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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

Lady'S Slipper Orchid

Cypripedium calceolus

Near Threatened

Lady'S-Slipper Orchid

Cypripedium acaule

Least Concern

lagoon sea slug

Tenellia adspersa

Least Concern

Lake Darner

Aeshna eremita

Least Concern

Lake Emerald

Somatochlora cingulata

Least Concern

lake floater

Pyganodon lacustris

Least Concern

Lakeshore bulrush

Schoenoplectus lacustris

Least Concern

Lakeshore nutrush

Scleria lacustris

Least Concern

Lakeshore Sedge

Carex phacota

Least Concern

Lakezone Lichen

Staurothele fissa

Least Concern

Lamarck's bedstraw

Galium divaricatum

Not Evaluated

Lamb'S-Ear

Stachys byzantina

Not Evaluated

Lamb's Succory

Arnoseris minima

Critically Endangered

Lamp Rush

Juncus decipiens

Least Concern

Lance-Leaf Loosestrife

Lysimachia hybrida

Least Concern

Lance-Leaf Moonwort

Botrychium lanceolatum

Vulnerable

Lanceleaf rattlebox

Crotalaria lanceolata

Least Concern

Lanceleaf water plantain

Alisma lanceolatum

Least Concern

lance-leaved claw moss

Dichelyma falcatum

Least Concern

Lancet Clubtail

Phanogomphus exilis

Least Concern

Lance-tipped Darner

Aeshna constricta

Least Concern

Landscaping Black Morel

Morchella importuna

Not Evaluated

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Lapland Azalea

Rhododendron lapponicum

Least Concern

Lapland Bloodspot Lichen

Ophioparma lapponica

Not Evaluated

Lapland Bunting

Calcarius lapponicus

Vulnerable

Lapland Sedge

Carex lapponica

Vulnerable

Lapland Springfly

Diura bicaudata

Least Concern

Lapland yoke moss

Amphidium lapponicum

Least Concern

larch aphid

Cinara laricis

Not Evaluated

larch case-bearer

Coleophora laricella

Not Evaluated

larch ladybird

Aphidecta obliterata

Near Threatened

Larch Pug Moth

Eupithecia lariciata

Least Concern

Larch sawfly

Pristiphora erichsonii

Not Evaluated

Larch shoot tortricid moth

Spilonota laricana

Not Evaluated

Lardaceous minute scavenger beetle

Stephostethus lardarius

Least Concern

Larder beetle

Dermestes lardarius

Least Concern

Large Birch Pigmy

Ectoedemia occultella

Least Concern

Large Cabbage White

Pieris brassicae

Least Concern

Large Clover Case-Bearer

Coleophora trifolii

Least Concern

large cut notchwort

Tritomaria exsectiformis

Extinct

Large Dark Prominent

Notodonta torva

Least Concern

Large False Ground-Cherry

Leucophysalis grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Large-flowered Evening-primrose

Oenothera glazioviana

Not Evaluated

Large Fox Sedge

Carex annectens

Not Evaluated

Large Fruit Bark Beetle

Scolytus mali

Near Threatened

large fruit-tree tortrix

Archips podana

Least Concern

Largeleaf blackberry

Rubus macrophyllus

Not Evaluated

Largeleaf geigertree

Cordia sebestena

Least Concern

Largeleaf maidenhair

Adiantum macrophyllum

Not Evaluated

Largeleaf White Violet

Viola incognita

Not Evaluated

Large-Leaf White Violet

Viola blanda

Not Evaluated

Large-leaf yellow teatree

Leptospermum morrisonii

Least Concern

Large-Leaved Goldenrod

Solidago macrophylla

Not Evaluated

large-leaved leafy moss

Rhizomnium magnifolium

Least Concern

Large-Neck Clam

Mya arenaria

Vulnerable

Large Notchwort

Trilophozia quinquedentata

Least Concern

Large peach aphid

Myzus varians

Not Evaluated

Large Round-Leaved Orchid

Platanthera orbiculata

Not Evaluated

Large rove beetle

Quedius curtipennis

Least Concern

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