica
Littleseed canarygrass
Phalaris minor
Slender oat
Avena barbata
Beardless rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon viridis
Reed mannagrass
Glyceria maxima
Feather fingergrass
Chloris virgata
Mexican love grass
Eragrostis mexicana
Hairy Love Grass
Eragrostis pilosa
Bristly dogstail grass
Cynosurus echinatus
Big quakinggrass
Briza maxima
Little quakinggrass
Briza minor
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
London rocket
Sisymbrium irio
Annual pearlwort
Sagina apetala
proliferous pink
Petrorhagia prolifera
Italian stone pine
Pinus pinea
Fourleaf manyseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Peruvian peppertree
Schinus molle
Briar Rose
Rosa rubiginosa
Baby Rose
Rosa multiflora
American Ash
Fraxinus americana
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