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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
274
CR + EN + VU
Population
331,002,647
Area
9,833,517 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

Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate

Persicaria orientalis

Not Evaluated

Kiss me quick

Portulaca pilosa

Not Evaluated

Kiwi

Actinidia chinensis

Not Evaluated

Klamath Weed Beetle

Chrysolina quadrigemina

Not Evaluated

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Kleines Nordamerika-Mausohr

Myotis lucifugus

Endangered

Kleingrass

Panicum coloratum

Not Evaluated

Knieff's hook moss

Drepanocladus aduncus

Not Evaluated

Knieskern'S Sedge

Carex knieskernii

Not Evaluated

Knife acacia

Acacia cultriformis

Least Concern

knight's plume moss

Ptilium crista-castrensis

Vulnerable

Knotgrass

Paspalum distichum

Least Concern

Knotroot Bristle Grass

Setaria parviflora

Not Evaluated

knotted clover

Trifolium striatum

Near Threatened

Knotted hedgeparsley

Torilis nodosa

Least Concern

Knotty-Leaved Rush

Juncus acuminatus

Least Concern

Knotweed

Rumex pratensis

Not Evaluated

Knotweed Leaf Beetle

Gastrophysa polygoni

Least Concern

Kobus magnolia

Magnolia kobus

Data Deficient

Koch’S Quilt Lichen

Fuscidea kochiana

Data Deficient

Kodomillet

Paspalum scrobiculatum

Least Concern

Kohuhu

Pittosporum tenuifolium

Not Evaluated

Kokonor cotoneaster

Cotoneaster nitens

Not Evaluated

Korean lawngrass

Zoysia japonica

Not Evaluated

Korean Spice Viburnum

Viburnum carlesii

Not Evaluated

Korean tasselfern

Polystichum polyblepharon

Not Evaluated

Krauss' spikemoss

Selaginella kraussiana

Not Evaluated

Kumquat

Citrus japonica

Not Evaluated

Kunth's beaksedge

Rhynchospora kunthii

Not Evaluated

Kunze'S Pawwort

Schljakovia kunzeana

Least Concern

Kura clover

Trifolium ambiguum

Not Evaluated

Kurogane holly

Ilex rotunda

Least Concern

Kuroshio shot hole borer fungus

Graphium kuroshium

Not Evaluated

Kuroshio shot hole borer fungus

Fusarium kuroshium

Not Evaluated

Kurrajong

Brachychiton populneus

Not Evaluated

Labrador Indian Paintbrush

Castilleja septentrionalis

Not Evaluated

Labrador Willow

Salix argyrocarpa

Not Evaluated

Laburnum

Laburnum anagyroides

Not Evaluated

lacebark

Hoheria populnea

Not Evaluated

Lace bug

Dictyla echii

Endangered

Lace bug

Dictyonota fuliginosa

Least Concern

Lace bug

Acalypta parvula

Least Concern

laceshrub

Neillia incisa

Not Evaluated

Lacquered Bracket

Ganoderma lucidum

Least Concern

Lacy Crust Bryozoan

Membranipora membranacea

Not Evaluated

ladder flapwort

Nardia scalaris

Vulnerable

Ladies' false fleabane

Pulicaria arabica

Not Evaluated

Ladies Tobacco

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Not Evaluated

Lad'S Love

Artemisia abrotanum

Not Evaluated

Lady beetle

Harmonia octomaculata

Not Evaluated

Ladybird beetle

Harmonia quadripunctata

Near Threatened

Ladybird beetle

Lioadalia flavomaculata

Not Evaluated

Ladybird beetle

Oenopia conglobata

Least Concern

Ladybird beetle

Scymnus frontalis

Least Concern

Ladybird beetle

Clitostethus arcuatus

Not Evaluated

Ladybird beetle

Scymnus impexus

Not Evaluated

Ladybird Beetle

Scymnus suturalis

Least Concern

Lady'S Bedstraw

Galium verum

Near Threatened

Lady'S Leek

Allium cernuum

Not Evaluated

Lady's mantle

Alchemilla mollis

Not Evaluated

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