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Iceland

Europe · Northern Europe

Total Species
837
Threatened
8
CR + EN + VU
Population
341,250
Area
103,000 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 3
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 4
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 72
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 62
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 717
Animalia 109
Fungi 7
Chromista 3
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Iceland

marsh arrowgrass

Triglochin palustris

Least Concern

Marsh Cinquefoil

Comarum palustre

Least Concern

Marsh Cress

Rorippa islandica

Endangered

Marsh cudweed

Gnaphalium uliginosum

Least Concern

Marsh Hawk's-beard

Crepis paludosa

Least Concern

Marsh Horsetail

Equisetum palustre

Least Concern

Marsh Pea

Lathyrus palustris

Endangered

marsh pennywort

Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Near Threatened

Marsh Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirculus

Endangered

marsh thistle

Cirsium palustre

Least Concern

Marsh Willow-Herb

Epilobium palustre

Least Concern

Mat-Grass

Nardus stricta

Near Threatened

Meadow barley

Hordeum brachyantherum

Not Evaluated

Meadow Crane'S-Bill

Geranium pratense

Least Concern

Meadow-foam

Limnanthes douglasii

Not Evaluated

Meadow Horsetail

Equisetum pratense

Least Concern

Meadow pea

Lathyrus pratensis

Least Concern

meadow saxifrage

Saxifraga granulata

Least Concern

Mediterranean flour moth

Ephestia kuehniella

Least Concern

melancholy thistle

Cirsium helenioides

Not Evaluated

Melancholy Thistle

Cirsium heterophyllum

Least Concern

Metallic Marine Isopod

Idotea metallica

Not Evaluated

Mexican Dock

Rumex triangulivalvis

Not Evaluated

Mexican stonecrop

Sedum mexicanum

Not Evaluated

milkflower willowherb

Epilobium lactiflorum

Least Concern

Miner's pepperwort

Lepidium densiflorum

Not Evaluated

Mingan Grapefern

Botrychium minganense

Not Evaluated

Monochrome spider beetle

Epauloecus unicolor

Least Concern

Montane Knapweed

Centaurea montana

Not Evaluated

moss bell heather

Harrimanella hypnoides

Least Concern

Mossy Saxifrage

Saxifraga hypnoides

Not Evaluated

Mottled Scouring-Rush

Equisetum variegatum

Least Concern

mottled umber

Erannis defoliaria

Least Concern

Mountain Hemlock

Tsuga mertensiana

Not Evaluated

Mountain Pine

Pinus uncinata

Least Concern

Mountain Plume

Stenoptilia islandicus

Vulnerable

Mountain Rock-Cress

Arabidopsis petraea

Least Concern

mountain sandwort

Cherleria biflora

Least Concern

Mouse barley

Hordeum murinum

Least Concern

Mouse-Ear Hawkweed

Pilosella officinarum

Not Evaluated

Multilobed Dandelion

Taraxacum angustisquameum

Not Evaluated

muskox

Ovibos moschatus

Not Evaluated

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Near Threatened

myrtle willow

Salix myrsinites

Least Concern

nard sedge

Carex nardina

Near Threatened

Narrowleaf dock

Rumex stenophyllus

Not Evaluated

Narrowleaf hawksbeard

Crepis tectorum

Near Threatened

Narrow-lobed Dandelion

Taraxacum falcatum

Least Concern

Native Scots Pinewood

Pinus sylvestris

Least Concern

Newfoundland sedge

Carex glacialis

Least Concern

New Garden Bumblebee

Bombus hypnorum

Least Concern

Nightflowering silene

Silene noctiflora

Endangered

Nootka Lupine

Lupinus nootkatensis

Not Evaluated

northern daisy

Erigeron uniflorus

Least Concern

northern dead-nettle

Lamium confertum

Least Concern

northern red currant

Ribes spicatum

Least Concern

northern spike-moss

Selaginella selaginoides

Least Concern

northern wood rush

Luzula confusa

Least Concern

Norwegian arctic-cudweed

Omalotheca norvegica

Least Concern

Norwegian Cinquefoil

Potentilla norvegica

Least Concern

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