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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

Turkish Squill

Scilla bithynica

Not Evaluated

Common Pipsissewa

Chimaphila umbellata

Endangered

Common Pitcher Plant

Sarracenia purpurea

Not Evaluated

Jonquil

Narcissus jonquilla

Not Evaluated

Pyrenean Squill

Scilla lilio-hyacinthus

Not Evaluated

Rottingdean Sea-lavender

Limonium hyblaeum

Not Evaluated

Coral Spurge

Euphorbia corallioides

Not Evaluated

Sherriff's Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster sherriffii

Not Evaluated

Purpleberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster affinis

Not Evaluated

crow-spur sedge

Carex crus-corvi

Not Evaluated

Scarlet geranium

Pelargonium inquinans

Not Evaluated

St Patrick's-cabbage

Saxifraga spathularis

Not Evaluated

Common ragwort

Pericallis hybrida

Not Evaluated

Purple Potato

Solanum vernei

Not Evaluated

Creeping Speedwell

Veronica filiformis

Not Evaluated

Large-flowered Butterwort

Pinguicula grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Common Rue

Ruta graveolens

Not Evaluated

Slender Groundsel

Senecio glossanthus

Not Evaluated

Peppermint-scented Geranium

Pelargonium tomentosum

Not Evaluated

Common Snapdragon

Antirrhinum majus

Not Evaluated

Common Spruce

Picea abies

Least Concern

Common Spiny Lobster

Palinurus elephas

Not Evaluated

Various-leaved Hawthorn

Crataegus heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Cooley spruce gall adelgid

Adelges cooleyi

Not Evaluated

Common wheat

Triticum aestivum

Not Evaluated

Common Yellow Oxalis

Oxalis stricta

Not Evaluated

Common Yew

Taxus baccata

Vulnerable

Cedar Cup

Geopora sumneriana

Not Evaluated

Compact brome

Bromus madritensis

Not Evaluated

Conch apple

Passiflora maliformis

Least Concern

Confused flour beetle

Tribolium confusum

Least Concern

Connate Beggarticks

Bidens connata

Not Evaluated

Conrad's False Mussel

Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Not Evaluated

Cootamundra wattle

Acacia baileyana

Not Evaluated

Coral Honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens

Not Evaluated

coralline sting winkle

Ocinebrina aciculata

Not Evaluated

Coral vine

Antigonon leptopus

Not Evaluated

Grass And Cereal Powdery Mildew

Blumeria graminis

Not Evaluated

Daisy Earthstar

Geastrum floriforme

Endangered

Corn

Zea mays

Not Evaluated

Coreopsis

Coreopsis lanceolata

Not Evaluated

Corndaisy

Glebionis segetum

Least Concern

Cornejo Macho

Cornus mas

Not Evaluated

Cornflag

Gladiolus communis

Not Evaluated

Corn poppy

Papaver rhoeas

Least Concern

Kokonor cotoneaster

Cotoneaster nitens

Not Evaluated

Corn spurry

Spergula arvensis

Least Concern

Corsican Mint

Mentha requienii

Not Evaluated

Dutch elm disease

Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

Not Evaluated

Field Earthstar

Geastrum campestre

Critically Endangered

Mahonia Rust

Cumminsiella mirabilissima

Not Evaluated

Purple clover

Trifolium purpureum

Not Evaluated

Cotton Thistle

Onopordum acanthium

Endangered

Carnation Rust

Uromyces dianthi

Not Evaluated

Golden Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus citrinopileatus

Not Evaluated

Laurel Speckle

Trochila laurocerasi

Not Evaluated

crab-eating raccoon

Procyon cancrivorus

Least Concern

Crab Finger Grass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Not Evaluated

Crabgrass

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

Cranberry cotoneaster

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Not Evaluated

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