South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Yang Shi Cao
Achillea millefolium
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
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
Calamus
Acorus calamus
Bear's-breech
Acanthus mollis
Camphortree
Cinnamomum camphora
Small-leaf spiderwort
Tradescantia fluminensis
Brittle Willow
Salix fragilis
Coliseum-Ivy
Cymbalaria muralis
Buckhorn plantain
Plantago coronopus
Black Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Glandular Plantain
Plantago afra
Broad-Leaved Plantain
Plantago major
sharped-leaved fluellen
Kickxia elatine
round-leaved fluellen
Kickxia spuria
Bright-Blue Speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia
Birdeye speedwell
Veronica persica
Butter And Eggs
Linaria vulgaris
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Gray Poplar
Populus canescens
Roundleaf geranium
Geranium rotundifolium
Awnless Geranium
Geranium molle
Cutleaf geranium
Geranium dissectum
sesame
Sesamum indicum
Cheese skipper
Piophila casei
Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple
Acer negundo
dwarf rush
Juncus capitatus
Common Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
Dudley'S Rush
Juncus tenuis
Bog Rush
Juncus effusus
Common Wood-Rush
Luzula multiflora
Dwarf nettle
Urtica urens
Big-Sting Nettle
Urtica dioica
Lawson's Cypress
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica
Canadian waterweed
Elodea canadensis
Orange wattle
Acacia saligna
Bokhara Clover
Melilotus albus
Annual yellow sweetclover
Melilotus indicus
Hedgehog arion
Arion intermedius
Common Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Common Vetch
Vicia sativa
Purple Vetch
Vicia benghalensis
Fodder Vetch
Vicia villosa
Tiny vetch
Vicia hirsuta
Four-Seed Vetch
Vicia tetrasperma
Narrowleaf lupine
Lupinus angustifolius
European yellow lupine
Lupinus luteus
Spanish broom
Spartium junceum
Serradella
Ornithopus sativus
Burclover
Medicago polymorpha
Black Medic
Medicago lupulina
Alfalfa
Medicago sativa
Bird'S Foot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Fenugreek
Trigonella foenum-graecum
Broom
Cytisus scoparius
Common Honey-Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Black Cottonwood
Populus nigra
Peanut
Arachis hypogaea
Common gorse
Ulex europaeus
American Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
Lobster cockroach
Nauphoeta cinerea
Tall albizia
Albizia procera
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