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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

Tufted Foxtail

Alopecurus carolinianus

Least Concern

Cut-leaved Selfheal

Prunella laciniata

Endangered

Leafy Rush

Juncus foliosus

Vulnerable

Rove beetle

Oligota parva

Least Concern

Californian Lobelia

Downingia elegans

Least Concern

European Bur-grass

Tragus racemosus

Not Evaluated

Turkish Sage

Phlomis russeliana

Not Evaluated

Gooseberry gourd

Cucumis myriocarpus

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Barynotus obscurus

Least Concern

Nodding hypecoum

Hypecoum pendulum

Not Evaluated

Bucaneve

Galanthus nivalis

Least Concern

Turkish baby's-breath

Gypsophila pilosa

Not Evaluated

Turkish hawksbeard

Crepis nicaeensis

Not Evaluated

Turkish Hazel

Corylus colurna

Not Evaluated

Turkish oregano

Origanum onites

Not Evaluated

Turkish wartycabbage

Bunias orientalis

Least Concern

Tussock bellflower

Campanula carpatica

Not Evaluated

Twoscale saltbush

Atriplex micrantha

Not Evaluated

Two-marked harp ground beetle

Anisodactylus binotatus

Least Concern

Crawford'S Oval Sedge

Carex crawfordii

Not Evaluated

small-seed alfalfa dodder

Cuscuta planiflora

Not Evaluated

Upright Mignonette

Reseda alba

Not Evaluated

Variable watermilfoil

Myriophyllum heterophyllum

Not Evaluated

varied coronet

Hadena compta

Near Threatened

Variousleaf fescue

Festuca heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Veiny geranium

Geranium versicolor

Not Evaluated

Veitch’s Fir

Abies veitchii

Not Evaluated

Magnificent Bryozoan

Pectinatella magnifica

Not Evaluated

Venus's-looking-glass

Legousia hybrida

Critically Endangered

Viper grass

Dinebra retroflexa

Not Evaluated

Violet-Flower Petunia

Petunia integrifolia

Not Evaluated

Violet willow

Salix daphnoides

Vulnerable

violin spiders

Loxosceles rufescens

Not Evaluated

Virginian Rose

Rosa virginiana

Not Evaluated

Virginia Stock

Malcolmia maritima

Not Evaluated

Isopod

Synidotea laticauda

Not Evaluated

Waldstein's Spurge

Euphorbia virgata

Not Evaluated

Ward's weed

Carrichtera annua

Not Evaluated

Wandering Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

Not Evaluated

Wandering vetch

Vicia peregrina

Not Evaluated

Wand mullein

Verbascum virgatum

Not Evaluated

Warty bedstraw

Galium verrucosum

Not Evaluated

Washerwoman

Alternanthera caracasana

Not Evaluated

Loose Smut Of Wheat And Barley

Ustilago tritici

Not Evaluated

Watercress-Leaf Rocket

Erucastrum nasturtiifolium

Not Evaluated

Water primrose

Ludwigia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Water primrose

Ludwigia peploides

Not Evaluated

water soldier

Stratiotes aloides

Critically Endangered

Dingy Dowd

Blastobasis adustella

Not Evaluated

Waterthyme

Hydrilla verticillata

Not Evaluated

Wavyleaf mullein

Verbascum sinuatum

Not Evaluated

Web-spinning Larch Sawfly

Cephalcia lariciphila

Not Evaluated

Wedgeleaf dock

Rumex frutescens

Not Evaluated

Weed silene

Silene conoidea

Not Evaluated

Weedy brome

Bromus alopecuros

Not Evaluated

Black Sumac

Rhus copallina

Least Concern

Weevil

Otiorhynchus ligustici

Least Concern

Weeping willow

Salix sepulcralis

Not Evaluated

northern smooth sumac

Rhus pulvinata

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Liophloeus tessulatus

Least Concern

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