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Type: Habitat
Status: Not Evaluated
Nativeness: Endemic
Anchialine pools are landlocked, saline bodies of water with a permanent, subterranean connection to the ocean but no surface contact.
Type: Seabird
Status: Vulnerable
Nativeness: Endemic
A large pelagic seabird with predominantly dark plumage and long, slender wings up to 2m in span. Males inflate their characteristic red throat pouches in the breeding season.
Type: Endemic Plant
Status: Critically Endangered
Nativeness: Endemic
A tiny fern with small parsley-like fronds that grows on moderately dry to wet banks and outcrops on the exposed south-facing slopes of Green Mountain.
Type: Endemic Plant
Status: Vulnerable
Nativeness: Endemic
A small, creeping fern generally found in crevices on damp to moderately dry cinder banks and rock faces around the middle elevations of Green Mountain.
Type: Endemic Plant
Status: Critically Endangered
Nativeness: Endemic
A perennial, dwarf shrub that forms low hemispherical domes, occuring on arid cinder plains and scoria cones at lower elevations.
Type: Non-native Species
Status: Least Concern
Nativeness: Introduced
A widespread, omnivorous rodent commonly dispersed by people.
Type: Seabird
Status: Least Concern
Nativeness: Native
A pantropical seabird which is slightly smaller than the Masked booby. The upper parts of the bird are a chocolate brown colour whilst the underside is white. The bill, facial skin and legs are a bright yellow colour.
Type: Seabird
Status: Least Concern
Nativeness: Native
A medium sized dark brown seabird with a white crest that blends into a grey neck. These birds are found around the island nesting on rocky outcrops and cliffs.
Type: Endemic Plant
Status: Critically Endangered
Nativeness: Endemic
A small to medium-sized fern forming shuttlecock shaped tufts, generally found growing in rock crevices or on cliffs in sheltered valleys around the foot slopes of Green Mountain.
Type: Invertebrate
Status: Critically Endangered
Nativeness: Endemic
A small, brownish arachnid with a flattened body and large pincer-like pedipalps that contain a poison gland used to subdue their invertebrate prey.
Type: Marine Life
Status: Endangered
Nativeness: Native
A large marine reptile that migrates from coastal feeding areas along the Brazilian continental shelf to nest on Ascension Island’s sandy beaches.
Type: Endemic Plant
Status: Critically Endangered
Nativeness: Endemic
A small, perennial, tuft forming grass found on damp, wind-exposed banks and outcrops around on the upper slopes of Green Mountain.
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