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
Nile Crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola
Coelacanth
Latimeria chalumnae
fallow deer
Dama dama
elk
Cervus elaphus
Sea Vase
Ciona intestinalis
light bulb sesquirt
Clavelina lepadiformis
Ardilla Gris Oriental
Sciurus carolinensis
European rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Large Cabbage White
Pieris brassicae
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
wild boar
Sus scrofa
house mouse
Mus musculus
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Dirty Sea-Squirt
Ascidiella aspersa
chital
Axis axis
black rat
Rattus rattus
Cabbage Moth
Plutella xylostella
California scale
Diaspidiotus perniciosus
spiny starfish
Marthasterias glacialis
Common Shipworm
Teredo navalis
Black-Lined Periwinkle
Littorina saxatilis
Arctic Hiatella
Hiatella arctica
Egyptian Cotton Leafworm
Spodoptera littoralis
nutria
Myocastor coypus
Silver-striped Hawkmoth
Hippotion celerio
Common Rough Woodlouse
Porcellio scaber
woolly apple aphid
Eriosoma lanigerum
Golden Star Tunicate
Botryllus schlosseri
Creeping White Clover
Trifolium repens
Hairy Clover
Trifolium arvense
Annual Strawberry Clover
Trifolium resupinatum
Yellow Cowlily
Nuphar lutea
Bluecrown passionflower
Passiflora caerulea
Purple granadilla
Passiflora edulis
Bell Pepper
Capsicum annuum
Hoe nightshade
Solanum physalifolium
Red Buffalo-bur
Solanum sisymbriifolium
Grass
Cannabis sativa
Edible Rocket
Eruca vesicaria
American Cress
Barbarea verna
Common Wall Cress
Arabidopsis thaliana
Bastard Cress
Thlaspi arvense
Black Mustard
Brassica nigra
Jointed Charlock
Raphanus raphanistrum
Cultivated radish
Raphanus sativus
Ball Mustard
Neslia paniculata
spiked water-milfoil
Myriophyllum spicatum
Japanese Barberry
Berberis thunbergii
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Common catchfly
Silene gallica
Nodding Catchfly
Silene pendula
greater sea-spurrey
Spergularia media
Purple Sand-Spurrey
Spergularia rubra
Aleppo pine
Pinus halepensis
Black Elder
Sambucus nigra
Carrot
Daucus carota
wild celery
Apium graveolens
Chinese Parsley
Coriandrum sativum
Common Pear
Pyrus communis
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