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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
786
CR + EN + VU
Population
331002647
Area
9833517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 156
Endangered 264
Vulnerable 366
Near Threatened 425
Least Concern 4191
Data Deficient 189
Not Evaluated 5463
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 150

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 5386
Animalia 3833
Fungi 1835
Protozoa 86
Bacteria 78
Chromista 74

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Sessile Bellwort

Uvularia sessilifolia

Not Evaluated

Sessile Earthstar

Geastrum fimbriatum

Least Concern

Sessile joyweed

Alternanthera sessilis

Least Concern

Sevenbark

Hydrangea arborescens

Not Evaluated

Paint Trillium

Trillium undulatum

Least Concern

Shade Moonwort

Botrychium tenebrosum

Endangered

Leafhopper

Anoscopus albiger

Least Concern

Shadow Darner

Aeshna umbrosa

Least Concern

Shaggy Parasol

Chlorophyllum rachodes

Not Evaluated

Shaggy Pholiota

Pholiota squarrosa

Least Concern

Shakeshake

Crotalaria incana

Least Concern

Coralbush

Jatropha multifida

Least Concern

Coral gum

Eucalyptus torquata

Least Concern

Northern Grey Shrike

Lanius borealis

Not Evaluated

Shamel ash

Fraxinus uhdei

Not Evaluated

sharped-leaved fluellen

Kickxia elatine

Least Concern

sharp-leaved Blind's moss

Blindia acuta

Least Concern

Small Tabby

Aglossa caprealis

Not Evaluated

Sharp-Scaly Pholiota

Pholiota squarrosoides

Critically Endangered

Sheepbit

Jasione montana

Least Concern

Sheathed Sedge

Carex vaginata

Least Concern

Sheep botfly

Oestrus ovis

Extinct

Shelled Slug

Testacella haliotidea

Data Deficient

Shellflower

Moluccella laevis

Not Evaluated

Shellplant

Alpinia zerumbet

Data Deficient

Shiner

Lactarius uvidus

Endangered

Shingled Hedgehog

Sarcodon imbricatus

Near Threatened

Shining Clubmoss

Huperzia lucidula

Not Evaluated

Shining Pondweed

Potamogeton lucens

Vulnerable

Shining spurge

Euphorbia lucida

Not Evaluated

Shiny Cinnamon Polypore

Coltricia cinnamomea

Vulnerable

Leaf beetle

Chrysomela tremula

Least Concern

Shoeblackplant

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Not Evaluated

Shoehorn Oyster

Hohenbuehelia petaloides

Endangered

Shore Aster

Symphyotrichum tradescantii

Not Evaluated

Shoreline figwort

Scrophularia auriculata

Least Concern

Short-Headed Rush

Juncus brachycephalus

Least Concern

Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Not Evaluated

Tropical whitetop

Rhynchospora radicans

Not Evaluated

short-cloaked moth

Nola cucullatella

Least Concern

Plant bug

Blepharidopterus angulatus

Least Concern

short-horned liverwort

Notothylas orbicularis

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Leptacinus pusillus

Least Concern

Woolly aphids

Eriosoma ulmi

Not Evaluated

Dusky-Banded Forest Fly

Chalcosyrphus nemorum

Least Concern

Isopod

Hyloniscus riparius

Not Evaluated

American Thintail Fly

Meliscaeva cinctella

Least Concern

Carpenter bee

Chelostoma campanularum

Least Concern

Carrion beetle

Dendroxena quadrimaculata

Near Threatened

Leaf beetle

Cassida nobilis

Least Concern

short-leaved broom moss

Dicranum brevifolium

Not Evaluated

Short-Leaved Sedge

Carex disperma

Near Threatened

Shortpod mustard

Hirschfeldia incana

Not Evaluated

short-pointed lantern moss

Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides

Least Concern

Short-spored Earthtongue

Trichoglossum walteri

Vulnerable

Siberian wheatgrass

Agropyron fragile

Not Evaluated

Alfalfa Weevil

Hypera postica

Least Concern

Parasitoid wasp

Trichogramma semblidis

Not Evaluated

Alkali-Blite

Oxybasis rubra

Least Concern

Allegheny Hawkweed

Hieracium paniculatum

Not Evaluated

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