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Turkey

Asia · Western Asia

Total Species
562
Threatened
18
CR + EN + VU
Population
84339067
Area
783562 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 6
Vulnerable 10
Near Threatened 9
Least Concern 122
Data Deficient 3
Not Evaluated 388
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 401
Animalia 155
Chromista 6

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Turkey

Western Yellow-pine

Pinus ponderosa

Not Evaluated

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Not Evaluated

Monterey pine

Pinus radiata

Endangered

Maritime pine

Pinus pinaster

Least Concern

Western Hemlock-spruce

Tsuga heterophylla

Not Evaluated

British Columbia Fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Not Evaluated

Common Larch

Larix decidua

Not Evaluated

Japanese larch

Larix kaempferi

Not Evaluated

Indian shot

Canna indica

Not Evaluated

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

Not Evaluated

Buttercup

Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Least Concern

Jonquil

Narcissus jonquilla

Not Evaluated

Narcissus

Narcissus poeticus

Not Evaluated

Common Onion

Allium cepa

Not Evaluated

Cultivated Garlic

Allium sativum

Not Evaluated

Empresstree

Paulownia tomentosa

Not Evaluated

Butterfly bush

Buddleja davidii

Not Evaluated

Water fern

Azolla filiculoides

Not Evaluated

Ailanthus

Ailanthus altissima

Not Evaluated

Mulberry

Morus alba

Not Evaluated

Black Mulberry

Morus nigra

Not Evaluated

Black Elder

Sambucus nigra

Least Concern

Bracken

Pteridium aquilinum

Least Concern

Sosnowsky's hogweed

Heracleum sosnowskyi

Not Evaluated

Common Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

Least Concern

Amarelle Cherry

Prunus cerasus

Least Concern

Garden Strawberry

Fragaria ananassa

Not Evaluated

Japan Globeflower

Kerria japonica

Not Evaluated

Rockspray

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Not Evaluated

Caper Spurge

Euphorbia lathyris

Not Evaluated

Common Ivy

Hedera helix

Least Concern

Castor

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

Barbary fig

Opuntia ficus-indica

Not Evaluated

Chufa (Edible Variety)

Cyperus esculentus

Not Evaluated

Rice

Oryza sativa

Not Evaluated

Spanish-needles

Bidens bipinnata

Not Evaluated

American Wormseed

Dysphania ambrosioides

Not Evaluated

Guernsey Pigweed

Amaranthus blitum

Least Concern

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Balsampear

Momordica charantia

Extinct

Upland cotton

Gossypium hirsutum

Vulnerable

Prickly fanpetals

Sida spinosa

Not Evaluated

Angled Burr Cucumber

Sicyos angulatus

Not Evaluated

Entire-Leaved Morning Glory

Ipomoea hederacea

Not Evaluated

Pride-of-India

Koelreuteria paniculata

Not Evaluated

Eastern Juniper

Juniperus virginiana

Not Evaluated

Canoe Cedar

Thuja plicata

Not Evaluated

Chinese Scholartree

Styphnolobium japonicum

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem thorn

Parkinsonia aculeata

Least Concern

Jerusalem cherry

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Not Evaluated

Spotted-laurel

Aucuba japonica

Not Evaluated

Bracted Water-Milfoil

Myriophyllum verticillatum

Vulnerable

Common iceplant

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

Not Evaluated

Atlas Cedar

Cedrus atlantica

Endangered

Showy baby's-breath

Gypsophila elegans

Not Evaluated

Paper mulberry

Broussonetia papyrifera

Least Concern

Peruvian peppertree

Schinus molle

Least Concern

Chinese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

Climbing Euonymus

Euonymus fortunei

Not Evaluated

Sugarcane

Saccharum officinarum

Not Evaluated

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