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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
274
CR + EN + VU
Population
331002647
Area
9833517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 42
Endangered 98
Vulnerable 134
Near Threatened 153
Least Concern 2196
Data Deficient 112
Not Evaluated 3438
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 86

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Purple pampas grass

Cortaderia jubata

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Tachyporus transversalis

Least Concern

Purple plague

Miconia calvescens

Least Concern

Purple Sandpiper

Calidris maritima

Least Concern

Purple Sand-Spurrey

Spergularia rubra

Least Concern

Purple Spindles

Alloclavaria purpurea

Near Threatened

Purple-Spored Puffball

Calvatia cyathiformis

Not Evaluated

Purple-Staining Bearded Milk Cap

Lactarius repraesentaneus

Endangered

purple-stalked pocket moss

Fissidens osmundoides

Critically Endangered

Grey Aspen Bell

Epinotia cinereana

Not Evaluated

Purple toadflax

Linaria purpurea

Not Evaluated

Purpletop vervain

Verbena incompta

Not Evaluated

Purple Vetch

Vicia benghalensis

Not Evaluated

Purple Viper's-bugloss

Echium plantagineum

Not Evaluated

Purple Wendock

Brasenia schreberi

Least Concern

Purple woodsorrel

Oxalis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Gritty Tree Pelt Lichen

Peltigera collina

Critically Endangered

Giant woodwasp

Urocerus gigas

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Cilea silphoides

Least Concern

pygmy pocket moss

Fissidens exilis

Near Threatened

Mountain Moss Deconica

Deconica montana

Least Concern

Pygmyweed

Crassula tetragona

Not Evaluated

Hairy dewflower

Drosanthemum hispidum

Not Evaluated

Hairy sensitive pea

Chamaecrista pilosa

Least Concern

Indian toothcup

Rotala indica

Least Concern

Pyrenees star of bethlehem

Ornithogalum pyrenaicum

Not Evaluated

Hairy rupturewort

Herniaria cinerea

Not Evaluated

Pyrethum daisy

Tanacetum coccineum

Not Evaluated

pyriform scale

Protopulvinaria pyriformis

Not Evaluated

pyrimidal bugle

Ajuga pyramidalis

Least Concern

Hammered Shield Lichen

Parmelia sulcata

Least Concern

Quagga Mussel

Dreissena bugensis

Not Evaluated

Queen anne's thistle

Cirsium canum

Not Evaluated

Queen Lady'S Slipper

Cypripedium reginae

Least Concern

Queen Of The Prairie

Filipendula rubra

Not Evaluated

Queen palm

Syagrus romanzoffiana

Not Evaluated

Queen sago

Cycas circinalis

Endangered

Firedot Lichen

Athallia holocarpa

Least Concern

Quickstick

Gliricidia sepium

Least Concern

Quinine tree

Cinchona pubescens

Vulnerable

Quinoa

Chenopodium quinoa

Not Evaluated

Rabbitear iris

Iris laevigata

Not Evaluated

Raceme catnip

Nepeta racemosa

Not Evaluated

radiate bloom moss

Schistidium apocarpum

Not Evaluated

radiated snail

Discus rotundatus

Least Concern

Ramgoat dashalong

Turnera ulmifolia

Least Concern

Stinky Squid

Pseudocolus fusiformis

Not Evaluated

Hairy Genea

Genea hispidula

Not Evaluated

Raintree

Samanea saman

Least Concern

Hazel Bracket

Skeletocutis semipileata

Least Concern

Ramie Chinese grass

Boehmeria nivea

Not Evaluated

Hidden Mealy Pixie-Cup Lichen

Cladonia cryptochlorophaea

Data Deficient

Rampion bellflower

Campanula rapunculoides

Least Concern

Ram'S Head Lady'S Slipper

Cypripedium arietinum

Near Threatened

Dwarf Birch

Betula minor

Not Evaluated

Rannoch Looper

Macaria brunneata

Least Concern

Rannoch Roller

Ancylis tineana

Least Concern

Rape

Brassica napus

Not Evaluated

Scaly Pepper-Spore Lichen

Rinodina ascociscana

Not Evaluated

St Lucie Cherry

Prunus mahaleb

Not Evaluated

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