List of Endemic Species of the British Isles
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List of endemic species of the British Isles Bryophytes . Cornish path-moss Ditrichum cornubicum - endemic to Cornwall . Dixon's Thread Moss - Scotland only. Scottish Thread Moss - Scotland only. Scottish Beard Moss - Scotland only. Plants . Western Ramping-fumitory Fumaria occidentallis – Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly . Ramping-Fumitory Fumaria muralis subsp. neglecta not seen since 1982 and may be extinct – Cornwall . Isle of Man Cabbage – Irish Sea coasts of the British Isles only. Lundy Cabbage – Lundy Island only. Shetland pondweed – Shetland Islands only. Wild Cotoneaster – Great Orme and surrounding areas only. Radyr Hawkweed - Radyr only. Brambles: . Rubus briggsii . Rubus rotundifolius . Rubus turneri . Apomictic Whitebeams endemic to the British Isles: . Sorbus arranensis – Isle of Arran only. Arran Service Tree – Isle of Arran only. Sorbus pseudomeinichii - Isle of Arran only. Lancaster Whitebeam - Lancaster only. English Whitebeam - Great Britain and Ireland only. Bristol Whitebeam - Avon Gorge only. Devon Whitebeam – Devon, Somerset, Cornwall and Ireland only. Ley’s Whitebeam – Brecon Beacons only. Lesser Whitebeam – Brecon Beacons only. Sorbus leptophylla – endemic to UK . Sorbus wilmottiana – endemic to UK . Bloody Whitebeam – Exmoor only. Sorbus subcuneata – coastal North Devon and Western Somerset only. Cheddar Whitebeam – Cheddar Gorge only. “No Parking” Whitebeam – North Devon only. Llangollen Whitebeam – Llangollen only. Irish Whitebeam – Ireland only. Leigh Woods Whitebeam, Leigh Woods only. Plot’s Elm – English Midlands only. Alderney Sea-lavender, Alderney only. Scottish Primrose – Orkney, Sutherland and Caithness only. Welsh Groundsel – North Wales only. Shetland Mouse-ear - island of Unst only . Dandelion: . Cornish Dandelion – Cornwall only. Insects . Eudarcia richardsoni– a micromoth only found on the Dorset coast. Piesma quadratum spergulariae a bug – Isles of Scilly Birds . Red Grouse – classified either as a distinct species or a subspecies of Willow Grouse– doesn’t change plumage in winter as Willow Grouse does – Upland and Moorland areas of Great Britain and Ireland. Pied Wagtail – British subspecies of the Pied / White Wagtail–throughout British Isles. Shetland Wren – Shetland Islands, Scotland only. Fair Isle Wren – Fair Isle, Scotland only. St Kilda Wren – St Kilda Islands, Scotland only. Scottish Crossbill – Highlands, Scotland only. British Isles subspecies of White-throated Dipper Mammals . Irish Hare or the Irish subspecies of the Mountain Hare – Mountain Hares are also found in other locations of the British Isles, but in Ireland have the distinction of not turning white in winter. "Scottish" Wildcat – Formerly also found in Northern England and Wales, this subspecies of the Wildcat is now restricted to a few locations in Scotland largely due to hunting and hybridisation with Domestic Cats. St Kilda Field Mouse – St Kilda Islands, only. Orkney Vole – Orkney, only. Skomer Vole - Skomer Island only. A subspecies of Bank Vole. Fish . Gwyniad – Snowdonia only. Schelly – Lake District only. Vendace – Lake District and Dumfries and Galloway only. Pollan – Ireland only. Powan – Scotland only. Extinct . Presumed British subspecies of Grey Wolf . Essex Emerald Moth (British Subspecies) . St Kilda House Mouse . Jersey Toadflax .