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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
781
CR + EN + VU
Population
331,002,647
Area
9,833,517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 148
Endangered 267
Vulnerable 366
Near Threatened 420
Least Concern 4171
Data Deficient 189
Not Evaluated 5386
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 148

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 5386
Animalia 3833
Fungi 1835
Protozoa 86
Bacteria 78
Chromista 74

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Leafminer fly

Liriomyza trifolii

Not Evaluated

Leafminer fly

Phytomyza rufipes

Not Evaluated

Leaf-Miner Fly

Phytomyza ranunculi

Not Evaluated

Leaf-Miner Fly

Phytomyza crassiseta

Not Evaluated

Leaf Parachute

Marasmius epiphyllus

Data Deficient

Leaf roller

Cnephasia longana

Least Concern

Leaf rust of coffee

Hemileia vastatrix

Not Evaluated

Leaf smut

Eballistra oryzae

Not Evaluated

Leafy Brain

Phaeotremella foliacea

Not Evaluated

leafy jewelbox

Chama macerophylla

Not Evaluated

Leafy Northern Green Orchid

Platanthera hyperborea

Not Evaluated

Leafy spurge

Euphorbia esula

Least Concern

Leafy spurge stem boring beetle

Oberea erythrocephala

Not Evaluated

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

Least Concern

Least Evening-Primrose

Oenothera parviflora

Not Evaluated

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

Least Concern

Least Hop Clover

Trifolium dubium

Least Concern

Least Moonwort

Botrychium simplex

Endangered

Least Pepperwort

Lepidium virginicum

Not Evaluated

Least Pin Lichen

Chaenothecopsis savonica

Least Concern

least pouncewort

Lejeunea cavifolia

Least Concern

Least Puffball

Bovista pusilla

Data Deficient

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Least Concern

Least snoutbean

Rhynchosia minima

Least Concern

Least Stinking Brittlegill

Russula subfoetens

Data Deficient

Least Water Lily

Nuphar pumila

Least Concern

Least Yellow-sorrel

Oxalis exilis

Not Evaluated

Leather flower

Clematis jackmanii

Not Evaluated

Leatherleaf Arrowwood

Viburnum rhytidophyllum

Not Evaluated

Leather Lichen

Dermatocarpon miniatum

Extinct

Leather Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Not Evaluated

Le Conte'S Sparrow

Ammospiza leconteii

Least Concern

Leek lily

Bulbine semibarbata

Not Evaluated

Legume

Calopogonium galactioides

Least Concern

Legume

Parkia timoriana

Least Concern

Lemon Beebalm

Monarda citriodora

Not Evaluated

Lemon beebrush

Aloysia citrodora

Not Evaluated

Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus citrinus

Least Concern

Lemon Day-Lily

Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus

Not Evaluated

Lemon grass

Cymbopogon citratus

Not Evaluated

Lemonscented gum

Corymbia citriodora

Least Concern

lemon slug

Malacolimax tenellus

Data Deficient

Lemon-Twist Stubble Lichen

Chaenotheca laevigata

Vulnerable

Lemonwood

Pittosporum eugenioides

Not Evaluated

Lempke'S Gold Spot

Plusia putnami

Least Concern

Lenten-rose

Helleborus orientalis

Not Evaluated

Lentil Shanklet

Collybia tuberosa

Least Concern

Leopard Earthball

Scleroderma areolatum

Least Concern

Leopard Moth

Zeuzera pyrina

Least Concern

Leopardplant

Ligularia dentata

Not Evaluated

Leopard's-bane

Doronicum pardalianches

Not Evaluated

Lepidoderma Crassipes

Lepidoderma tigrinum

Not Evaluated

Le Puceron du Noyer (Balachowsky & Mesnil 1935)

Panaphis juglandis

Not Evaluated

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

Least Concern

Lesser Bladderwort

Utricularia minor

Endangered

Lesser Bulb Fly

Eumerus narcissi

Data Deficient

Lesser Bulb-Fly

Eumerus funeralis

Least Concern

lesser bulin

Merdigera obscura

Near Threatened

Lesser calamint

Clinopodium nepeta

Not Evaluated

Lesser Cow-Horn Bog-Moss

Sphagnum inundatum

Least Concern

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