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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Globe artichoke

Cynara scolymus

Not Evaluated

Globe candytuft

Iberis umbellata

Not Evaluated

Glossy privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Not Evaluated

Gmelin's wormwood

Artemisia gmelinii

Not Evaluated

Goat's-beard

Tragopogon pratensis

Least Concern

Gold birch midget

Phyllonorycter cavella

Least Concern

Golden buprestid

Buprestis aurulenta

Not Evaluated

Golden chamomile

Cota tinctoria

Least Concern

Golden Clover

Trifolium aureum

Near Threatened

Golden Freshwater Clam

Corbicula fluminea

Not Evaluated

golden hunter's-robe

Epipremnum aureum

Not Evaluated

golden-mane coreopsis

Coreopsis basalis

Not Evaluated

Golden mussel

Limnoperna fortunei

Least Concern

Golden Thistle

Scolymus hispanicus

Not Evaluated

Gold-of-pleasure

Camelina alyssum

Extinct

gomphrena-weed

Gomphrena celosioides

Not Evaluated

Gophertail lovegrass

Eragrostis ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Granary book louse

Trogium pulsatorium

Not Evaluated

Grape Hyacinth

Muscari neglectum

Not Evaluated

gray wolf

Canis lupus

Critically Endangered

greater birdsfoot-trefoil

Lotus pedunculatus

Least Concern

Greater Bulb-Fly

Merodon equestris

Least Concern

Greater Canadian St. John'S-Wort

Hypericum majus

Least Concern

great pignut

Bunium bulbocastanum

Not Evaluated

great scarlet poppy

Papaver bracteatum

Not Evaluated

Green Amaranth

Amaranthus hybridus

Not Evaluated

Green Amaranth

Amaranthus powellii

Not Evaluated

Green-And-White Sedge

Carex longii

Least Concern

Greenhouse white fly

Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Not Evaluated

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Desmodium intortum

Least Concern

Green Pheasant

Phasianus versicolor

Least Concern

Green Tansy Mustard

Descurainia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Grey-alder midget

Phyllonorycter strigulatella

Least Concern

Ground Pink

Phlox subulata

Not Evaluated

Guava

Psidium guajava

Not Evaluated

Guernsey Pigweed

Amaranthus blitum

Least Concern

Gulf sandmat

Euphorbia thymifolia

Not Evaluated

Hair Grass

Agrostis hyemalis

Not Evaluated

Hairy beggarticks

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

Hairy bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus subbiflorus

Not Evaluated

Hairy Brome

Bromus ramosus

Near Threatened

Hairy buttercup

Ranunculus sardous

Least Concern

Hairy Clover

Trifolium arvense

Least Concern

hairy clustervine

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Not Evaluated

Hairy False-Flax

Camelina microcarpa

Vulnerable

Hairy Fungus Beetle

Typhaea stercorea

Data Deficient

Hairy Love Grass

Eragrostis pilosa

Not Evaluated

Hairy Michaelmas Daisy

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Not Evaluated

Hairy Nightshade

Solanum villosum

Not Evaluated

Hairy Sunflower

Helianthus hirsutus

Least Concern

hairy thorn-apple

Datura wrightii

Not Evaluated

Hardback Beetle

Tenebrio molitor

Least Concern

Hare's ear mustard

Conringia orientalis

Not Evaluated

Hare's-tail

Lagurus ovatus

Not Evaluated

Harris mud crab

Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Not Evaluated

Heart-Pod Hoary Cress

Lepidium draba

Least Concern

Hedge bamboo

Bambusa multiplex

Not Evaluated

hedge euphorbia

Euphorbia neriifolia

Least Concern

hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Least Concern

Hedgemustard

Sisymbrium officinale

Least Concern

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