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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

Flea beetle

Psylliodes cucullatus

Near Threatened

Leafhopper

Oncopsis flavicollis

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Doratura stylata

Least Concern

Veitch’s Fir

Abies veitchii

Not Evaluated

Magnificent Bryozoan

Pectinatella magnifica

Not Evaluated

pennywort

Umbilicus rupestris

Not Evaluated

Corn sap beetle

Carpophilus dimidiatus

Not Evaluated

Grey-alder midget

Phyllonorycter strigulatella

Least Concern

Viper grass

Dinebra retroflexa

Not Evaluated

Violet crabgrass

Digitaria violascens

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Aphidius colemani

Not Evaluated

fern aphid

Idiopterus nephrelepidis

Not Evaluated

violin spiders

Loxosceles rufescens

Not Evaluated

Virginian Rose

Rosa virginiana

Not Evaluated

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

Isopod

Synidotea laticauda

Not Evaluated

Viper's Bugloss Mason Bee

Hoplitis adunca

Not Evaluated

Soft brown scale

Coccus hesperidum

Not Evaluated

Corn Mignonette

Reseda phyteuma

Not Evaluated

Latania scale

Hemiberlesia lataniae

Not Evaluated

Wandering vetch

Vicia peregrina

Not Evaluated

velvet tobacco

Nicotiana velutina

Not Evaluated

Warty bedstraw

Galium verrucosum

Not Evaluated

Fly

Phytomyza hellebori

Not Evaluated

Loose Smut Of Wheat And Barley

Ustilago tritici

Not Evaluated

Watercress-Leaf Rocket

Erucastrum nasturtiifolium

Not Evaluated

Iron Fern

Rumohra adiantiformis

Not Evaluated

Uruguayan needlegrass

Nassella neesiana

Not Evaluated

Indian Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Not Evaluated

Pale Stagshorn

Calocera pallidospathulata

Not Evaluated

Oxalis Rust

Puccinia oxalidis

Not Evaluated

Dingy Dowd

Blastobasis adustella

Not Evaluated

Waterthyme

Hydrilla verticillata

Not Evaluated

Orange-ball-tree

Buddleja globosa

Not Evaluated

Red flour beetle

Tribolium castaneum

Least Concern

Wavyleaf mullein

Verbascum sinuatum

Not Evaluated

Kentish snail

Monacha cantiana

Vulnerable

Web-spinning Larch Sawfly

Cephalcia lariciphila

Not Evaluated

Red brome

Bromus rubens

Not Evaluated

Jenkins' spire shell

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Not Evaluated

Japanese Umbrella Pine

Sciadopitys verticillata

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Otiorhynchus ligustici

Least Concern

Japanese spindletree

Euonymus japonicus

Not Evaluated

Japanese leafhopper

Orientus ishidae

Not Evaluated

northern smooth sumac

Rhus pulvinata

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Liophloeus tessulatus

Least Concern

Japanese cedar

Cryptomeria japonica

Not Evaluated

Italian toadflax

Linaria angustissima

Not Evaluated

Mountain Cinquefoil

Potentilla montana

Extinct

Italian timothy

Phleum subulatum

Not Evaluated

Italian plumeless thistle

Carduus pycnocephalus

Not Evaluated

Western flower thrips

Frankliniella occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Italian catchfly

Silene italica

Not Evaluated

Murex

Medicago murex

Not Evaluated

Italian Toadflax

Cymbalaria pallida

Not Evaluated

Isopod

Paranthura japonica

Not Evaluated

prairie-mallow

Sidalcea candida

Not Evaluated

Prickly Heath

Gaultheria mucronata

Not Evaluated

Isopod

Synidotea laevidorsalis

Not Evaluated

Italian bellflower

Campanula fragilis

Not Evaluated

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