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
Grand eucalyptus
Eucalyptus grandis
Tuart
Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Southern mahogany
Eucalyptus botryoides
Forest redgum
Eucalyptus tereticornis
Argyle apple
Eucalyptus cinerea
Australian tallowwood
Eucalyptus microcorys
Dixie silverback fern
Pityrogramma calomelanos
Gold-Foot Fern
Phlebodium aureum
Knife acacia
Acacia cultriformis
Argentine senna
Senna corymbosa
Easter cassia
Senna pendula
Christmasbush
Senna bicapsularis
Brazilian firetree
Schizolobium parahyba
pinto peanut
Arachis pintoi
Black mimosa
Mimosa pigra
red inkplant
Phytolacca icosandra
velvet mesquite
Prosopis velutina
erect spiderling
Boerhavia erecta
moreton-bay-pine
Araucaria bidwillii
doctorbush
Plumbago zeylanica
Beach spiderlily
Hymenocallis littoralis
Smokebush
Buddleja madagascariensis
common boobialla
Myoporum insulare
Ferny Azolla
Azolla pinnata
Yellow unicorn-plant
Ibicella lutea
redbird flower
Euphorbia tithymaloides
Graceful sandmat
Euphorbia hypericifolia
American Marsh Pennywort
Hydrocotyle americana
Jumping cholla
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Hedge Cactus
Cereus hildmannianus
Jointed Pricklypear
Opuntia aurantiaca
Cactus-apple
Opuntia engelmannii
song-of-India
Dracaena reflexa
Grassland Dandelion
Taraxacum dilatatum
Queensland fire-wheel-tree
Stenocarpus sinuatus
rock hakea
Hakea gibbosa
Bushy yate
Eucalyptus lehmannii
Queensland poplar
Homalanthus populifolius
bilberry cactus
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Chinese wingnut
Pterocarya stenoptera
trident maple
Acer buergerianum
birdflower
Crotalaria agatiflora
Egyptian fenugreek
Trigonella glabra
Lavell hawthorn
Crataegus lavallei
ant-tree
Triplaris americana
Coatbuttons
Tridax procumbens
Seashore vervain
Verbena litoralis
Spiny fiddlewood
Citharexylum spinosum
Threelobe false mallow
Malvastrum coromandelianum
Swordfern
Macrothelypteris torresiana
hairy fiddleneck
Amsinckia calycina
Rough mexican clover
Richardia scabra
South American skullcap
Scutellaria racemosa
Wild Tantan
Desmanthus virgatus
Casia amarilla
Senna spectabilis
Arsenic bush
Senna septemtrionalis
Glandular senna
Senna multiglandulosa
woolly senna
Senna hirsuta
Oldman's cap
Polycarpaea corymbosa
Bermuda pigroot
Sisyrinchium micranthum
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