List of invasive species in South Africa
This is a list of invasive species in South Africa, including invasive species of plants, animals, and other organisms in South Africa.
A list of invasive species has been published under the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act of 2004.
Microorganisms
Microorganisms considered to be invasive species include:- beak and feather disease virus
- Vibrio cholerae
Algae
- Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides - dead man's fingers
- Hypnea musciformis - hypnea
- Kappaphycus spp. - agar-agars
Plants
- Acacia adunca - cascade wattle
- Acacia baileyana - Bailey's wattle
- Acacia cyclops - red eye
- Acacia decurrens - green wattle
- Acacia elata - pepper tree wattle
- Acacia mearnsii - black wattle
- Acacia melanoxylon - Australian blackwood
- Acacia podalyriifolia - pearl acacia
- Acacia saligna - Port Jackson willow
- Acacia stricta - hop wattle
- Agave sisalana - sisal
- Agrimonia procera - fragrant agrimony
- Ailanthus altissima - tree of heaven
- Alisma plantago-aquatica - common water-plantain
- Anredera cordifolia - Madeira vine
- Antigonon leptopus - coral creeper
- Ardisia elliptica - shoebutton ardisia
- Aristolochia littoralis - elegant Dutchman's pipe
- Atriplex lindleyi ssp. inflata - spongefruit saltbush
- Atriplex nummularia - old man saltbush
- Austrocylindropuntia subulata - longspine cactus
- Azolla pinnata ssp. asiatica - mosquito fern
- Bartlettina sordida - blue mist flower
- Bauhinia purpurea - butterfly orchid tree
- Bauhinia variegata - orchid tree
- Billardiera heterophylla - bluebell creeper
- Cabomba caroliniana - Carolina fanwort
- Caesalpinia gilliesii - bird of paradise bush
- Callisia repens - creeping inchplant
- Calotropis procera - apple of Sodom
- Cardiospermum grandiflorum - showy balloon vine
- Casuarina cunninghamiana - beefwood
- Casuarina equisetifolia - horsetail tree
- Catharanthus roseus - Madagascar rosy periwinkle
- Cestrum spp. - jessamines
- Chondrilla juncea - skeletonweed
- Cirsium japonicum - Japanese thistle
- Cotoneaster franchetii - Franchet's cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster glaucophyllus - late cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster pannosus - silverleaf cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster salicifolius - willow-leaved cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster simonsii - Himalayan cotoneaster
- Crotalaria agatiflora - canarybird bush
- Cryptostegia madagascariensis - Madagascar rubber vine
- Cylindropuntia fulgida - jumping cholla
- Cylindropuntia imbricata - imbricate cholla
- Diplocyclos palmatus - lollipop-climber
- Dipogon lignosus - Australian pea
- Dolichandra unguis-cati - catclaw creeper
- Echinodorus cordifolius - creeping burhead
- Echinodorus tenellus - Amazon sword plant
- Egeria densa - Brazilian waterweed
- Eichhornia crassipes - common water hyacinth
- Elodea canadensis - Canadian waterweed
- Equisetum hyemale - rough horsetail
- Eriobotrya japonica - loquat
- Eucalyptus camaldulensis - river red gum
- Eucalyptus cladocalyx - sugar gum
- Eucalyptus diversicolor - karri
- Eucalyptus grandis - rose gum
- Eucalyptus paniculata - grey ironbark
- Eucalyptus sideroxylon - red ironbark
- Euphorbia esula - leafy spurge
- Euphorbia leucocephala - pascuita
- Fallopia sachalinensis - giant knotweed
- Flaveria bidentis - smelter's bush
- Galium tricornutum - corn cleavers
- Genista monspessulana - Montpellier broom
- Gleditsia triacanthos - honey locust
- Grevillea banksii - red silky oak
- Homalanthus populifolius - bleeding heart
- Hydrilla verticillata - hydrilla
- Hydrocleys nymphoides - water poppy
- Hylocereus undatus - night-blooming cereus
