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
Common Honey-Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Common gorse
Ulex europaeus
American Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
Yellow Cowlily
Nuphar lutea
Bluecrown passionflower
Passiflora caerulea
Common Thorn-Apple
Datura stramonium
Angel's-trumpets
Datura ferox
Roadside pepperweed
Lepidium ruderale
Heart-Pod Hoary Cress
Lepidium draba
Lesser swinecress
Lepidium didymum
Annual bastardcabbage
Rapistrum rugosum
Annual Wall-rocket
Diplotaxis muralis
Narrow-Leaf Bittercress
Cardamine impatiens
Bending Bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa
Bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta
Bladder Campion
Silene vulgaris
Red Campion
Silene dioica
Bird'S-Eye Pearlwort
Sagina procumbens
sea pearlwort
Sagina maritima
Monterey pine
Pinus radiata
Maritime pine
Pinus pinaster
Water fern
Azolla filiculoides
Aaron'S Rod
Verbascum thapsus
Mulberry
Morus alba
Common Fig
Ficus carica
Apricot
Prunus armeniaca
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
Common Quince
Cydonia oblonga
Annual Mercury
Mercurialis annua
Madwoman'S Milk
Euphorbia helioscopia
Lesser pond sedge
Carex acutiformis
Slender oat
Avena barbata
Beardless rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon viridis
Bastard Scotch Thistle
Carduus nutans
Latin American fleabane
Erigeron karvinskianus
Santa maria feverfew
Parthenium hysterophorus
False daisy
Eclipta prostrata
Balsampear
Momordica charantia
Eastern Juniper
Juniperus virginiana
Tape grass
Vallisneria spiralis
Eastern Mousetail
Myosurus minimus
American Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Annual pearlwort
Sagina apetala
proliferous pink
Petrorhagia prolifera
Italian stone pine
Pinus pinea
Fourleaf manyseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Briar Rose
Rosa rubiginosa
Baby Rose
Rosa multiflora
Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata
hyssop loosestrife
Lythrum hyssopifolia
Garden Pink-sorrel
Oxalis latifolia
Guava
Psidium guajava
Beach sheoak
Casuarina equisetifolia
Blackwood
Acacia melanoxylon
Aloe Yucca
Yucca aloifolia
Jimsonweed
Datura metel
Tower rockcress
Turritis glabra
Barbados nut
Jatropha curcas
European Green Alder
Alnus alnobetula
Queen sago
Cycas circinalis
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