Aegilops tauschii

The European Red List assessment for this species (Smekalova et al. 2011) reports that the populations in Crimea are very fragmented and under threat as they are near a city where development for tourism and recreational activities has led to a decline in the habitat. The natural habitat of this species in Krasnodarski Krai in Russia is also under threat from recreational activities and infrastructure development for olympic games (Smekalova et al. 2011), though the impact of the latter is likely to have greatly reduced as the olympic games were held in 2014. It is reported that threats in Armenia include uncontrolled grazing, agricultural expansion, road construction, hay collection and urbanization (Haruntyunyan et al. 2010). Further threats to this species in other parts of its range remain unknown.