- Hypericum androsaemum - tutsan
- Hypericum perforatum - common St. John's wort
- Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosa - morning-glory bush
- Ipomoea purpurea - tall morning glory
- Iris pseudacorus - yellow flag
- Jacaranda mimosifolia - blue jacaranda
- Jatropha gossypiifolia - cotton-leaf physic nut
- Kalanchoe delagoensis - chandelier plant
- Kali tragus - Russian thistle
- Kunzea ericoides - burgan
- Lantana spp. - lantanas
- Ligustrum japonicum - Japanese privet
- Ligustrum lucidum - glossy privet
- Ligustrum ovalifolium - California privet
- Ligustrum sinense - Chinese privet
- Ligustrum vulgare - common privet
- Lilium formosanum - Formosa lily
- Linaria dalmatica - Dalmatian toadflax
- Linaria vulgaris - common toadflax
- Ludwigia peruviana - Peruvian primrosebush
- Lythrum hyssopifolia - hyssop loosestrife
- Lythrum salicaria - purple loosestrife
- Malva arborea - tree mallow
- Malva verticillata - Chinese mallow
- Malvastrum coromandelianum - prickly malvastrum
- Marsilea mutica - nardoo
- Melaleuca hypericifolia - hillock bush
- Melia azedarach - Persian lilac
- Metrosideros excelsa - New Zealand Christmas tree
- Mimosa pigra - giant sensitive plant
- Mirabilis jalapa - marvel of Peru
- Morus alba - white mulberry
- Myoporum laetum - New Zealand manatoka
- Myriophyllum aquaticum - parrotfeather
- Nasturtium officinale - watercress
- Nephrolepis exaltata - sword fern
- Nicandra physalodes - apple of Peru
- Nuphar lutea - yellow water-lily
- Nymphaea mexicana - Mexican water-lily
- Nymphoides peltata - yellow floating-heart
- Opuntia engelmannii - Engelmann's prickly-pear
- Opuntia microdasys - bunny ears cactus
- Orobanche ramosa - branching broomrape
- Parkinsonia aculeata - Mexican palo verde
- Paspalum quadrifarium - tussock paspalum
- Passiflora tarminiana - banana passionfruit
- Passiflora tripartita - banana passionfruit
- Paulownia tomentosa - empress tree
- Pennisetum purpureum - Napier grass
- Persicaria capitata - pink-head knotweed
- Phytolacca americana - American pokeweed
- Phytolacca dioica - belhambra
- Phytolacca icosandra - tropical pokeweed
- Pinus canariensis - Canary Islands pine
- Pinus elliottii - slash pine
- Pinus halepensis - Aleppo pine
- Pinus patula - patula pine
- Pinus pinaster - cluster pine
- Pinus radiata - Monterey pine
- Pinus roxburghii - chir pine
- Pinus taeda - loblolly pine
- Plectranthus barbatus - Indian coleus
- Pontederia cordata - pickerelweed
- Populus alba - white poplar
- Potentilla indica - mock strawberry
- Prosopis glandulosa - honey mesquite
- Prosopis velutina - velvet mesquite
- Prunus serotina - black cherry
- Psidium cattleianum - strawberry guava
- Psidium × durbanensis - Durban guava
- Psidium guajava - common guava
- Psidium guineense - Brazilian guava
- Pueraria montana - kudzu
- Pyracantha angustifolia - narrowleaf firethorn
- Pyracantha coccinea - red firethorn
- Pyracantha crenatoserrata - broadleaf firethorn
- Pyracantha crenulata - Himalayan firethorn
- Pyracantha koidzumii - Formosa firethorn
- Pyracantha rogersiana - Asian firethorn
- Ricinus communis - castor oil plant
- Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust
- Rubus armeniacus - Himalayan blackberry
- Rubus flagellaris - common dewberry
- Rubus fruticosus - European blackberry
- Rubus niveus - Ceylon raspberry
- Rumex usambarensis - East African dock
- Salix babylonica - weeping willow
- Salix fragilis - crack willow
- Salsola kali - tumbleweed
- Salvia tiliifolia - lindenleaf sage
- Salvinia molesta - giant salvinia
- Sambucus canadensis - Canadian elder
- Sambucus nigra - European elder
- Senna bicapsularis - rambling senna
- Senna didymobotrya - peanut butter cassia
- Senna hirsuta - woolly senna
