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
Canadian waterweed
Elodea canadensis
Orange wattle
Acacia saligna
Common Vetch
Vicia sativa
Purple Vetch
Vicia benghalensis
Fenugreek
Trigonella foenum-graecum
Broom
Cytisus scoparius
Common Honey-Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Black Nightshade
Solanum nigrum
Hairy Nightshade
Solanum villosum
Cutleaf groundcherry
Physalis angulata
American Cress
Barbarea verna
Charlock mustard
Sinapis arvensis
White mustard
Sinapis alba
Herb Sophia
Descurainia sophia
Common Grapevine
Vitis vinifera
American Ivy
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Common Heather
Calluna vulgaris
Bladder Campion
Silene vulgaris
Red Campion
Silene dioica
Bird'S-Eye Pearlwort
Sagina procumbens
sea pearlwort
Sagina maritima
Mulberry
Morus alba
Common Fig
Ficus carica
Carrot-Fern
Conium maculatum
fragrant agrimony
Agrimonia procera
Alpine Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
Chufa (Edible Variety)
Cyperus esculentus
Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge
Cyperus eragrostis
Papyrus
Cyperus papyrus
European woodland sedge
Carex sylvatica
Bristly dogstail grass
Cynosurus echinatus
Big quakinggrass
Briza maxima
Little quakinggrass
Briza minor
Santa maria feverfew
Parthenium hysterophorus
False daisy
Eclipta prostrata
Chinese Scholartree
Styphnolobium japonicum
Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia aculeata
London rocket
Sisymbrium irio
Wild parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
Chinese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Hairy Bramble
Rubus phoenicolasius
Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata
hyssop loosestrife
Lythrum hyssopifolia
Garden Pink-sorrel
Oxalis latifolia
Guava
Psidium guajava
Red beadtree
Adenanthera pavonina
Narrow Clover
Trifolium angustifolium
American Black Nightshade
Solanum americanum
Silverleaf nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Garden tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Barbados nut
Jatropha curcas
traveler's-palm
Ravenala madagascariensis
Jaggery palm
Caryota urens
Burmese fishtail palm
Caryota mitis
Canary Island Date Palm
Phoenix canariensis
Malabar plum
Syzygium jambos
Caesarweed
Urena lobata
Althea
Hibiscus syriacus
arizona-cypress
Cupressus arizonica
Sydney golden wattle
Acacia longifolia
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