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This category should include plants, native or endemic, found in France, as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. This category is a geographical, not political, circumscription. It includes the flora of the Channel Islands and Monaco, but excludes the flora of Corsica.
The wildlife of France can be divided into that of Metropolitan France, and that of the French Overseas territories. For more information, see: Fauna of Metropolitan France; Flora of Metropolitan France; Fungi of Metropolitan France; Wildlife of French Guiana; Wildlife of French Polynesia; Wildlife of Martinique; Wildlife of Réunion; Wildlife ...
Location of France. Lists of fauna of Metropolitan France, including Corsica, include: List of birds of Metropolitan France; List of mammals of Metropolitan France; List of reptiles of Metropolitan France; List of amphibians of Metropolitan France; List of insects of Metropolitan France; List of non-marine molluscs of Metropolitan France
This is a list of invasive species in Europe. A species is regarded as invasive if it has become introduced to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species) and becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location. An invasive species will be one that thrives in its ...
The classification of living things into animals and plants is an ancient one. Aristotle (384–322 BC) classified animal species in his History of Animals, while his pupil Theophrastus (c. 371 –c. 287 BC) wrote a parallel work, the Historia Plantarum, on plants. [7]
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms.It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 120 mammal species occurring in Metropolitan France. One of them is critically endangered, two are endangered, thirteen are vulnerable, and four are near threatened. One of the species listed for France is considered to be extinct.
The following is a list of some of the characteristic and easily observed plants of the mountain and sub-alpine levels of the Massif Central. Common species found at all altitudes have been deliberately omitted, along with plants that are too rare and therefore difficult to observe and unrepresentative.