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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

Baikal skullcap

Scutellaria baicalensis

Not Evaluated

Bald Spikerush

Eleocharis erythropoda

Least Concern

Balfour'S Jewelweed

Impatiens balfourii

Not Evaluated

Balkan Toadflax

Linaria dalmatica

Not Evaluated

Ball Mustard

Neslia paniculata

Endangered

Balm

Melissa officinalis

Not Evaluated

Balsam

Impatiens balsamina

Not Evaluated

Bamboo powderpost beetle

Dinoderus minutus

Not Evaluated

Banana bud moth

Opogona sacchari

Not Evaluated

Banded greenhouse thrips

Hercinothrips femoralis

Not Evaluated

Banded thrip

Franklinothrips vespiformis

Not Evaluated

Bank Myna

Acridotheres ginginianus

Least Concern

Barbary fig

Opuntia ficus-indica

Not Evaluated

Barbed goatgrass

Aegilops triuncialis

Not Evaluated

Bark lice

Liposcelis bostrychophila

Not Evaluated

Bark Snail

Zonitoides arboreus

Not Evaluated

Barley

Hordeum distichon

Not Evaluated

Barley Brome

Bromus hordeaceus

Least Concern

Barn vetch

Vicia monantha

Not Evaluated

Barnyard Grass

Dactylis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Bastard Alkanet

Buglossoides arvensis

Critically Endangered

Bastard Cress

Thlaspi arvense

Least Concern

Bastard Cress

Lepidium campestre

Least Concern

Bastard Indigo

Amorpha fruticosa

Not Evaluated

Bathroom Moth Fly

Clogmia albipunctatus

Not Evaluated

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye

Sphagneticola trilobata

Not Evaluated

Bayou Violet

Viola sororia

Not Evaluated

Beach sheoak

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

Beaked Clothes

Tinea translucens

Not Evaluated

Beanpodded Mustard

Chorispora tenella

Not Evaluated

Bean weevil

Acanthoscelides obtectus

Not Evaluated

Bearded Couch

Elymus caninus

Least Concern

Bearded Iris

Iris germanica

Not Evaluated

Bearded Pink

Dianthus barbatus

Not Evaluated

Beardsley leafhopper

Balclutha saltuella

Not Evaluated

beautiful grass snail

Vallonia pulchella

Vulnerable

Beauty Of The Night

Mirabilis jalapa

Least Concern

bed bug

Cimex lectularius

Least Concern

Beebalm

Monarda didyma

Not Evaluated

Beebalm

Monarda fistulosa

Not Evaluated

Beefsteak

Perilla frutescens

Least Concern

Bee Plant

Borago officinalis

Not Evaluated

Beggar'S Button

Arctium minus

Least Concern

Beggar-Ticks

Bidens frondosa

Not Evaluated

Belgian Endive

Cichorium intybus

Least Concern

Belvedere

Bassia scoparia

Not Evaluated

Bergamot Mint

Mentha aquatica

Least Concern

Bermuda buttercup

Oxalis pes-caprae

Not Evaluated

Bermuda Thistle

Argemone mexicana

Not Evaluated

biennial beeblossom

Oenothera gaura

Not Evaluated

Big-Bract Vervain

Verbena bracteata

Not Evaluated

Big Hop Clover

Trifolium campestre

Near Threatened

Big-Leaved Periwinkle

Vinca major

Not Evaluated

bigpod sesbania

Sesbania herbacea

Not Evaluated

Big quakinggrass

Briza maxima

Not Evaluated

Big-Seed False Flax

Camelina sativa

Extinct

Big-Sting Nettle

Urtica dioica

Least Concern

Bilbao fleabane

Erigeron floribundus

Not Evaluated

bird cherry-oat aphid

Rhopalosiphum padi

Not Evaluated

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