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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
56
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 21
Near Threatened 43
Least Concern 439
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 874
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

smooth heliotrope

Heliotropium curassavicum

Not Evaluated

Smooth rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida

Least Concern

Smooth yellow vetch

Vicia lutea

Not Evaluated

Snail medick

Medicago scutellata

Not Evaluated

Sneezeweed

Achillea ptarmica

Least Concern

Snow in summer

Cerastium tomentosum

Not Evaluated

Softseed wild petunia

Ruellia simplex

Data Deficient

South african ragwort

Senecio inaequidens

Not Evaluated

Southern cowpea weevil

Callosobruchus maculatus

Not Evaluated

Southern Red Bishop

Euplectes orix

Least Concern

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Spanish-needles

Bidens bipinnata

Not Evaluated

Spanish vetchling

Lathyrus clymenum

Not Evaluated

Spearleaf swampmallow

Pavonia hastata

Not Evaluated

Spearmint

Mentha spicata

Not Evaluated

Spider beetle

Gibbium psylloides

Not Evaluated

Spider plant

Chlorophytum comosum

Not Evaluated

Spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana

Not Evaluated

Spiked bur grass

Tragus berteronianus

Not Evaluated

Spiny Cocklebur

Xanthium spinosum

Not Evaluated

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Spiny sowthistle

Sonchus asper

Least Concern

Splitlip hempnettle

Galeopsis bifida

Least Concern

spotted alfalfa aphid

Therioaphis trifolii

Not Evaluated

Spreading alkali grass

Puccinellia distans

Least Concern

Spreading amaranth

Amaranthus crassipes

Not Evaluated

spreading meadow grass

Poa humilis

Not Evaluated

Spreading wallflower

Erysimum repandum

Not Evaluated

Spreading windmill grass

Chloris divaricata

Not Evaluated

Spring Snowflake

Leucojum vernum

Not Evaluated

Spring vetch

Vicia lathyroides

Endangered

Staggerweed

Stachys arvensis

Vulnerable

Stargrass

Cynodon plectostachyus

Not Evaluated

star-thistle

Centaurea calcitrapa

Extinct

St. Augustine grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Not Evaluated

stevia

Stevia rebaudiana

Not Evaluated

Sticky chickweed

Cerastium glomeratum

Least Concern

Sticky ragwort

Senecio viscosus

Least Concern

Stiff Brome

Brachypodium distachyon

Not Evaluated

Stinking willie

Jacobaea vulgaris

Least Concern

Stipitate Forget-me-not

Plagiobothrys stipitatus

Not Evaluated

strawberry clover

Trifolium fragiferum

Vulnerable

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

Streaked Weaver

Ploceus manyar

Least Concern

Striped Acorn Barnacle

Amphibalanus amphitrite

Not Evaluated

Striped corn catchfly

Silene conica

Near Threatened

Stueve'S Lespedeza

Lespedeza stuevei

Extinct

Subterranean clover

Trifolium subterraneum

Near Threatened

Sunflower

Mauranthemum paludosum

Not Evaluated

Sunn hemp

Crotalaria juncea

Not Evaluated

Sunset muskmallow

Abelmoschus manihot

Not Evaluated

Surinam cockroach

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

Not Evaluated

Swamp morning-glory

Ipomoea aquatica

Least Concern

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci

Not Evaluated

Swollen fingergrass

Chloris barbata

Not Evaluated

Sycamore Lace Bug

Corythucha ciliata

Not Evaluated

Sydney golden wattle

Acacia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Tadpole Shrimp

Triops cancriformis

Near Threatened

Taiwan Blue-Magpie

Urocissa caerulea

Least Concern

Taiwan flowering cherry

Prunus campanulata

Not Evaluated

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