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
Cathedral bells
Kalanchoe pinnata
Kariba weed
Salvinia molesta
Mexican fireplant
Euphorbia heterophylla
Separated sedge
Carex divisa
Chinese privet
Ligustrum sinense
Narrow-leafed Ash
Fraxinus angustifolia
Common bamboo
Bambusa vulgaris
Stiff Brome
Brachypodium distachyon
Rose natal grass
Melinis repens
Butterweed
Erigeron canadensis
Argentine fleabane
Erigeron bonariensis
Field burrweed
Soliva sessilis
Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose
Oenothera laciniata
Needle Bush
Hakea sericea
Silkoak
Grevillea robusta
Grannyvine
Ipomoea tricolor
Japanese morning-glory
Ipomoea nil
hoary plantain
Plantago virginica
Bracted Plantain
Plantago aristata
Golden wattle
Acacia pycnantha
Royal poinciana
Delonix regia
Rougeplant
Rivina humilis
tiputree
Tipuana tipu
Woolly Clover
Trifolium tomentosum
Suffocated clover
Trifolium suffocatum
Catclaw vine
Dolichandra unguis-cati
Black poui
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Norfolk island pine
Araucaria heterophylla
Brazilian peppertree
Schinus terebinthifolia
Carrot bur parsley
Caucalis platycarpos
Pillpod sandmat
Euphorbia hirta
Rice-paper plant
Tetrapanax papyrifer
Eve's needle cactus
Austrocylindropuntia subulata
Angel's-wings
Opuntia microdasys
Streambank bulrush
Schoenoplectus triqueter
Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye
Sphagneticola trilobata
Siamweed
Chromolaena odorata
Crapemyrtle
Lagerstroemia indica
Cigar flower
Cuphea ignea
Swampmahogany
Eucalyptus robusta
Weeping Paperbark
Melaleuca leucadendra
Punktree
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Carolina bristlemallow
Modiola caroliniana
leather-coat
Waltheria indica
purpleheart
Tradescantia pallida
Jio
Commelina benghalensis
Rattlebox
Sesbania punicea
Indian Jointvetch
Aeschynomene indica
Purple bushbean
Macroptilium atropurpureum
Japanese Arrowroot
Pueraria montana
Montpellier Broom
Genista monspessulana
Emperor's candlesticks
Senna alata
Scotch attorney
Clusia rosea
Clubbed begonia
Begonia cucullata
Loblolly pine
Pinus taeda
Chir pine
Pinus roxburghii
Wax tree
Toxicodendron succedaneum
creeping agrimony
Agrimonia repens
Silverleaf cotoneaster
Cotoneaster pannosus
Mu oil tree
Vernicia montana
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