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
Lesser Love-Grass
Eragrostis minor
Teff
Eragrostis tef
Job's tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
Meadow brome
Bromus commutatus
Bronco Grass
Bromus tectorum
Foxtail barley
Hordeum jubatum
Mouse barley
Hordeum murinum
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
Bermudagrass
Cynodon dactylon
Barnyard Grass
Dactylis glomerata
Water foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus
Creeping meadow foxtail
Alopecurus arundinaceus
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
Spiny Cocklebur
Xanthium spinosum
Burweed
Xanthium strumarium
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
gum succory
Chondrilla juncea
Garden cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
Maltese star-thistle
Centaurea melitensis
star-thistle
Centaurea calcitrapa
Early Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Dalmatia Pyrethrum
Tanacetum cinerariifolium
Yellow salsify
Tragopogon dubius
Stinking chamomile
Anthemis cotula
Ox-tongue
Helminthotheca echioides
Annual Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Common sowthistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Spiny sowthistle
Sonchus asper
Hairy beggarticks
Bidens pilosa
Belgian Endive
Cichorium intybus
Common Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Muster john henry
Tagetes minuta
Cucumber moth
Diaphania indica
Blessed milkthistle
Silybum marianum
Cultivated Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Prickly lettuce
Lactuca serriola
Ageratum
Ageratum houstonianum
Common Rue
Ruta graveolens
Sour orange
Citrus aurantium
Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
Pomegranate
Punica granatum
Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Akulikuli-Kula
Portulaca oleracea
Cut-Leaf Mignonette
Reseda lutea
Date palm
Phoenix dactylifera
Common Lamb'S-Quarters
Chenopodium album
Indehiscent Pigweed
Amaranthus standleyanus
Redroot amaranth
Amaranthus retroflexus
lesser earwig
Labia minor
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