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
Little quakinggrass
Briza minor
Bastard Scotch Thistle
Carduus nutans
Latin American fleabane
Erigeron karvinskianus
Cuman Ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Yellow Star-thistle
Centaurea solstitialis
Santa maria feverfew
Parthenium hysterophorus
False daisy
Eclipta prostrata
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
Eastern Juniper
Juniperus virginiana
Tape grass
Vallisneria spiralis
Chinese Scholartree
Styphnolobium japonicum
Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia aculeata
Small Nightshade
Solanum triflorum
Kangaroo-apple
Solanum laciniatum
Jerusalem cherry
Solanum pseudocapsicum
Eastern Mousetail
Myosurus minimus
American Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
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
American Ash
Fraxinus americana
Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
Dallisgrass
Paspalum dilatatum
Hare's-tail
Lagurus ovatus
Awned Canary-grass
Phalaris paradoxa
Annual Ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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
Java plum
Syzygium cumini
Tasmanian bluegum
Eucalyptus globulus
white silk cottontree
Ceiba pentandra
Jew's-mallow
Corchorus olitorius
Mintweed
Salvia reflexa
Avocado
Persea americana
Beach sheoak
Casuarina equisetifolia
European heliotrope
Heliotropium europaeum
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