Species Explorer

Canis lupus

The wolf faces severe population declines due to extensive habitat fragmentation, human-wildlife conflict, and systematic persecution across much of its historical range. Livestock predation leads to retaliatory killings, while expanding human development continues to reduce and fragment suitable wilderness areas. Conservation status may vary by region or assessment authority, but multiple threats continue to impact wolf populations globally.

Lycopodium clavatum

Catalaphyllia jardinei

Formica rufa

Vicia orobus

Rubus silvaticus

Rumex sanguineus

Wood Dock faces severe population declines due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development, which eliminates the moist woodland edges and disturbed soils it requires. Invasive plant species competition and changes in land management practices that reduce suitable microhabitats further threaten remaining populations.

Kurzia sylvatica

Wood Fingerwort faces severe population declines due to widespread habitat destruction from deforestation and agricultural conversion of its specialized woodland environments. The species' limited dispersal ability and dependence on specific soil conditions make it particularly vulnerable to fragmentation, while climate change is altering the moisture and temperature regimes essential for its survival.

Hydnum repandum

Habitat fragmentation and intensive forestry practices threaten Wood Hedgehog populations by disrupting the mature forest ecosystems and mycorrhizal networks essential for their survival. Climate change and soil degradation further compound these pressures, affecting the delicate balance between the fungus and its host trees.

Lullula arborea

Capperia britanniodactylus

Tringa glareola

Gracilinanus dryas

Cicindela sylvatica

The Wood Tiger Beetle faces severe population declines due to habitat loss and fragmentation of its specialized sandy woodland environments. Climate change and human development pressures have significantly reduced the availability of suitable open sandy areas within forest ecosystems that this species requires for survival.

Leptidea sinapis

The Wood White faces severe population declines across its range due to habitat loss and fragmentation of its specialized woodland environments. Climate change and intensive land management practices have further reduced the availability of suitable breeding sites and larval host plants, pushing this delicate butterfly species toward extinction.

Dryophthorus corticalis

The Wood-Boring Weevil faces primary threats from habitat loss due to deforestation and forest fragmentation, which reduces the availability of mature forest ecosystems it requires. Intensive forest management practices that remove dead wood eliminate the specific microhabitats necessary for the species' survival and reproduction.

Omocestus rufipes

Hipparchia fagi

Equisetum sylvaticum

Dysdera erythrina

Moneses uniflora

Camarhynchus pallidus

Valeriana dioica

Draba nemorosa

Genista tinctoria

Woodwaxen faces severe population declines due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification and urban development, which has eliminated much of its traditional grassland habitat. The species is further threatened by changes in land management practices, particularly the cessation of traditional grazing and mowing regimes that maintained the open conditions it requires.

Tomentypnum nitens

Woolly Feather-moss faces severe threats from habitat degradation and climate change impacts on its specialized wetland environments. The species is particularly vulnerable due to its dependence on specific hydrological conditions and water chemistry, which are increasingly disrupted by human activities and changing precipitation patterns.

Racomitrium lanuginosum

Woolly Fringe-moss faces severe threats from climate change, particularly warming temperatures and altered precipitation patterns that disrupt the cool, moist conditions essential for its survival. Air pollution, including nitrogen deposition and acid rain, significantly degrades the oligotrophic environments this species requires, while habitat fragmentation from human development isolates populations and reduces genetic diversity.

Cotylidia pannosa

Onopordum acanthium

Phellodon tomentosus

Cortinarius laniger

Trichocolea tomentella

Dichomeris ustalella

Euzophera cinerosella

Xysticus luctuosus

Bettongia penicillata

The Woylie faces severe population declines primarily due to predation by introduced foxes and feral cats, which have devastated populations across much of their former range. Habitat fragmentation from agricultural clearing and urban development has further reduced available territory, while disease outbreaks have caused additional mortality in remaining populations.

Potamogeton compressus

Wrack-like Pondweed faces severe population declines due to widespread habitat destruction and degradation of freshwater ecosystems. Eutrophication from agricultural runoff and urban development has dramatically altered water chemistry in many of its remaining habitats, while drainage of wetlands for agriculture and development has eliminated numerous historical populations.

Ochrolechia subviridis

Antidaphne wrightii

Ocotea wrightii

Rhytidium rugosum

Wrinkle-leaved Moss faces severe threats from climate change, particularly warming temperatures and altered precipitation patterns that disrupt the cool, moist conditions essential for its survival. Habitat degradation from human activities, air pollution, and increased UV radiation due to ozone depletion further compromise this sensitive species' ability to persist in its specialized environments.

Crassula aquatica

Wrinkle-seed Pygmyweed faces severe threats from habitat loss due to wetland drainage, agricultural conversion, and urban development of its specialized aquatic environments. Climate change and altered hydrological patterns further threaten the ephemeral pools and shallow water bodies this species depends upon for survival.

Rhodotus palmatus

Pteraster militaris

Sphagnum wulfianum

Ganoderma adspersum

Entoloma rhombisporum

Lagorchestes hirsutus

Ulmus glabra

Wych Elm faces severe population declines primarily due to Dutch elm disease, a devastating fungal infection spread by elm bark beetles that has decimated elm populations across Europe and North America. Habitat fragmentation, climate change impacts, and limited genetic diversity in remaining populations further threaten the species' long-term survival.

Orthotrichum pellucidum