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
Pink stem borer
Sesamia nonagrioides
Levant blackneck moth
Tathorhynchus exsiccata
chocolateband snail
Eobania vermiculata
Mediterranean vine mealybug
Planococcus ficus
cantaloupe
Rapana rapiformis
Short Sharp-tail Bee
Coelioxys afra
branched murex
Chicoreus ramosus
doubletoothed hydroid
Obelia bidentata
blacktip shipworm
Lyrodus pedicellatus
cellar spiders
Crossopriza lyoni
Red and black flat mite
Brevipalpus phoenicis
Portuguese black millipede
Ommatoiulus moreleti
Grey sea squirt
Ascidia sydneiensis
Marine isopod
Paracerceis sculpta
Mauge's slug
Testacella maugei
Divided Tunicate
Styela canopus
Ascidian
Symplegma brakenhielmi
Japanese fishlouse
Argulus japonicus
Angled Gem
Anomis sabulifera
Milk snail
Otala punctata
Indian Stick Insect
Carausius morosus
Gammarid
Monocorophium acherusicum
Savigny's brittle star
Ophiactis savignyi
Tropical tobacco moth
Setomorpha rutella
Buckwheat
Fagopyrum esculentum
Common Sheep Sorrel
Rumex acetosella
Curled Dock
Rumex crispus
Prostrate knotweed
Polygonum aviculare
Common Privet
Ligustrum vulgare
California Privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Puncturevine
Tribulus terrestris
Big-Leaved Periwinkle
Vinca major
Common Periwinkle
Vinca minor
Giant reed
Arundo donax
Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
Large Sweet Vernalgrass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Small-Flowered Ticklegrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Reed canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea
Annual canarygrass
Phalaris canariensis
Dwarf Setaria
Setaria italica
Mouse barley
Hordeum murinum
Barnyard Grass
Dactylis glomerata
Water foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus
Creeping meadow foxtail
Alopecurus arundinaceus
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
Smooth hawksbeard
Crepis capillaris
Black Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Boar Thistle
Cirsium arvense
Dumb-Nettle
Galinsoga parviflora
Cat'S Ear
Hypochaeris radicata
Annual Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Glabrous Catsear
Hypochaeris glabra
Hawkweed Oxtongue
Picris hieracioides
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Old-man-in-the-spring
Senecio vulgaris
Niger
Guizotia abyssinica
Yellow salsify
Tragopogon dubius
Stinking chamomile
Anthemis cotula
Ox-tongue
Helminthotheca echioides
Spiny sowthistle
Sonchus asper
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