extinct species list 2018
Updated April 2018
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| TAXON | GB Status | England Status | Rare/ Scarce | Sch. 8 | UKBAP/S41 | vc 5 | Extinct in vc 5 | vc 6 | Extinct in vc 6 | Last date seen | Somerset Status* |
| Adonis annua | EN | EN | Scarce | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1938, nr Bath | Arch. | |
| X Agropogon lutosus | N | Y | Y | 1979, Glastonbury | Native | ||||||
| Ajuga chamaepitys | EN | EN | Rare | Sch 8 | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1991 Casual in garden in Bath | Alien | |
| Alchemilla glabra | LC | LC | N | Y | Y | 1837, nr Bath (specimen in E) | Native | ||||
| Andromeda polifolia | LC | NT | N | Y | Y | 1928 (1970 Westhay Moor rec dubious) | Native | ||||
| Apera spica-venti | NT | LC | N | Y | Y | 1931, Berrow sands | Arch. | ||||
| Arenaria serpyllifolia ssp lloydii | WL | WL | Y | ? | Y | ? | 1968. May be overlooked? | Native | |||
| Arnoseris minima | EX | EX | UKBAP | ? | Y | ? | Y | 1835, Somerset (not on VCCCs) | Arch. | ||
| Asplenium septentrionale | NT | VU | Scarce | Y | Y | N | 1939, nr Porlock | Native | |||
| Asplenium x alternifolium | Y | Y | N | 1840, Oare | Native | ||||||
| Brassica oleracea | LC | LC | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1887, Steep Holm | Native | |||
| Campanula rapunculus | EN | EN | Rare | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | N | 1891, Pavish Mill | Arch. | ||
| Carex canescens | LC | LC | N | Y | Y | 1791, Burtle | Native | ||||
| Carex davalliana | EX | EX | N | Y | Y | 1834, nr Bath | Native | ||||
| Carex x elytroides (acuta x nigra) | N | Y | Y | 1975, Witham Friary | Native | ||||||
| Carex x prolixa (acuta x elata) | VU | N | Y | Y | 1983, Axbridge | Native | |||||
| Carum carvi | EN | CR | Scarce | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1931, Highbridge | Arch. | ||
| Caucalis platycarpos | EX | EX | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1927, W. Monkton; 1940, Winscombe | ? | |||
| Centaurea calcitrapa | EN | EN | Rare | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1883 Ham Hill; 1926 Bedminster [1980? Roe] | Arch. | |
| Cephalanthera rubra | CR | CR | Rare | Sch 8 | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | N | 1836, Merridge | Native | |
| Chenopodium urbicum | CR | CR | Rare | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1940, Taunton; 1925, Twerton | Arch. | |
| Chenopodium vulvaria | EN | EN | Scarce | Sch 8 | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1910, Minehead; 1930, Bath | Arch. |
| Cicuta virosa | LC | LC | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1888, Burtle Moor | Native | |||
| Corrigiola litoralis | EN | EN | Rare | Sch 8 | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1896, nr Bath | Alien | |
| Crepis foetida | CR | CR | Sch 8 | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1939, Ashton Gate tip | Arch. | ||
| Cryptogramma crispa | LC | VU | Y | Y | N | 1976, nr Simonsbath | Native | ||||
| Dactylorhiza x wintonii | N | Y | Y | 1947, Shapwick Heath | Native | ||||||
| Daphne mezereum | VU | VU | Scarce | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1868, Exford?; 1954, Churchill Batch | Native | ||
| Daphne x houtteana | N | Y | Y | 1907, Somerton | Native | ||||||
| Daucus carota ssp gummifer | LC | LC | Scarce | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1915, Shurton Bars; 1931, Uphill | Native | ||
| Diphasiastrum alpinum | LC | LC | Y | Y | N | 1927, Chetsford Water | Native | ||||
| Drosera anglica | NT | EN | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1952, Britty Common; ?, nr Wedmore | Native | |||
| Drosera x obovata | Y | Y | N | 1931, Britty Common | Native | ||||||
| Dryopteris cristata | EN | EN | Rare | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Error? | 1791, Emborough | Error? | ||
| Dryopteris submontana | LC | LC | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1866, Hampton Rocks | Native? | |||
| Eleocharis acicularis | LC | NT | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1907, Maunsel; 1928, nr Bath | Native | |||
| Eriophorum gracile | NT | VU | Rare | Sch 8 | Y | Y | N | 1924, Britty Common | Native | ||
| Euphorbia hyberna | VU | VU | Rare | Y | Y | N | 1929, Badgeworthy Water | Native | |||
| Euphorbia peplis | EX | EX | Sch 8 | N | Y | Y | 1837, Burnham to Brean | Native | |||
| Euphrasia officinalis subsp. pratensis | VU | VU | N | Y | Error | 1986, Wavering Down (error) | Error | ||||
| Euphrasia scottica | LC | LC | Y | Y | N | 1918, nr Simonsbath | Native | ||||
| Festuca altissima | LC | LC | N | Y | Y | ante 1886, Bathampton | Alien | ||||
| Festuca arenaria subsp oraria | WL | ? | ? | ? | ? | Extinct or under-recorded? | Native | ||||
| Festuca filiformis | LC | LC | Y | Y | Y | Y | ante 1914 Staple Common; 1945 ST43 specimen at K | Native | |||
| Galeopsis speciosa | VU | VU | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1974, Merriott; 1969, Gare Hill | Arch. | |||
| Galium tricornutum | CR | CR | Rare | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1935, Lyngford; 1955, Compton Dundon | Arch. | ||
| Gentianella campestris | VU | EN | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1940, Culbone; 1856 Street | Native | ||
| Geranium sylvaticum | LC | NT | N | Y | Y | ante 1914, Shepton Montague | Alien | ||||
