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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
799
CR + EN + VU
Population
331,002,647
Area
9,833,517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 159
Endangered 269
Vulnerable 371
Near Threatened 430
Least Concern 4227
Data Deficient 189
Not Evaluated 5471
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 150

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Many-Forked Cladonia

Cladonia furcata

Not Evaluated

many-fruited dogtooth moss

Cynodontium polycarpon

Least Concern

many-fruited Leske's moss

Leskea polycarpa

Least Concern

Many-Fruited Pelt Lichen

Peltigera polydactylon

Data Deficient

Many-Fruited Thyme-Moss

Plagiomnium affine

Least Concern

Many-Pored Punch Lichen

Anisomeridium polypori

Least Concern

Many-Spored Pepper-Spore Lichen

Rinodina polyspora

Extinct

Maple

Acer rubrum

Not Evaluated

Maple Bladder Gall Mite

Vasates quadripedes

Not Evaluated

Maple Button

Acleris forsskaleana

Least Concern

Maple-Leaved Goosefoot

Chenopodiastrum hybridum

Least Concern

maquei

Aristotelia chilensis

Not Evaluated

Marbled Button

Acleris maccana

Least Concern

Marbled cellar spider

Holocnemus pluchei

Not Evaluated

Marbled False Truffle

Elaphomyces muricatus

Least Concern

Marbled Godwit

Limosa fedoa

Least Concern

Marbled Minor

Oligia strigilis

Least Concern

Marbled Orbweaver

Araneus marmoreus

Least Concern

Mare'S Eggs

Nostoc pruniforme

Least Concern

Margined buttercup

Ranunculus marginatus

Not Evaluated

Margined stickseed

Lappula marginata

Not Evaluated

Marguerite

Argyranthemum frutescens

Not Evaluated

Mariana Swiftlet

Aerodramus bartschi

Endangered

Marine bryozoan

Aetea truncata

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

marine splash midge

Telmatogeton japonicus

Not Evaluated

Maritime earwig

Anisolabis maritima

Not Evaluated

maritime gardensnail

Cernuella cisalpina

Endangered

Maritime pine

Pinus pinaster

Least Concern

Marmalade bush

Streptosolen jamesonii

Not Evaluated

Marsh Bluet

Enallagma ebrium

Least Concern

Marsh Cinquefoil

Comarum palustre

Least Concern

Marsh Cress

Rorippa islandica

Endangered

Marsh cudweed

Gnaphalium uliginosum

Least Concern

Marsh dandelion

Taraxacum palustre

Not Evaluated

Marsh fleabane

Pluchea carolinensis

Least Concern

Marsh fly

Pteromicra glabricula

Least Concern

Marsh Fly

Dryomyza anilis

Least Concern

Marsh Greenbottle

Lucilia silvarum

Least Concern

Marsh Horsetail

Equisetum palustre

Least Concern

marsh leafy moss

Plagiomnium ellipticum

Least Concern

Marshmallow Polypore

Irpiciporus pachyodon

Critically Endangered

Marsh Mermaid-Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Least Concern

Marsh Notchwort

Heterogemma laxa

Least Concern

Marsh Pea

Lathyrus palustris

Endangered

Marsh Rose

Rosa palustris

Least Concern

Marsh Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirculus

Endangered

Marsh Scheuchzeria

Scheuchzeria palustris

Extinct

Marsh Snipe Fly

Rhagio tringaria

Least Concern

Marsh Springtail

Isotomurus palustris

Not Evaluated

Marsh St. John'S Wort

Triadenum virginicum

Least Concern

Marsh Straw Sedge

Carex echinodes

Not Evaluated

marsh thistle

Cirsium palustre

Least Concern

Marsh Valerian

Valeriana uliginosa

Least Concern

Marsh Valerian

Valeriana sitchensis

Not Evaluated

Marsh Valerian

Valeriana dioica

Extinct

Marsh Willow-Herb

Epilobium palustre

Least Concern

Marsh Wren

Cistothorus palustris

Least Concern

Martagon lily

Lilium martagon

Least Concern

Martinique trimezia

Trimezia martinicensis

Not Evaluated

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