South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
hint yagi
Ricinus communis
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
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
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
Dallisgrass
Paspalum dilatatum
Hare's-tail
Lagurus ovatus
Awned Canary-grass
Phalaris paradoxa
Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata
Annual Ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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
bald cypress
Taxodium distichum
dawn redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Silver wattle
Acacia dealbata
Red beadtree
Adenanthera pavonina
Narrow Clover
Trifolium angustifolium
Aloe Yucca
Yucca aloifolia
Jimsonweed
Datura metel
Husk-Tomato
Physalis philadelphica
European hackberry
Celtis australis
Floating Heart
Nymphoides peltata
Tower rockcress
Turritis glabra
Cashew
Anacardium occidentale
Mango
Mangifera indica
Spreading hedgeparsley
Torilis arvensis
False Strawberry
Potentilla indica
Franchet's Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster franchetii
Barbados nut
Jatropha curcas
Ghostweed
Euphorbia marginata
Tungoil tree
Vernicia fordii
Indian spinach
Basella alba
Curlytop Knotweed
Persicaria lapathifolia
Broad-Leaved Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus
Japanese privet
Ligustrum japonicum
Bloodflower
Asclepias curassavica
Spreading alkali grass
Puccinellia distans
Early Hair Grass
Aira praecox
Pennsylvania everlasting
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
Beach Sunflower
Helianthus debilis
Tropical whiteweed
Ageratum conyzoides
traveler's-palm
Ravenala madagascariensis
Jaggery palm
Caryota urens
Burmese fishtail palm
Caryota mitis
Canary Island Date Palm
Phoenix canariensis
Least Evening-Primrose
Oenothera parviflora
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