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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

Needle Rust

Chrysomyxa ledi

Not Evaluated

Spreading windmill grass

Chloris divaricata

Not Evaluated

Staggerweed

Dicentra eximia

Not Evaluated

Guinea ant

Tetramorium bicarinatum

Not Evaluated

Forest pathogen

Venturia saliciperda

Not Evaluated

Pyrenean Lily

Lilium pyrenaicum

Not Evaluated

Winter Jasmine

Jasminum nudiflorum

Not Evaluated

Fungus

Leptographium procerum

Not Evaluated

Quelet's Stalk Puffball

Queletia mirabilis

Not Evaluated

Procumbent Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster prostratus

Not Evaluated

Dragon's-teeth

Lotus maritimus

Least Concern

bristly yarrow

Achillea setacea

Not Evaluated

Almond moth

Cadra cautella

Not Evaluated

Red Stele or Lanarkshire Disease

Phytophthora fragariae

Not Evaluated

Wasting Disease

Labyrinthula zosterae

Not Evaluated

Anthurium thrips

Chaetanaphothrips orchidii

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Cinara pilicornis

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Tinocallis takachihoensis

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Eulachnus brevipilosus

Not Evaluated

Woody Fleabane

Dittrichia viscosa

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Cinara cedri

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Cinara pruinosum

Not Evaluated

Blowball

Taraxacum officinale

Not Evaluated

Monochrome spider beetle

Epauloecus unicolor

Least Concern

Asp-Of-Jerusalem

Isatis tinctoria

Least Concern

Mossy Sandwort

Arenaria balearica

Not Evaluated

Stored grain hairy fungus beetle

Litargus balteatus

Not Evaluated

cobweb spiders

Latrodectus mactans

Not Evaluated

Grass

Eriochloa procera

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Phacophallus parumpunctatus

Least Concern

Barbed goatgrass

Aegilops triuncialis

Not Evaluated

Coffee root mealybug

Geococcus coffeae

Not Evaluated

Iberian geranium

Geranium ibericum

Not Evaluated

Bark lice

Liposcelis bostrychophila

Not Evaluated

Barnyard Grass

Dactylis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Black Cottonwood

Populus nigra

Not Evaluated

colonial sea squirt

Perophora japonica

Not Evaluated

Goosefoot Pug

Eupithecia sinuosaria

Least Concern

New Zealand Willowherb

Epilobium brunnescens

Not Evaluated

Surinam cockroach

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

Not Evaluated

Narrow Clover

Trifolium angustifolium

Not Evaluated

Chinese mugwort

Artemisia verlotiorum

Not Evaluated

Napoleon's plume

Bauhinia monandra

Data Deficient

Beaked hawksbeard

Crepis vesicaria

Not Evaluated

Mueller's saltbush

Atriplex muelleri

Not Evaluated

Greenhouse slug

Milax gagates

Data Deficient

Juniper Shieldbug

Cyphostethus tristriatus

Least Concern

Green Leaf Weevil

Phyllobius maculicornis

Least Concern

Parasitoid wasp

Aphelinus mali

Not Evaluated

Beet

Beta macrocarpa

Not Evaluated

Beggar-Ticks

Bidens frondosa

Not Evaluated

Bent-foot speedwell

Veronica campylopoda

Not Evaluated

Timberman Beetle

Acanthocinus aedilis

Least Concern

Berlandier'S Goosefoot

Chenopodium berlandieri

Not Evaluated

Daisy Rust

Puccinia distincta

Not Evaluated

Italy harp ground beetle

Amara anthobia

Near Threatened

Little yellow ant

Plagiolepis alluaudi

Not Evaluated

Long lovegrass

Eragrostis elongata

Not Evaluated

Polychaete

Pileolaria militaris

Not Evaluated

Redlegged ham beetle

Necrobia rufipes

Least Concern

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