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Ireland

Europe · Northern Europe

Total Species
1335
Threatened
76
CR + EN + VU
Population
4937796
Area
70273 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 21
Endangered 25
Vulnerable 30
Near Threatened 52
Least Concern 378
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 802
Extinct 14

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 842
Animalia 464
Fungi 14
Chromista 14
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ireland

Hairy-fruited Broom

Cytisus striatus

Least Concern

Hyacinthoides

Hyacinthoides massartiana

Not Evaluated

Bastard Cress

Lepidium campestre

Least Concern

New Zealand Bitter-cress

Cardamine corymbosa

Not Evaluated

Yellow Azalea

Rhododendron luteum

Not Evaluated

Cape-pondweed

Aponogeton distachyos

Not Evaluated

Oriental spruce

Picea orientalis

Least Concern

Cornflag

Gladiolus communis

Not Evaluated

Red-hot-poker

Kniphofia uvaria

Not Evaluated

corky-fruited water-dropwort

Oenanthe pimpinelloides

Critically Endangered

alexanders

Smyrnium olusatrum

Not Evaluated

Himalayan honeysuckle

Leycesteria formosa

Not Evaluated

Portugal Laurel

Prunus lusitanica

Least Concern

Intermediate Hawthorn

Crataegus media

Least Concern

bearberry cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dammeri

Not Evaluated

Billard's Bridewort

Spiraea billardii

Not Evaluated

Upright spurge

Euphorbia stricta

Not Evaluated

Golden Ragwort

Senecio doria

Not Evaluated

Shasta Daisy

Leucanthemum superbum

Not Evaluated

Meadow-foam

Limnanthes douglasii

Not Evaluated

European wand loosestrife

Lythrum virgatum

Not Evaluated

creeping comfrey

Symphytum grandiflorum

Not Evaluated

Pink Woodruff

Asperula taurina

Not Evaluated

Dense-flowered Fumitory

Fumaria densiflora

Critically Endangered

Highclere holly

Ilex altaclerensis

Not Evaluated

Celandine Saxifrage

Saxifraga cymbalaria

Not Evaluated

geum saxifrage

Saxifraga geum

Not Evaluated

French Speedwell

Veronica acinifolia

Critically Endangered

Iberian geranium

Geranium ibericum

Not Evaluated

Druce'S Crane'S-Bill

Geranium oxonianum

Not Evaluated

Red Horse-chestnut

Aesculus carnea

Not Evaluated

Heath Star Moss

Campylopus introflexus

Not Evaluated

Cape Thread-moss

Orthodontium lineare

Not Evaluated

box-holly

Ruscus aculeatus

Not Evaluated

Tobacco

Nicotiana sanderae

Not Evaluated

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Siberian wallflower

Erysimum marshallii

Not Evaluated

Shallon

Gaultheria shallon

Not Evaluated

salmon barberry

Berberis aggregata

Not Evaluated

Hartwort

Tordylium maximum

Not Evaluated

Hjelmqvist's cotoneaster

Cotoneaster hjelmqvistii

Not Evaluated

Diels's cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dielsianus

Not Evaluated

Simons' cotoneaster

Cotoneaster simonsii

Not Evaluated

New Zealand bur

Acaena novae-zelandiae

Not Evaluated

Ciliate Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata

Not Evaluated

Southern Crestwort

Lophocolea semiteres

Not Evaluated

Chinese Fountain-bamboo

Fargesia spathacea

Not Evaluated

Broad-leaved Bamboo

Sasa palmata

Not Evaluated

Veitch's Bamboo

Sasa veitchii

Not Evaluated

Cucumber Magnolia

Magnolia acuminata

Least Concern

Big-laurel

Magnolia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

White Forget-me-not

Plagiobothrys scouleri

Not Evaluated

Pyrenean Lily

Lilium pyrenaicum

Not Evaluated

Ribbon Fern

Pteris cretica

Not Evaluated

shiny-leaf willow

Salix meyeriana

Not Evaluated

Weeping willow

Salix sepulcralis

Not Evaluated

Tall Ramping-Fumitory

Fumaria bastardii

Not Evaluated

Londonpride

Saxifraga urbium

Not Evaluated

Cedar of Goa

Cupressus lusitanica

Least Concern

Monterey cypress

Cupressus macrocarpa

Vulnerable

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