Poland
Vascular
plant species unique to Poland include the Polish Scurvygrass Cochlearia polonica (iNaturalist) (Tomek Witecki WM),
the
Cracovian Bedstraw Galium cracoviense (iNaturalist) (atlas-roslin.pl
WM), the
buttercups Ranunculus
kobendzae (atlas-roslin.pl) and Ranunculus czywczynensis (POWO) and Ranunculus amalasuinthae and Ranunculus dirlovus (both at Science in Poland),
the
Pieniny Wallflower Erysimum
pieninicum (Zielnik
Karpacki), the Pieniny Dandelion Taraxacum
pieninicum (pl.wikipedia), Taraxacum sandomiriense (PhytoKeys), Taraxacum mariae (ResearchGate),
Taraxacum
zajacii (ResearchGate),
Taraxacum glowackii
and
Taraxacum podlachiacum
(both at botany.pl WM
pdf),
a
meadow-grass Poa
babiogorensis (ResearchGate)
(atlas-roslin.pl),
the
lady's mantles Alchemilla
calviflora (JSTOR)
and Alchemilla
giewontica (JSTOR),
the hawkweeds Hieracium boratynskii (Species New to Science) and Hieracium
jasiewiczii and Hieracium
wojcickii (both at Phytotaxa) and Hieracium lomniczkianum (GBIF) and Hieracium umbellonigritum (GBIF) and Hieracium besseri (PLAZI) (Science in Poland),
and
several brambles: Rubus
capitulatus (atlas-roslin.pl WM),
Rubus ostroviensis
(atlas-roslin.pl),
Rubus spribillei
(atlas-roslin.pl), Rubus kaznowskii (PhytoKeys), Rubus zielinskii (p. 7 of Ogród Botaniczny pdf), Rubus oklejewiczii (ResearchGate), and
Rubus seebergensis
(atlas-roslin.pl). A birch Betula szaferi (ASBP)
is extinct in the wild.
Insects known solely from Poland include a
weevil Brachysomus
polonicus (BioMap WM)
(ResearchGate),
the bagworms Reisseronia
imielinella (GBIF)
and Reisseronia annae
(GBIF),
the scuttle flies Megaselia
aliusalius (GBIF)
and Poloniphora
bialoviensis
(EJE
pdf), a braconid wasp Lodbrokia mariae (PLAZI), the
scale insects Parthenolecanium
smreczynskii (Google
Books) and Kiritshenkella
lianae (p. 6 of RCIN
pdf), and a thrip Xylaplothrips zawirskae
(ResearchGate).
Other endemic invertebrates include the freshwater snails Falniowskia neglectissima (Polish Red Data Book) (ResearchGate) and Bythinella zyvionteki (figs. 36-38 at Cite Seer X WM pdf) (IUCN) and Bythinella micherdzinskii (IUCN), the springtails Wankeliella bescidica (Dr. Lech Borowiec WM pdf) and Neanura judithae (MNHN pdf), the mites Iphidonopsis sculptus (Biologia WM pdf) and Atractides barbarae (Semantic Scholar), the potworms Enchytraeus dominicae (ResearchGate) and Enchytraeus polonicus (ResearchGate), an amphipod Niphargus casimiriensis (WoRMS), and an ostracod Nannocandona stygia (Wikispecies).
Fungi known only from Poland include Cortinarius alutarius (p. 237 of ResearchGate pdf) and Coprinopsis rugosomagnispora (ResearchGate).
Important areas for endemic species include the Carpathian Montane Forests (EoE) and the Bialowieza Forest (Białowieski Park Narodowy) in the Central European Mixed Forests (EoE). Endemic stygobiotic invertebrates are indicated in Table 1 of (ResearchGate). Endemic vascular plants are discussed at (botany.pl WM pdf).