- Senna occidentalis - septicweed
- Senna pendula - Christmas senna
- Senna septemtrionalis - arsenic bush
- Solanum chrysotrichum - giant devil's fig
- Solanum pseudocapsicum - Jerusalem cherry
- Sorghum halepense - Johnson grass
- Syngonium podophyllum - arrowhead vine
- Syzygium cumini - jambolan
- Syzygium jambos - rose apple
- Tamarix aphylla - Athel tree
- Tamarix gallica - French tamarisk
- Tephrocactus articulatus - pine cone cactus
- Tipuana tipu - tipu tree
- Toona ciliata - toon
- Toxicodendron succedaneum - wax tree
- Tradescantia fluminensis - small-leaf spiderwort
- Tradescantia zebrina - inchplant
- Verbena bonariensis - tall verbena
- Verbena brasiliensis - Brazilian verbena
- Vinca major - greater periwinkle
- Vinca minor - lesser periwinkle
- Vitex trifolia - Indian three-leaf vitex
Tunicates
- Ciona intestinalis - sea vase
Annelids
- Ficopomatus enigmaticus - Australian tubeworm
- Boccardia proboscidea - shell worm
Molluscs
in Potchefstroom
Crustaceans
Invasive species of crustaceans include:- Carcinus maenas - European shore crab
- Cherax quadricarinatus - redclaw crayfish
- Procambarus clarkii - red swamp crayfish
Insects
- Aedes albopictus - Asian tiger mosquito
- Anoplolepis gracilipes - yellow crazy ant
- Aphis spiraecola - green citrus aphid
- Aulacaspis yasumatsui - cycad aulacaspis scale
- Bactrocera invadens - Asian fruit fly
- Bemisia tabaci - silverleaf whitefly
- Cactoblastis cactorum - cactus moth
- Cinara cupressi - cypress aphid
- Coptotermes formosanus - Formosan subterranean termite
- Cosmopolites sordidus - banana root borer
- Cryptotermes brevis - West Indian drywood termite
- Ctenarytaina eucalypti - blue gum psyllid
- Eulachnus rileyi - pine needle aphid
- Frankliniella occidentalis - western flower thrips
- Harmonia axyridis - Asian lady beetle
- Hylastes ater - black pine bark beetle
- Hylurgus ligniperda - red-haired pine bark beetle
- Icerya purchasi - cottony cushion scale
- Linepithema humile - Argentine ant
- Orthotomicus erosus - Mediterranean pine engraver
- Phenacoccus manihoti - cassava mealybug
- Pineus pini - pine woolly aphid
- Polistes dominula - European paper wasp
- Pseudococcus calceolariae - Citrophilus mealybug
- Sirex noctilio - Sirex woodwasp
- Technomyrmex albipes - white-footed ant
- Thaumastocoris peregrinus - bronze bug
- Vespula germanica - European wasp
- Xyleborinus saxesenii - fruit-tree pinhole borer
- Xylosandrus compactus - black twig borer
Fish
- Ctenopharyngodon idella - grass carp
- Cyprinus carpio - common carp
- Gambusia affinis - western mosquitofish
- Hypophthalmichthys molitrix - silver carp
- Lepomis macrochirus - bluegill
- Micropterus dolomieu - smallmouth bass
- Micropterus punctulatus - spotted bass
- Micropterus salmoides - largemouth bass
- Micropterus salmoides floridanus - Florida bass
- Oreochromis niloticus - Nile tilapia
- Perca fluviatilis - European perch
- Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus - vermiculated sailfin catfish
- Salmo salar - Atlantic salmon
- Tinca tinca - tench
Amphibians
- Amietophrynus gutturalis - guttural toad
Reptiles
- Emys orbicularis - European pond turtle
- Gehyra mutilata - stump-tailed gecko
- Hemidactylus frenatus - common house gecko
- Lepidodactylus lugubris - mourning gecko
- Tarentola mauritanica - Moorish wall gecko
- Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans - red-eared slider
Birds
- Acridotheres tristis - common myna
- Anas platyrhynchos - mallard
- Columba livia - rock dove
- Corvus splendens - house crow
- Fringilla coelebs - common chaffinch
Mammals
- Felis silvestris - cat
- Hemitragus jemlahicus - Himalayan tahr
- Mus musculus - house mouse
- Rattus rattus - black rat
- Sus scrofa - feral pig