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Latvia

Europe · Northern Europe

Total Species
853
Threatened
55
CR + EN + VU
Population
1,886,202
Area
64,559 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 16
Endangered 21
Vulnerable 18
Near Threatened 46
Least Concern 254
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 452
Extinct 19

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 489
Animalia 352
Fungi 8
Chromista 4

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Latvia

Silver Fir Woolly Aphid

Adelges nordmannianae

Not Evaluated

Silver-Green Leaf Weevil

Phyllobius argentatus

Least Concern

Silver leafhopper

Athysanus argentarius

Least Concern

Silver Meadow

Boloria selene

Extinct

silver speedwell

Veronica incana

Not Evaluated

Silver-Studded Blue

Plebejus argus

Endangered

silver-washed fritillary

Argynnis paphia

Least Concern

Skin beetle

Trogoderma angustum

Not Evaluated

Slender Russian-Thistle

Salsola collina

Not Evaluated

Slimleaf Goosefoot

Chenopodium desiccatum

Not Evaluated

slough grass

Beckmannia eruciformis

Not Evaluated

Small Bath White

Pontia chloridice

Not Evaluated

small blue

Cupido minimus

Near Threatened

Small Golden-rod Plume

Hellinsia osteodactylus

Least Concern

small heath

Coenonympha pamphilus

Least Concern

Small minute scavenger beetle

Latridius minutus

Least Concern

Small Plume

Oxyptilus parvidactyla

Least Concern

Small red slender

Caloptilia rufipennella

Not Evaluated

small scabious

Scabiosa columbaria

Endangered

small skipper

Thymelicus sylvestris

Vulnerable

small tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Near Threatened

Small yellow balsam

Impatiens parviflora

Not Evaluated

Smooth yellow vetch

Vicia lutea

Not Evaluated

Snow in summer

Cerastium tomentosum

Not Evaluated

Snow-in-summer

Cerastium biebersteinii

Not Evaluated

soft needleleaf

Polycnemum arvense

Not Evaluated

Sosnowsky's hogweed

Heracleum sosnowskyi

Not Evaluated

Soya-bean

Glycine max

Not Evaluated

Spearmint

Mentha spicata

Not Evaluated

speckled wood

Pararge aegeria

Least Concern

Spiny Cocklebur

Xanthium spinosum

Not Evaluated

spotted fritillary

Melitaea didyma

Least Concern

Spotted Knapweed

Centaurea stoebe

Not Evaluated

Spotted-laurel

Aucuba japonica

Not Evaluated

Spotted White Plume

Porrittia galactodactyla

Least Concern

Spreading wallflower

Erysimum repandum

Not Evaluated

spring groundsel

Senecio vernalis

Not Evaluated

Springtail

Proisotoma minuta

Not Evaluated

Stag'S-Horn Sumach

Rhus typhina

Not Evaluated

Staphylinid beetle

Lithocharis nigriceps

Least Concern

star-thistle

Centaurea calcitrapa

Extinct

Steppe Cabbage

Rapistrum perenne

Not Evaluated

Stinkgrass

Eragrostis cilianensis

Not Evaluated

Stinking chamomile

Anthemis cotula

Near Threatened

stinking goosefoot

Chenopodium vulvaria

Critically Endangered

strawberry aphid

Chaetosiphon fragaefolii

Not Evaluated

strawberry root aphid

Aphis forbesi

Not Evaluated

Strawberry root weevil

Otiorhynchus ovatus

Least Concern

Strawberry Root Weevil

Sciaphilus asperatus

Least Concern

Striped corn catchfly

Silene conica

Near Threatened

Sudden oak death

Phytophthora ramorum

Not Evaluated

sulphurweed

Peucedanum officinale

Not Evaluated

supina bluegrass

Poa supina

Least Concern

Sweet cherry

Prunus avium

Least Concern

Sycamore midget

Phyllonorycter geniculella

Not Evaluated

Syrian mustard

Euclidium syriacum

Not Evaluated

Tall Melilot

Melilotus altissimus

Least Concern

Tall tumblemustard

Sisymbrium altissimum

Not Evaluated

Tangier pea

Lathyrus tingitanus

Not Evaluated

Tansy Plume

Gillmeria ochrodactyla

Not Evaluated

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