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
Uruguayan pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana
Annual rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon monspeliensis
Rough Bluegrass
Poa trivialis
Annual Bluegrass
Poa annua
English Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
Bulbous Oatgrass
Arrhenatherum elatius
Crab Finger Grass
Digitaria sanguinalis
Common Velvetgrass
Holcus lanatus
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
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
Blow Fly
Lucilia sericata
Hairy beggarticks
Bidens pilosa
African Marigold
Tagetes erecta
Blessed milkthistle
Silybum marianum
Cheese skipper
Piophila casei
Hedgehog arion
Arion intermedius
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
Lobster cockroach
Nauphoeta cinerea
Common Lamb'S-Quarters
Chenopodium album
Indehiscent Pigweed
Amaranthus standleyanus
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