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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

Cream pincushions

Scabiosa ochroleuca

Not Evaluated

Common Leaf Weevil

Phyllobius pyri

Least Concern

Creeping Lady'S-Tresses

Goodyera repens

Vulnerable

Creeping-rooted medic

Medicago carstiensis

Least Concern

creeping saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

Not Evaluated

crescent-cup liverwort

Lunularia cruciata

Least Concern

Crested Auklet

Aethia cristatella

Least Concern

crested porcupine

Hystrix cristata

Least Concern

Crested wartycabbage

Bunias erucago

Not Evaluated

Rock Eagle-Owl

Bubo bengalensis

Least Concern

Crimson Flax

Linum grandiflorum

Not Evaluated

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda rhodopyga

Least Concern

crispate scissurelle

Anatoma crispata

Data Deficient

Crispate Smoothcap Moss

Atrichum crispum

Not Evaluated

Algae

Gracilaria vermiculophylla

Not Evaluated

African payal

Salvinia auriculata

Not Evaluated

African tamarisk

Tamarix africana

Least Concern

Ake-ake

Olearia traversii

Near Threatened

Crown-Pink

Silene coronaria

Not Evaluated

crumb-of-bread sponge

Hymeniacidon perlevis

Not Evaluated

Cryptic Wood White

Leptidea juvernica

Least Concern

Agardh'S Red Weed

Agardhiella subulata

Not Evaluated

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Not Evaluated

Cudweed

Artemisia ludoviciana

Not Evaluated

Cultivated Cress

Lepidium sativum

Not Evaluated

Cultivated Garlic

Allium sativum

Not Evaluated

Cultivated Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Not Evaluated

Cultivated radish

Raphanus sativus

Not Evaluated

Cultivated tobacco

Nicotiana tabacum

Not Evaluated

Cuman Ragweed

Ambrosia psilostachya

Not Evaluated

Cupid's Dart

Catananche caerulea

Not Evaluated

Curly-Cup Gumweed

Grindelia squarrosa

Not Evaluated

Curly waterweed

Lagarosiphon major

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Blackberry

Rubus laciniatus

Not Evaluated

Cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose

Oenothera laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Teasel

Dipsacus laciniatus

Not Evaluated

Cut-leaved Dead-nettle

Lamium hybridum

Least Concern

cut-leaved germander

Teucrium botrys

Not Evaluated

Alder rust

Melampsoridium hiratsukanum

Not Evaluated

Cut-throat

Amadina fasciata

Least Concern

Cyclamen-flowered Daffodil

Narcissus cyclamineus

Not Evaluated

daisybush

Olearia haastii

Not Evaluated

Cypress pug

Eupithecia phoeniceata

Not Evaluated

Cyprus Vetch

Lathyrus ochrus

Not Evaluated

Dagger Rush

Juncus ensifolius

Not Evaluated

Dahlia

Dahlia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Dallisgrass

Paspalum dilatatum

Not Evaluated

Dalmatia Pyrethrum

Tanacetum cinerariifolium

Not Evaluated

Damascus Hellebore

Nigella damascena

Not Evaluated

Rock Fumewort

Pseudofumaria lutea

Not Evaluated

Damask-Violet

Hesperis matronalis

Near Threatened

Danube river snail

Viviparus acerosus

Least Concern

rock grape

Vitis rupestris

Not Evaluated

Mermaid'S Tresses

Chorda filum

Least Concern

Poor Man'S Weather Glass

Saccharina latissima

Least Concern

Stringy Acid Kelp

Desmarestia viridis

Least Concern

Phytophthora Disease of Alder

Phytophthora alni

Not Evaluated

Centric diatom

Skeletonema subsalsum

Not Evaluated

date palm scale

Parlatoria blanchardi

Not Evaluated

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