Species Explorer

Onthophagus illyricus

Mertensia maritima

Oysterleaf faces severe threats from coastal development, sea level rise, and habitat degradation along its specialized shoreline environments. Climate change-induced coastal erosion and increased storm intensity are rapidly destroying the fragile shingle beaches and rocky shores where this species occurs. Human activities including tourism, coastal construction, and trampling have further reduced available habitat and population sizes.

Ozyptila atomaria

Alopecosa barbipes

Dinomys branickii

Centrolene geckoideum

Grias multinervia

Trichomanes padronii

Padron's bristle fern faces severe threats from habitat destruction and fragmentation due to deforestation and agricultural expansion in its limited range. The species' restricted distribution and specialized habitat requirements make it extremely vulnerable to environmental changes and human activities. Climate change poses additional risks by altering the humid microclimatic conditions essential for this delicate fern's survival.

Utricularia ochroleuca

Ditrichum pallidum

Pale Ditrichum Moss faces severe threats from habitat degradation and loss due to human activities and climate change impacts on its specialized environments. The species' extremely limited distribution and specific habitat requirements make it particularly vulnerable to environmental disturbances and pollution.

Viola lactea

Pale Dog-violet faces severe threats from habitat loss due to agricultural intensification, urban development, and changes in traditional land management practices that have historically maintained its specialized grassland habitats. The species' highly fragmented populations are vulnerable to local extinctions, while climate change and altered grazing regimes further threaten the acidic, nutrient-poor soils it requires.

Pseudochromis pesi

Trichiura crataegi

Agonopterix pallorella

Toxolasma cylindrellum

The Pale Lilliput Pearly Mussel faces habitat destruction from dam construction and water diversions that alter natural flow patterns. Water pollution from agricultural runoff, urban development, and industrial activities degrades water quality and reduces food availability. Sedimentation from land use changes can bury individuals and destroy the stable substrate required for survival.

Bembidion testaceum

Coccoloba pallida

Carex pallescens

Pale Sedge faces severe threats from habitat degradation and loss of its specialized wetland environments. Agricultural intensification, drainage of wet meadows, and changes in traditional land management practices have significantly reduced suitable habitat across its range, while climate change alters the hydrological conditions essential for its survival.

Hypericum montanum

Pale St John's-wort faces severe population declines due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification, woodland clearance, and urban development pressures on its specialized calcareous woodland habitats. The species' restricted distribution and specific ecological requirements make remaining populations highly vulnerable to environmental changes and fragmentation.

Caenolestes caniventer

Vicia pisiformis

Bryoria capillaris

Pale-footed Horsehair Lichen faces severe threats from air pollution, particularly sulfur dioxide and nitrogen compounds, which are highly toxic to epiphytic lichens. Climate change and habitat loss through deforestation and urban development have further reduced suitable old-growth forest environments essential for this species' survival.

Pyrola chlorantha

Eupholidoptera pallipes

Chloantha hyperici

The pale-shouldered cloud moth faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized host plant communities. Climate change and agricultural intensification have further reduced suitable breeding sites, while light pollution disrupts critical nocturnal behaviors essential for reproduction and survival.

Farlowella curtirostra

Russula raoultii

Charmosyna palmarum

Sabal uresana

Ceroxylon parvum

Palma de ramos faces severe threats from ongoing deforestation and habitat conversion in Colombia's Andean cloud forests, where its extremely limited range makes it highly vulnerable to local extinctions. Agricultural expansion, cattle ranching, and infrastructure development continue to fragment and destroy the montane forest ecosystems this endemic palm depends on for survival.

Ceroxylon vogelianum

Attalea colenda

Syagrus sancona

Palmeirinha (Syagrus sancona) faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to agricultural expansion and urban development across its limited range. The species' restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to localized threats, while overcollection for ornamental purposes and climate change impacts further compound the risks to remaining populations.

Hyloscirtus palmeri

Thouinidium pulverulentum

Browneopsis excelsa

Pimenta odiolens

Haenianthus salicifolius

Chloroleucon chacoense

Lasiargus hirsutus

Sturnella defilippii

Perenniporia medulla-panis

Neocallitropsis pancheri

Ctenochromis pectoralis

Pholcomma gibbum

Daphne mezereum

Paradise Plant faces severe population declines due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development across its native range. Over-collection for ornamental and medicinal purposes has further reduced wild populations, while climate change threatens the specific cool, moist conditions this species requires for survival.

Lepidoblepharis montecanoensis

Laccornis oblongus

Scytalopus canus

Microryzomys altissimus