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United Kingdom

Europe · Northern Europe

Total Species
4019
Threatened
171
CR + EN + VU
Population
67 886 011
Area
242 495 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 42
Endangered 69
Vulnerable 60
Near Threatened 113
Least Concern 878
Data Deficient 28
Not Evaluated 2695
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 41

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2273
Animalia 1568
Fungi 126
Chromista 50
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in United Kingdom

Birdeye speedwell

Veronica persica

Not Evaluated

Lilies of the field

Anemone coronaria

Not Evaluated

fern aphid

Idiopterus nephrelepidis

Not Evaluated

Meal Moth

Pyralis farinalis

Least Concern

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

large skullcap

Scutellaria columnae

Not Evaluated

Viper's Bugloss Mason Bee

Hoplitis adunca

Not Evaluated

Australian tubeworm

Ficopomatus enigmaticus

Not Evaluated

American Ivy

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Not Evaluated

Soft brown scale

Coccus hesperidum

Not Evaluated

Corn Mignonette

Reseda phyteuma

Not Evaluated

Hillman's panicum

Panicum hillmanii

Not Evaluated

Billion-Dollar Grass

Echinochloa frumentacea

Not Evaluated

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

Larch Pug Moth

Eupithecia lariciata

Least Concern

Billard's Bridewort

Spiraea billardii

Not Evaluated

Australian treefern

Dicksonia antarctica

Not Evaluated

mossy stonecrop

Crassula tillaea

Extinct

velvet tobacco

Nicotiana velutina

Not Evaluated

Moth Mullein

Verbascum blattaria

Near Threatened

Fly

Phytomyza hellebori

Not Evaluated

Australian carpet beetle

Anthrenocerus australis

Not Evaluated

Uruguayan needlegrass

Nassella neesiana

Not Evaluated

Mottled Pipsissewa

Chimaphila maculata

Not Evaluated

Kiwi

Actinidia chinensis

Not Evaluated

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

Indian Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Not Evaluated

Onionweed

Asphodelus fistulosus

Not Evaluated

Pale Stagshorn

Calocera pallidospathulata

Not Evaluated

Honeydew moth

Cryptoblabes gnidiella

Not Evaluated

Oxalis Rust

Puccinia oxalidis

Not Evaluated

Big quakinggrass

Briza maxima

Not Evaluated

Australian stork's bill

Erodium cygnorum

Not Evaluated

American Horseshoe Crab

Limulus polyphemus

Not Evaluated

Alexanders Rust

Puccinia smyrnii

Not Evaluated

Scentless false mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Least Concern

African bird Argasid

Argas reflexus

Not Evaluated

Greater Red-Hot-Poker

Kniphofia praecox

Not Evaluated

Red flour beetle

Tribolium castaneum

Least Concern

Kentish snail

Monacha cantiana

Vulnerable

Musk Stork's-bill

Erodium moschatum

Not Evaluated

roly-poly

Sclerolaena muricata

Not Evaluated

Malayan porcupine

Hystrix brachyura

Least Concern

Mouse barley

Hordeum murinum

Least Concern

bigpod sesbania

Sesbania herbacea

Not Evaluated

orange anemone

Diadumene cincta

Not Evaluated

Red brome

Bromus rubens

Not Evaluated

Sprucecone Cap

Strobilurus esculentus

Least Concern

Jenkins' spire shell

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Not Evaluated

Yellowband iris

Iris orientalis

Not Evaluated

Hare's-tail

Lagurus ovatus

Not Evaluated

House fly

Hydrotaea aenescens

Not Evaluated

Least Pepperwort

Lepidium virginicum

Not Evaluated

Hump-backed fly

Dohrniphora cornuta

Not Evaluated

Japan Globeflower

Kerria japonica

Not Evaluated

Bethlehem Lungwort

Pulmonaria saccharata

Not Evaluated

Australian spider beetle

Ptinus tectus

Least Concern

Short-fruited Dysentery-herb

Monsonia brevirostrata

Not Evaluated

Japanese skeleton shrimp

Caprella mutica

Not Evaluated

Japanese Umbrella Pine

Sciadopitys verticillata

Not Evaluated

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