Species Explorer

Stephanopachys substriatus

Stephanopachys substriatus faces severe population decline due to widespread loss of its specialized old-growth forest habitat through logging and land conversion. The species' dependence on specific dead wood substrates and fungal associations makes it extremely vulnerable to forest fragmentation and changes in forest management practices that remove decaying wood.

Pachypanchax omalonotus

Cladonia incrassata

Powder-foot British Soldiers Lichen faces severe threats from habitat degradation and air pollution, which disrupts the delicate balance required for lichen survival. Climate change and atmospheric nitrogen deposition further compromise the specific environmental conditions this species requires, while its slow growth rate and limited dispersal ability make recovery from disturbances extremely difficult.

Squamanita paradoxa

Gonepteryx farinosa

The Powdered Brimstone faces severe population declines due to habitat loss from agricultural expansion and urban development across its European range. Climate change is altering the distribution and phenology of its host plants, particularly buckthorn species, disrupting critical breeding cycles and larval development.

Agonopterix curvipunctosa

Heterodermia speciosa

Cladonia cenotea

Nephroma parile

Powdery Kidney Lichen faces severe threats from air pollution, particularly nitrogen deposition and sulfur compounds, which dramatically alter the chemical composition of its substrate and surrounding environment. Climate change is causing shifts in precipitation patterns and temperature regimes that disrupt the delicate moisture balance this species requires, while habitat fragmentation from deforestation and urban development eliminates suitable old-growth forest environments.

Ochrolechia androgyna

Ramalina pollinaria

Allochernes powelli

Campephilus pollens

Oxyopes ramosus

Micaria dives

Micaria dives faces severe population declines due to habitat destruction from urbanization and agricultural expansion across its limited range. The species' specialized habitat requirements and small population size make it particularly vulnerable to environmental changes and human disturbance.

Koeleria macrantha

Prairie Koeler's Grass faces severe threats from habitat conversion of native grasslands to agriculture and urban development, which has dramatically reduced available prairie ecosystems. Invasive species competition and altered fire regimes further degrade remaining habitat quality, while climate change threatens to shift suitable growing conditions beyond the species' current range.

Caliprobola speciosa

Buellia elegans

Buellia elegans faces severe threats from air pollution and acid rain, which directly damage its sensitive lichen thalli and disrupt the symbiotic relationship between fungal and algal components. Urban development and habitat destruction have eliminated many suitable substrates, while climate change alters the specific microclimate conditions this species requires for survival.

Leptogium cochleatum

Lobothallia alphoplaca

Steccherinum robustius

Catoplatus fabricii

Catoplatus fabricii faces severe population declines due to habitat loss from agricultural expansion and urban development across its range. Climate change is altering the specific microhabitat conditions this specialized bug requires, while pollution from agricultural runoff degrades the quality of its riparian breeding sites.

Diplapion stolidum

Diplapion stolidum faces severe population declines due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification and urbanization across its range. The species' specialized dependence on specific host plants makes it particularly vulnerable to environmental changes and fragmentation of suitable habitats.

Cyphocleonus trisulcatus

Cyphocleonus trisulcatus faces severe population declines due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification and urban development across its range. The species' specialized feeding requirements on specific plant hosts make it particularly vulnerable to landscape fragmentation and changes in land use practices.

Chriolepis lepidota

Phrurolithus minimus

Hypera viciae

Upogebia stellata

Taeniolella verrucosa

Plagiochila spinulosa

Prickly Featherwort faces severe threats from habitat destruction and fragmentation due to deforestation, agricultural expansion, and urban development across its limited range. Climate change poses additional risks through altered precipitation patterns and temperature shifts that affect the humid microenvironments essential for this bryophyte's survival. The species' restricted distribution and specialized habitat requirements make it particularly vulnerable to environmental changes.

Polystichum braunii

Prickly Shield Fern faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to logging and forest fragmentation in its specialized montane forest environments. Climate change poses additional risks by altering the cool, moist conditions this species requires, while its limited dispersal ability and specific habitat requirements make populations particularly vulnerable to local extinctions.

Chlorocichla prigoginei

Caprimulgus prigoginei

Oplosia cinerea

Prikket gråbuk faces severe population declines due to extensive logging and deforestation of old-growth boreal and temperate forests across Scandinavia. The species' dependence on large, dead or dying coniferous trees for larval development makes it extremely vulnerable to modern forestry practices that remove deadwood and favor shorter rotation cycles.

Agriades aquilo

Cheilosia antiqua

Gloeoporus pannocinctus

Aegosoma scabricorne

Thaumetopoea pinivora

Juniperus communis

Tomares ballus

Taraxacum pruinatum

Taraxacum pruinatum faces severe threats from habitat loss due to agricultural expansion and urban development in its specialized alpine and subalpine environments. Climate change poses an additional critical threat as warming temperatures force suitable habitat to shift to higher elevations, reducing available range for this cold-adapted species.

Taraxacum lepidum

Pruinose-bracted Dandelion faces severe threats from habitat loss due to agricultural expansion and urban development in its limited range. Climate change poses additional risks through altered precipitation patterns and temperature shifts that affect its specialized alpine and subalpine habitat requirements.

Agonopterix hypericella

Bombus quadricolor

Physcia magnussonii

Emerita portoricensis

Voyria tenella

The Puerto Rico Ghostplant faces severe threats from habitat destruction and fragmentation due to deforestation, agricultural expansion, and urban development across its limited range. As a parasitic plant dependent on specific host species and mycorrhizal relationships, it is particularly vulnerable to ecosystem disruption and the loss of its forest habitat.

Microtea portoricensis

The Puerto Rico jumby pepper faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to urban development and agricultural expansion across its limited range in Puerto Rico. As a small herbaceous plant with restricted distribution, it is particularly vulnerable to land use changes and invasive species competition that degrade its native habitat.

Helvella albella