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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
331,002,647
Area
9,833,517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Lesser cowpea weevil

Callosobruchus chinensis

Not Evaluated

Lesser Crestwort

Lophocolea minor

Least Concern

lesser earwig

Labia minor

Not Evaluated

Lesser Featherwort

Plagiochila porelloides

Critically Endangered

Lesser Freshwater Sponge

Ephydatia muelleri

Not Evaluated

lesser grain borer

Rhyzopertha dominica

Not Evaluated

Lesser Lichen Vulgaris

Lepraria oxybapha

Least Concern

Lesser Love-Grass

Eragrostis minor

Not Evaluated

Lesser marigold

Tagetes filifolia

Not Evaluated

Lesser mealworm

Alphitobius diaperinus

Least Concern

Lesser Notchwort

Isopaches bicrenatus

Least Concern

lesser pocket moss

Fissidens bryoides

Not Evaluated

Lesser pond sedge

Carex acutiformis

Vulnerable

Lesser Prickly Sedge

Carex muricata

Near Threatened

Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid

Platanthera psycodes

Not Evaluated

Lesser Red-knotgrass

Polygonum arenarium

Not Evaluated

Lesser Rocktripe

Umbilicaria muhlenbergii

Not Evaluated

Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

Least Concern

Lesser Sea-Spurrey

Spergularia marina

Least Concern

Lesser Shot Hole Borer

Xyleborinus saxeseni

Least Concern

lesser slippery moss snail

Cochlicopa lubricella

Data Deficient

Lesser Smoothcap

Atrichum angustatum

Vulnerable

Lesser Spearwort

Ranunculus flammula

Least Concern

Lesser Star-thistle

Centaurea diluta

Not Evaluated

Lesser Sulphur-Cup Lichen

Cladonia deformis

Vulnerable

Lesser swinecress

Lepidium didymum

Not Evaluated

lesser tussock-sedge

Carex diandra

Critically Endangered

Lesser waterplantain

Baldellia ranunculoides

Near Threatened

Lesser wax moth

Achroia grisella

Least Concern

Lesser Whipwort

Bazzania tricrenata

Least Concern

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Least Concern

lesser yellow underwing

Noctua comes

Least Concern

Lesser Yoke-Moss

Zygodon conoideus

Least Concern

lettuce aphid

Pemphigus bursarius

Not Evaluated

Lettuce aphid

Nasonovia ribisnigri

Not Evaluated

Lettuce Downy Mildew

Bremia lactucae

Not Evaluated

Levant blackneck moth

Tathorhynchus exsiccata

Not Evaluated

Lewis spider mite

Eotetranychus lewisi

Not Evaluated

Lewis's Woodpecker

Melanerpes lewis

Least Concern

Lewiston cornsalad

Valerianella locusta

Near Threatened

Licorice-plant

Helichrysum petiolare

Not Evaluated

Light-And-Dark Lichen

Pseudevernia cladonia

Not Evaluated

Light Blue Blood Lichen

Mycoblastus caesius

Data Deficient

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Light brown apple moth

Epiphyas postvittana

Not Evaluated

light bulb sesquirt

Clavelina lepadiformis

Least Concern

Light-legged riverbank ground beetle

Bembidion femoratum

Least Concern

Lightly calcified branching bryozoan

Bugulina simplex

Not Evaluated

lignum vitae

Guaiacum officinale

Critically Endangered

Ligurian Leafhopper

Eupteryx decemnotata

Least Concern

Ligurian Yarrow

Achillea ligustica

Not Evaluated

Lilac Bonnet

Mycena pura

Least Concern

Lilac Brittlegill

Russula lilacea

Data Deficient

Lilac-Brown Bolete

Sutorius eximius

Not Evaluated

Lilac chastetree

Vitex agnus-castus

Not Evaluated

Lilac Coral

Ramariopsis pulchella

Vulnerable

Lilac-crowned Parrot / Lilac-crowned Amazon

Amazona finschi

Endangered

Lilac Oysterling

Panus conchatus

Least Concern

Lilac Sage

Salvia verticillata

Endangered

Lilies of the field

Anemone coronaria

Not Evaluated

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