Costa Rica
North America · Central America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Centuryplant
Agave americana
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Ecoregions
Cocos Island moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Costa Rican seasonal moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Pacific moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Talamancan montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Central American dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
All Species in Costa Rica
Alexandrian laurel
Calophyllum inophyllum
Punktree
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Stickbush
Clerodendrum chinense
White garland-lily
Hedychium coronarium
purpleheart
Tradescantia pallida
River sheoak
Casuarina cunninghamiana
Cedar of Goa
Cupressus lusitanica
Black wattle
Acacia mangium
African senna
Senna didymobotrya
Emperor's candlesticks
Senna alata
Pride-of-barbados
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Heartleaf madeiravine
Anredera cordifolia
True kola
Cola acuminata
Buffelgrass
Cenchrus ciliaris
Antelope Grass
Echinochloa pyramidalis
Brownbeard rice
Oryza rufipogon
Yellow bluestem
Bothriochloa ischaemum
Violet crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
African bermudagrass
Cynodon nlemfuensis
Daisy-Chrysanthemum
Leucanthemum maximum
Golden dewdrops
Duranta erecta
Honeyweed
Leonurus japonicus
Christmas candlestick
Leonotis nepetifolia
Chinese violet
Asystasia gangetica
Polkadot-plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Bengal trumpet
Thunbergia grandiflora
Bush clockvine
Thunbergia erecta
Hairy indigo
Indigofera hirsuta
Coral tree
Erythrina poeppigiana
Asparagus fern
Asparagus densiflorus
Caribbean Pine
Pinus caribaea
Peregrina
Jatropha integerrima
Pascuita
Euphorbia leucocephala
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
soulvine
Banisteriopsis caapi
Kikuyugrass
Cenchrus clandestinus
Sprawling signalgrass
Urochloa reptans
Pitted beardgrass
Bothriochloa pertusa
African couchgrass
Digitaria abyssinica
Angleton bluestem
Dichanthium aristatum
Gophertail lovegrass
Eragrostis ciliaris
saramatta grass
Ischaemum rugosum
Itchgrass
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Kahili flower
Grevillea banksii
pinto peanut
Arachis pintoi
candletree
Parmentiera cereifera
hedge euphorbia
Euphorbia neriifolia
Pink velvet banana
Musa velutina
African bristlegrass
Setaria sphacelata
Glenwoodgrass
Sacciolepis indica
Elastic grass
Eragrostis tenuifolia
Stalkleaf murainagrass
Ischaemum timorense
Nakedstem dewflower
Murdannia nudiflora
Ricefield flatsedge
Cyperus iria
Beehive Ginger
Zingiber spectabile
Annual Fleabane
Erigeron annuus
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Key lime
Citrus aurantiifolia
Sponge gourd
Luffa aegyptiaca
Water yam
Dioscorea alata
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