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
bastard-box
Eucalyptus microtheca
red honey myrtle
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Cajeput tree
Melaleuca linariifolia
Christmas cactus
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Grey-leaf Sugarbsh
Protea laurifolia
red pincushion-protea
Leucospermum cordifolium
Cheeseweed
Malva multiflora
Roostertree
Calotropis procera
Foetid-leaf Sugarbush
Protea susannae
Burchell's Sugarbush
Protea burchellii
Rocket Pincushion
Leucospermum reflexum
Native Frangipani
Hymenosporum flavum
black wattle
Acacia implexa
Palm beachbells
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri
False aralia
Plerandra elegantissima
red Easter-lily cactus
Echinopsis oxygona
Spicy Conebush
Leucadendron tinctum
Brown Barrel
Eucalyptus fastigata
Saltwater Paperbark
Melaleuca cuticularis
grey honey myrtle
Melaleuca incana
Rottnest Island teatree
Melaleuca lanceolata
prickly-leaf paperbark
Melaleuca nodosa
Falcate Yellowwood
Podocarpus henkelii
Pinchot Juniper
Juniperus pinchotii
Wallangarra wattle
Acacia adunca
Brisbane Golden Wattle
Acacia fimbriata
Sticky Wattle
Acacia viscidula
Pompon Tree
Dais cotinifolia
Greathead's aloe
Aloe greatheadii
Mauritius hemp
Furcraea foetida
Sisal hemp
Agave sisalana
Blackberry, Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
Snowpeaks raspberry
Rubus niveus
Hen's eyes
Ardisia crenata
Common gum cistus
Cistus ladanifer
Australian saltbush
Atriplex semibaccata
Broad-leaf arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
Kurrajong
Brachychiton populneus
American Black Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Gout stalk
Jatropha podagrica
Creeping croftonweed
Ageratina riparia
Clasping heliotrope
Heliotropium amplexicaule
Japanese wisteria
Wisteria floribunda
Big blue lilyturf
Liriope muscari
inkberry
Cestrum laevigatum
ten-commandments
Maranta leuconeura
Uruguayan needlegrass
Nassella neesiana
Indian sandbur
Cenchrus biflorus
Hedge bamboo
Bambusa multiplex
Crown Daisy
Glebionis coronaria
pompomweed
Campuloclinium macrocephalum
Cedar wattle
Acacia elata
Camelthorn
Alhagi maurorum
Moreton bay fig
Ficus macrophylla
tea rose
Rosa odorata
Sticky snakeroot
Ageratina adenophora
Annual trampweed
Facelis retusa
Little ironweed
Cyanthillium cinereum
California-geranium
Roldana petasitis
gomphrena-weed
Gomphrena celosioides
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