| Gnaphalium sylvaticum | EN | EN | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1941, Huish Champflower; 1965, Nailsea | Native | |||
| Herminium monorchis | VU | EN | Scarce | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1976, Bathford Hill | Native | ||
| Impatiens noli-tangere | LC | LC | Scarce | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1922, Cannington (error?); 1866, Prior Park | Alien | ||
| Lactuca saligna | EN | EN | Rare | Sch 8 | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1868, Weston-super-Mare | Alien | |
| Lathyrus hirsutus | WL | WL | Rare | ? | Y | Y | Y | ?, ST21; 1971, Street | Alien | ||
| Leersia oryzoides | EN | EN | Rare | Sch 8 | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | N | 1992, Bridgewater & Taunton Canal | Native | |
| Lolium temulentum | CR | CR | Rare | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1988 Royal Portbury Docks | Arch. | ||
| Lycopodiella inundata | EN | EN | Scarce | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | N | 1850, Staple Fitzpaine | Native | ||
| Lysimachia thyrsiflora | LC | CR | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1782, Twerton (introduced) | Alien | |||
| Lythrum hyssopifolia | EN | EN | Rare | Sch 8 | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1971, Wraxall | Arch. | |
| Medicago sativa subsp. falcata | LC | LC | Scarce | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1924, Minehead; 1979, Brislington | Alien | ||
| Mibora minima | LC | NT | Rare | Y | Y | N | 1988, Muchelney Ham | Alien | |||
| Neotinea ustulata | EN | EN | Scarce | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1961, nr Cheddar | Native | ||
| Orchis purpurea | VU | VU | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1999, Nightingale Valley | ? | |||
| Orobanche alba | LC | LC | Scarce | Y | Y | N | 1978, Porlock (garden) | Alien | |||
| Orobanche minor subsp. maritima | LC | LC | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1957, Brean Down | Native | |||
| Orobanche picridis | VU | VU | Rare | Sch 8 | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Error | 1969, Brean Down (error) | Error | |
| Orobanche purpurea | VU | VU | Scarce | Y | Y | N | Error | 1869, nr Merridge (regarded as error) | Error | ||
| Parnassia palustris | LC | VU | N | Y | Y | 1782, Burtle Moor | Native | ||||
| Pilularia globulifera | NT | VU | Scarce | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1791, Blackdown (?); 1916, Winscombe | Native | |
| Pinguicula vulgaris | LC | VU | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1973, Quantocks; 1928, Ashcott | Native | |||
| Polygonum maritimum | EN | VU | Rare | Sch 8 | N | Y | Y | 1882, Burnham to Brean | Native | ||
| Potamogeton alpinus | LC | VU | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1896, Wembdon; 1907, Nailsea Moor | Native | |||
| Potamogeton gramineus | LC | NT | N | Y | Y | 1918, Weston-in-Gordano | Native | ||||
| Puccinellia fasciculata | NT | NT | Scarce | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1980, Berrow | Native | ||
| Pyrola minor | LC | NT | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1896, Tetton Woods; 1912, Leigh Woods | Native | |||
| Ranunculus tripartitus | EN | EN | Scarce | UKBAP/S41 | Y | Y | N | 1954, nr. Simonsbath | Native | ||
| Rhinanthus angustifolius | LC | LC | Rare | Sch 8 | N | Y | Y | Thought to be misidentification | Neo./Arch | ||
| Rhynchospora fusca | LC | LC | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1969, Westhay | Native | |||
| Ribes spicatum | LC | LC | Scarce | Y | Y | N | 1920, Stogumber (garden esc.?) | Alien | |||
| Rubus saxatilis | LC | LC | N | Y | Y | ante 1920, Asham Wood | Native | ||||
| Ruppia cirrhosa | NT | LC | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1967, saltmarsh nr Brean Down | Native | |||
| Saxifraga rosacea subsp. rosea | EW | N/A | N | Y | Y | 1983, Windsor Hill (garden esc?) | Alien | ||||
| Scilla autumnalis | LC | LC | Scarce | N | Y | Y | pre Suspension Bridge (1838) | Native | |||
| Scleranthus perennis subsp. perennis | CR | N/A | Rare | Sch 8 | ? | Y | ? | Y | 1825, Spaxton; ? Warleigh (poor specimen) | Alien | |
| Scrophularia umbrosa | LC | LC | N | Y | Y | 1963, Goblin Combe | Native | ||||
| Silene nutans | NT | NT | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1834, Batheaston | Alien | |||
| Thesium humifusum | LC | LC | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1933, Bathampton Down | Native | |||
| Trichophorum cespitosum | DD | DD | Rare | N | Y | Y | 1848 Shapwick Heath | Native | |||
| Trifolium ochroleucon | VU | VU | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1897, Twerton | Alien | |||
| Turritis glabra | EN | EN | Scarce | UKBAP/S41 | N | Y | Y | 1796, nr Bath | Alien | ||
| Verbascum pulverulentum | LC | LC | Scarce | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1934, Taunton; 1959, Nunney | Alien | ||
| Vicia lutea | NT | VU | Scarce | N | Y | Y | 1924, Ashton Gate | Alien | |||
| Zostera marina | NT | VU | Y | Y | Y | Y | 1969, Stolford | Native | |||
| *Alien means outside native British range | |||||||||||
| The following former Red List species is extinct in Somerset but now considered to be Neophyte | |||||||||||
| Euphorbia villosa | Parking List | N | Y | Y | 1941, Bath | Neophyte |