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Belgium

Europe · Western Europe

Total Species
12026
Threatened
331
CR + EN + VU
Population
11 589 616
Area
30 528 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 32
Endangered 116
Vulnerable 183
Near Threatened 172
Least Concern 1532
Data Deficient 119
Not Evaluated 2098
Extinct 39

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 5675
Plantae 3894
Fungi 2229
Protozoa 121
Chromista 104
Bacteria 3

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Belgium

heather ladybird

Chilocorus bipustulatus

Vulnerable

Heather Mining Bee

Andrena fuscipes

Least Concern

Heath Grasper

Haplodrassus dalmatensis

Endangered

heath grasshopper

Chorthippus vagans

Least Concern

Chocolate Root

Geum rivale

Extinct

hebrew character

Orthosia gothica

Least Concern

Small Mesh-weaver

Dictyna pusilla

Endangered

heath rush

Juncus squarrosus

Least Concern

bigpod sesbania

Sesbania herbacea

Not Evaluated

heath spotted orchid

Dactylorhiza maculata

Vulnerable

Autumn Millet

Panicum dichotomiflorum

Not Evaluated

Heath tiger beetle

Cicindela sylvatica

Critically Endangered

Heath woodrush

Luzula congesta

Least Concern

Hedge Cosmet

Cosmopterix zieglerella

Least Concern

Hedgehog Clover

Trifolium echinatum

Not Evaluated

American Horseshoe Crab

Limulus polyphemus

Not Evaluated

Hedgehog Grimmia

Grimmia crinita

Extinct

Graceful false flax

Camelina rumelica

Not Evaluated

Gophertail lovegrass

Eragrostis ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Hedgemustard

Sisymbrium officinale

Least Concern

Hedge-Nettle

Stachys palustris

Least Concern

Hedge Ragwort

Brachyglottis repanda

Not Evaluated

Chocolate Milky

Lactarius lignyotus

Endangered

hedge rustic

Tholera cespitis

Least Concern

hedge snail

Hygromia limbata

Not Evaluated

hemlock water-dropwort

Oenanthe crocata

Near Threatened

Goose Tongue

Plantago maritima

Near Threatened

Rosy Navel

Contumyces rosellus

Data Deficient

Gooseneck Loosestrife

Lysimachia clethroides

Not Evaluated

Hepatica

Hepatica nobilis

Least Concern

Herald

Scoliopteryx libatrix

Least Concern

slit limpet

Emarginula fissura

Least Concern

chocolateband snail

Eobania vermiculata

Not Evaluated

Bethlehem Lungwort

Pulmonaria saccharata

Not Evaluated

Goosefoot

Acer pensylvanicum

Least Concern

Herb of the cross

Verbena officinalis

Least Concern

Scarce Large Blue

Phengaris teleius

Extinct

Hermit Beetle

Osmoderma eremita

Critically Endangered

Chocolate arion

Arion rufus

Vulnerable

Horse botfly

Gasterophilus intestinalis

Least Concern

Goldilocks Buttercup

Ranunculus auricomus

Least Concern

Hercules' Club

Aralia elata

Not Evaluated

Hercynian hair moss

Oligotrichum hercynicum

Critically Endangered

Curled Hook-Moss

Palustriella commutata

Vulnerable

Curve-stalked Feather-moss

Rhynchostegiella curviseta

Critically Endangered

Hermit crab

Pagurus bernhardus

Least Concern

Chloroscypha seaveri

Not Evaluated

Cucurbit Downy Mildew

Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Not Evaluated

herringbone hydroid

Halecium halecinum

Not Evaluated

Hexagon Stonecrop

Sedum sexangulare

Near Threatened

Autumn Hawkweed

Hieracium sabaudum

Least Concern

gold spangle

Autographa bractea

Least Concern

large greasewort

Aneura maxima

Vulnerable

Himalayan fleeceflower

Bistorta affinis

Not Evaluated

High mallow

Malva sylvestris

Least Concern

Pine Bell

Epinotia rubiginosana

Least Concern

Himalayan blackberry

Rubus armeniacus

Not Evaluated

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

clathrate trophon

Boreotrophon clathratus

Not Evaluated

Gold-of-pleasure

Camelina alyssum

Extinct

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