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United Kingdom

Europe · Northern Europe

Total Species
4019
Threatened
171
CR + EN + VU
Population
67886011
Area
242495 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

rusty wave

Idaea inquinata

Not Evaluated

Rye brome

Bromus secalinus

Least Concern

Common Larch

Larix decidua

Not Evaluated

Tubificid worm

Potamothrix vejdovskyi

Not Evaluated

Sacred lotus

Nelumbo nucifera

Not Evaluated

Safflower

Carthamus tinctorius

Not Evaluated

saffron

Crocus sativus

Not Evaluated

Scorpion Senna

Hippocrepis emerus

Endangered

Common Hyssop

Hyssopus officinalis

Vulnerable

Sainfoin legume

Onobrychis viciifolia

Not Evaluated

Sally-my-handsome

Carpobrotus acinaciformis

Not Evaluated

Coffee berry borer

Hypothenemus hampei

Not Evaluated

Salmonberry

Rubus spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Saltcedar

Tamarix ramosissima

Not Evaluated

Coralbells

Heuchera sanguinea

Not Evaluated

False Parasol

Chlorophyllum molybdites

Not Evaluated

Salzmann's Restharrow

Ononis alopecuroides

Not Evaluated

Sand Bittercress

Cardamine parviflora

Vulnerable

Sand leek

Allium scorodoprasum

Near Threatened

sand love grass

Eragrostis trichodes

Extinct

Sand Lucerne

Medicago varia

Not Evaluated

Santa maria feverfew

Parthenium hysterophorus

Not Evaluated

Savory

Satureja hortensis

Not Evaluated

Sawara Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera

Not Evaluated

Sawtoothed grain beetle

Oryzaephilus surinamensis

Not Evaluated

Saxifrage pink

Petrorhagia saxifraga

Near Threatened

Hoary footman

Eilema caniola

Not Evaluated

Hide Beetle

Dermestes maculatus

Not Evaluated

Scurfy Pea

Cullen americanum

Not Evaluated

Sea clover

Trifolium squamosum

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Encarsia formosa

Not Evaluated

monogenean

Dactylogyrus anchoratus

Not Evaluated

Large Tabby

Aglossa pinguinalis

Least Concern

Big-Ear Shipworm

Psiloteredo megotara

Not Evaluated

Pelopée

Ametastegia pallipes

Not Evaluated

Sea Purslane

Sesuvium portulacastrum

Least Concern

Seaside Koniga

Lobularia maritima

Not Evaluated

Marbled cellar spider

Holocnemus pluchei

Not Evaluated

Fingered Rush

Juncus subsecundus

Not Evaluated

Common sawfly

Hoplocampa brevis

Not Evaluated

shiitake

Lentinula edodes

Not Evaluated

Lined flat bark beetle

Cryptolestes ferrugineus

Least Concern

Darkling beetle

Blaps lethifera

Extinct

Little fire ant

Wasmannia auropunctata

Not Evaluated

Broad-Horned Flour Beetle

Gnatocerus cornutus

Not Evaluated

Serbian Spruce

Picea omorika

Not Evaluated

elegant helicellid

Trochoidea elegans

Data Deficient

Serradella

Ornithopus sativus

Not Evaluated

sesame

Sesamum indicum

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Anoscopus albiger

Least Concern

sharped-leaved fluellen

Kickxia elatine

Least Concern

Small Tabby

Aglossa caprealis

Not Evaluated

sharp-tooth clover

Trifolium argutum

Not Evaluated

Shelled Slug

Testacella haliotidea

Data Deficient

Pale Corn Clothes

Nemapogon variatella

Least Concern

Shepherd's purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Not Evaluated

Shingle Flatsedge

Cyperus imbricatus

Least Concern

shiny-leaf willow

Salix meyeriana

Not Evaluated

Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Not Evaluated

Shortpod mustard

Hirschfeldia incana

Not Evaluated

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