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Canada

North America · Northern America

Total Species
4350
Threatened
243
CR + EN + VU
Population
37742157
Area
9984670 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 58
Endangered 83
Vulnerable 102
Near Threatened 196
Least Concern 1638
Data Deficient 24
Not Evaluated 2141
Extinct 75

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 3246
Animalia 1102
Chromista 1
Fungi 1

Featured Species

All Species in Canada

Hard Fescue

Festuca trachyphylla

Not Evaluated

Cordilleran Arnica

Arnica mollis

Not Evaluated

Creeping buttercup

Ranunculus repens

Least Concern

David'S Spurge

Euphorbia davidii

Not Evaluated

Dunbar's hawthorn

Crataegus beata

Least Concern

Hooker's onion

Allium acuminatum

Not Evaluated

Fescue Oval Sedge

Carex festucacea

Extinct

hybrid toadflax

Linaria sepium

Not Evaluated

Garden Orpine

Hylotelephium telephium

Least Concern

Geyer's monkeyflower

Erythranthe geyeri

Not Evaluated

golden-crest

Lophiola aurea

Extinct

Wasp

Tritneptis klugii

Not Evaluated

Greene'S Rush

Juncus greenei

Not Evaluated

Grove Bluegrass

Poa alsodes

Not Evaluated

Hairy Honeysuckle

Lonicera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Hairy whitetop

Lepidium appelianum

Not Evaluated

Howell's quillwort

Isoetes howellii

Least Concern

smooth yellow violet

Viola eriocarpa

Not Evaluated

Annual Fleabane

Erigeron annuus

Not Evaluated

Kidney Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Quedius cruentus

Least Concern

Saltmarsh Sedge

Carex salina

Not Evaluated

Scottish false asphodel

Tofieldia pusilla

Least Concern

Runner Bean

Phaseolus coccineus

Not Evaluated

Conifer Cottongrass

Eriophorum tenellum

Least Concern

continental firmoss

Huperzia continentalis

Extinct

Convulsion Root

Monotropa uniflora

Not Evaluated

Russian milkvetch

Astragalus falcatus

Not Evaluated

Ladybird beetle

Scymnus impexus

Not Evaluated

Russian peashrub

Caragana frutex

Not Evaluated

Russian pigweed

Axyris amaranthoides

Not Evaluated

Russian wheatgrass

Thinopyrum junceum

Not Evaluated

Ball's willow

Salix ballii

Not Evaluated

Rust pine borer

Arhopalus rusticus

Least Concern

smooth dock

Rumex altissimus

Not Evaluated

Rove Beetle

Euplectus signatus

Least Concern

American water-parsley

Oenanthe sarmentosa

Least Concern

mountain mare's-tail

Hippuris montana

Not Evaluated

Potato Flea Beetle

Epitrix cucumeris

Not Evaluated

Rye brome

Bromus secalinus

Least Concern

Ryegrass Sedge

Carex loliacea

Least Concern

Common Larch

Larix decidua

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Euplectus karstenii

Least Concern

Sabine's buttercup

Ranunculus sabinei

Not Evaluated

Sabine's false semaphoregrass

Pleuropogon sabinei

Not Evaluated

Sacred lotus

Nelumbo nucifera

Not Evaluated

Sac spider

Clubiona pallidula

Least Concern

Safflower

Carthamus tinctorius

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Oxytelus laqueatus

Least Concern

saline atriplex

Atriplex dioica

Not Evaluated

Common Hyssop

Hyssopus officinalis

Vulnerable

Common Ivy

Hedera helix

Least Concern

Sainfoin legume

Onobrychis viciifolia

Not Evaluated

Salmonberry

Rubus spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Saltcedar

Tamarix ramosissima

Not Evaluated

saltmarsh goosefoot

Oxybasis chenopodioides

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Olophrum consimile

Least Concern

scratch grass

Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Not Evaluated

Barbed Bristle Bulrush

Scirpus ancistrochaetus

Near Threatened

Sand Bittercress

Cardamine parviflora

Vulnerable

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