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The flora of Italy is all the plant life present in the territory of the Italian Republic. The flora of Italy was traditionally estimated to comprise about 5,500 vascular plant species. [ 3 ] However, as of 2019 [update] , 7,672 species are recorded in the second edition of the flora of Italy and in its digital archives Digital flora of Italy ...
The Italian wolf, which inhabits the Apennine Mountains and the Western Alps, features prominently in Latin and Italian cultures, such as in the legend of the founding of Rome. [1] It is the national animal of Italy. [2] [3] The fauna of Italy comprises all the animal species inhabiting the territory of the Italian Republic and its surrounding ...
The ecoregion is home to thousands of plant species, with over 2000 on the Gargano Peninsula alone. Endemic species are from 10 to 20% of the total, and occur from sea level up to the high mountains. The ecoregion's orchids are diverse, particularly in the mountains; the Maiella Mountains have 60 known species, and the Gargano Mountains have 56 ...
There are 102 mammal species in Italy, of which one is critically endangered, two are endangered, nine are vulnerable, and four are near threatened.One of the species listed for Italy is considered to be extinct.
National and regional parks in Italy. The national parks of Italy are protected natural areas terrestrial, marine, fluvial or lacustrine, which contain one or more intact ecosystems (or only partially altered by anthropic interventions) and/or one or more physical, geological, geomorphological, biological formations of national and international interest, for naturalistic, scientific, cultural ...
Italian cave salamander, Speleomantes italicus (endemic) Supramonte cave salamander, Speleomantes supramontis (endemic) Proteidae. Olm, Proteus anguinus; References
For the purposes of this category, "Italy" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. That is, the geographic region is mostly defined by its political boundaries except it excludes Sardinia , which is included in Southwestern Europe, and Sicily (a category of its own) and includes the flora ...
Many species of plants, animals, and other organisms are considered invasive species in Italy. ... Animals. Platyhelminthes. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi ...