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Libya

Africa · Northern Africa

Total Species
241
Threatened
12
CR + EN + VU
Population
6 871 287
Area
1 759 540 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 5
Vulnerable 6
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 34
Data Deficient 3
Not Evaluated 53
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 223
Animalia 17
Chromista 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Libya

Pino Nigro

Pinus nigra

Not Evaluated

Pino Piñonero

Pinus pinea

Least Concern

Pivijai

Ficus benjamina

Not Evaluated

rosa común

Rosa centifolia

Not Evaluated

salgueiro

Tamarix gallica

Not Evaluated

sándalo

Cassia grandis

Least Concern

solitaria

Muehlenbeckia platyclada

Not Evaluated

sumagre

Rhus coriaria

Not Evaluated

tamarindo

Tamarindus indica

Not Evaluated

thuja

Thuja occidentalis

Not Evaluated

tipa

Tipuana tipu

Least Concern

Tórtola turca

Streptopelia decaocto

Near Threatened

trompillo

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Not Evaluated

Trupillo

Prosopis juliflora

Not Evaluated

verruguera

Heliotropium curassavicum

Not Evaluated

vid

Vitis vinifera

Not Evaluated

yerbabuena

Mentha spicata

Not Evaluated

Leafy Rolled-blade Algae

Padina boergesenii

Not Evaluated

American Slipper Limpet

Crepidula fornicata

Not Evaluated

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

tamarix leafhopper

Opsius stactogalus

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Doratura stylata

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Elymana sulphurella

Least Concern

Smoky Cone

Conus fumigatus

Least Concern

Sally Lightfooth crab

Percnon gibbesi

Not Evaluated

bigfin reef squid

Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Not Evaluated

rayed pearl oyster

Pinctada radiata

Not Evaluated

large-spotted sea hare

Aplysia dactylomela

Not Evaluated

Horehound Plume

Wheeleria spilodactylus

Not Evaluated

Ascidian

Symplegma brakenhielmi

Not Evaluated

blue-spotted sea hare

Bursatella leachii

Not Evaluated

ash

Fraxinus excelsior

Vulnerable

Common Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Spotted Thistle

Scolymus maculatus

Not Evaluated

Beet

Beta vulgaris

Vulnerable

Big-Leaf Linden

Tilia platyphyllos

Critically Endangered

Bladder Ketmia

Hibiscus trionum

Not Evaluated

Carolina poplar

Populus canadensis

Not Evaluated

Black Cottonwood

Populus nigra

Not Evaluated

Cricket-Bat Willow

Salix alba

Least Concern

Lawson's Cypress

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Not Evaluated

Common Yew

Taxus baccata

Vulnerable

Marsh Cress

Rorippa islandica

Endangered

Hedgemustard

Sisymbrium officinale

Least Concern

American Catalpa

Catalpa bignonioides

Not Evaluated

Japanese Barberry

Berberis thunbergii

Not Evaluated

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Least Concern

Broadleaf wild leek

Allium ampeloprasum

Not Evaluated

midland hawthorn

Crataegus laevigata

Least Concern

Common Ivy

Hedera helix

Least Concern

Clammy Sowthistle

Sonchus tenerrimus

Not Evaluated

Spotted-laurel

Aucuba japonica

Not Evaluated

Eleven-O'Clock

Portulaca grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Common box

Buxus sempervirens

Not Evaluated

Judas Tree

Cercis siliquastrum

Least Concern

Japanese privet

Ligustrum japonicum

Not Evaluated

Silver ragwort

Jacobaea maritima

Not Evaluated

Chinese Elm

Ulmus pumila

Not Evaluated

Oriental Plane-tree

Platanus orientalis

Data Deficient

Mountain ebony

Bauhinia variegata

Not Evaluated

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