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Ireland

Europe · Northern Europe

Total Species
1335
Threatened
76
CR + EN + VU
Population
4,937,796
Area
70,273 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 21
Endangered 25
Vulnerable 30
Near Threatened 52
Least Concern 378
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 800
Extinct 14

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 842
Animalia 464
Fungi 14
Chromista 14
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ireland

Dark mealworm

Tenebrio obscurus

Not Evaluated

Darnel ryegrass

Lolium temulentum

Critically Endangered

Darwin's berberis

Berberis darwinii

Not Evaluated

dawn redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Not Evaluated

deadly nightshade

Atropa belladonna

Near Threatened

Dead Man'S Fingers

Codium fragile

Not Evaluated

Death-watch beetle

Xestobium rufovillosum

Least Concern

DE: Kastanienwickler, Eichenwickler ES: Oruga de la castaña FR: Carpocapse des châtaignes IT: Cidia o Tortrice tardiva delle castagne PT: Bichado das castanhas GB: Acorn moth, Chestnut fruit tortrix

Cydia splendana

Least Concern

Dense-flowered Fumitory

Fumaria densiflora

Critically Endangered

Dense-Flower Mullein

Verbascum densiflorum

Least Concern

Deodar

Cedrus deodara

Least Concern

Devil'S Paintbrush

Pilosella aurantiaca

Least Concern

Diatom

Coscinodiscus wailesii

Not Evaluated

Diels's cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dielsianus

Not Evaluated

Diluvian Puncturella

Puncturella noachina

Endangered

Dingy Dowd

Blastobasis adustella

Not Evaluated

dingy skipper

Erynnis tages

Vulnerable

Disappearing Soil Slug

Arion occultus

Data Deficient

Disc Mayweed

Matricaria discoidea

Not Evaluated

dog mercury

Mercurialis perennis

Least Concern

Dog's-tooth-violet

Erythronium dens-canis

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

dooryard sowbug

Porcellio laevis

Least Concern

Dorset heath

Erica ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Dotted Loosestrife

Lysimachia punctata

Not Evaluated

Douglas Fir Seed Wasp

Megastigmus spermotrophus

Not Evaluated

Douglas' spirea

Spiraea douglasii

Not Evaluated

Drab Clothes

Haplotinea insectella

Least Concern

Dragon Arum

Dracunculus vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Dried fruit moth

Cadra calidella

Not Evaluated

Druce'S Crane'S-Bill

Geranium oxonianum

Not Evaluated

Dudley'S Rush

Juncus tenuis

Least Concern

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Durham slug

Arion flagellus

Least Concern

Dusky Plume

Oidaematophorus lithodactyla

Endangered

Dutch elm

Ulmus hollandica

Not Evaluated

Dutch elm disease

Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

Not Evaluated

Dutch Elm Disease

Ophiostoma ulmi

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Gorse

Ulex minor

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Honeysuckle

Lonicera xylosteum

Near Threatened

Dwarf Mallow

Malva pusilla

Vulnerable

Dwarf Mountain-pine

Pinus mugo

Not Evaluated

Dwarf nettle

Urtica urens

Vulnerable

Dwarf Setaria

Setaria italica

Not Evaluated

Dwarf snapdragon

Chaenorhinum minus

Least Concern

Dwarf Spurge

Euphorbia exigua

Vulnerable

Dysderid Spider

Dysdera crocata

Not Evaluated

Early Goldenrod

Solidago gigantea

Not Evaluated

Earth Chestnut

Lathyrus tuberosus

Least Concern

Ectopsocid

Ectopsocus briggsi

Not Evaluated

Edging Candytuft

Iberis sempervirens

Not Evaluated

Edging Lobelia

Lobelia erinus

Not Evaluated

Edible Rocket

Eruca vesicaria

Not Evaluated

eel parasite

Anguillicola crassus

Not Evaluated

Eel pest

Pseudodactylogyrus bini

Not Evaluated

Eel pest

Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae

Not Evaluated

Egyptian Grasshopper

Anacridium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

Elecampane

Inula helenium

Not Evaluated

Elm Bark Beetle

Scolytus multistriatus

Not Evaluated

Elm-Leaf Spiraea

Spiraea chamaedryfolia

Not Evaluated

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