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
Crab Finger Grass
Digitaria sanguinalis
Teff
Eragrostis tef
Job's tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
Mouse barley
Hordeum murinum
rat cone
Conus rattus
Creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
Bermudagrass
Cynodon dactylon
Barnyard Grass
Dactylis glomerata
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
Spiny Cocklebur
Xanthium spinosum
Burweed
Xanthium strumarium
Smooth hawksbeard
Crepis capillaris
Black Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Boar Thistle
Cirsium arvense
Cat'S Ear
Hypochaeris radicata
Annual Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Glabrous Catsear
Hypochaeris glabra
Hawkweed Oxtongue
Picris hieracioides
Niger
Guizotia abyssinica
gum succory
Chondrilla juncea
Black soldier fly
Hermetia illucens
Maltese star-thistle
Centaurea melitensis
star-thistle
Centaurea calcitrapa
Early Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Yellow salsify
Tragopogon dubius
Ox-tongue
Helminthotheca echioides
Annual Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Common sowthistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Spiny sowthistle
Sonchus asper
Hairy beggarticks
Bidens pilosa
Belgian Endive
Cichorium intybus
Common Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Muster john henry
Tagetes minuta
African Marigold
Tagetes erecta
Blessed milkthistle
Silybum marianum
Pomegranate
Punica granatum
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Akulikuli-Kula
Portulaca oleracea
Cut-Leaf Mignonette
Reseda lutea
Date palm
Phoenix dactylifera
Common Lamb'S-Quarters
Chenopodium album
Indehiscent Pigweed
Amaranthus standleyanus
Perennial Pigweed
Amaranthus deflexus
Slender amaranth
Amaranthus viridis
Japanese skeleton shrimp
Caprella mutica
Mat amaranth
Amaranthus blitoides
Beet
Beta vulgaris
Common Saltwort
Salsola kali
Large-flowered Evening-primrose
Oenothera glazioviana
Candlestick
Oenothera biennis
Horseradish tree
Moringa oleifera
European water plantain
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Blow Fly
Lucilia sericata
anoda-weed
Anoda cristata
Buttonweed
Malva neglecta
Cheeseweed mallow
Malva parviflora
Chinese Mallow
Malva verticillata
Bladder Ketmia
Hibiscus trionum
Arrowleaf sida
Sida rhombifolia
Abutilon-Hemp
Abutilon theophrasti
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