Costa Rica
North America · Central America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Castor
Ricinus communis
Centuryplant
Agave americana
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
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
Pride-of-barbados
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Prostrate knotweed
Polygonum aviculare
Punktree
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Purple granadilla
Passiflora edulis
purpleheart
Tradescantia pallida
queen's crape-myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Quito-orange
Solanum quitoense
Redflower ragleaf
Crassocephalum crepidioides
Red ginger
Alpinia purpurata
Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii
Rhodes grass
Chloris gayana
Ricefield flatsedge
Cyperus iria
River sheoak
Casuarina cunninghamiana
Robusta Coffee
Coffea canephora
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Rose natal grass
Melinis repens
Royal poinciana
Delonix regia
Sanchezia
Sanchezia parvibracteata
saramatta grass
Ischaemum rugosum
Scuttle fly
Megaselia scalaris
Shoeblackplant
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Silkoak
Grevillea robusta
Silver wattle
Acacia dealbata
Small carpgrass
Arthraxon hispidus
soulvine
Banisteriopsis caapi
Sour orange
Citrus aurantium
Soursop
Annona muricata
Southern green stink bug
Nezara viridula
Southern sandbur
Cenchrus echinatus
Sponge gourd
Luffa aegyptiaca
Sprawling signalgrass
Urochloa reptans
Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
Stalkleaf murainagrass
Ischaemum timorense
Stickbush
Clerodendrum chinense
Stinkgrass
Eragrostis cilianensis
Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
Surinam cherry
Eugenia uniflora
Swamp morning-glory
Ipomoea aquatica
Sweetpotato whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
teak
Tectona grandis
True kola
Cola acuminata
Vasey's grass
Paspalum urvillei
Violet crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
Water yam
Dioscorea alata
West indian gherkin
Cucumis anguria
White egyptian lotus
Nymphaea lotus
White garland-lily
Hedychium coronarium
White leadtree
Leucaena leucocephala
wild boar
Sus scrofa
wild cat
Felis silvestris
Wild hops
Flemingia strobilifera
Wild sugarcane
Saccharum spontaneum
wire crabgrass
Digitaria longiflora
Yellow bluestem
Bothriochloa ischaemum
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