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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

Pea Moth

Cydia nigricana

Least Concern

Peanut

Arachis hypogaea

Not Evaluated

Pear-Fruit Cockspurthorn

Crataegus coccinea

Not Evaluated

Pearlberry

Vallesia glabra

Least Concern

Pear leaf blister moth

Leucoptera malifoliella

Least Concern

Pearl flower

Heterocentron subtriplinervium

Not Evaluated

Pearl Millet

Cenchrus americanus

Extinct

Pearl wattle

Acacia podalyriifolia

Least Concern

pearlwort spurrey

Spergula morisonii

Least Concern

Pearly Underwing

Peridroma saucia

Not Evaluated

Pear psylla

Cacopsylla pyricola

Not Evaluated

pear-shaped nodding moss

Pohlia lescuriana

Endangered

Pear-Shaped Puffball

Apioperdon pyriforme

Least Concern

Pear Tar-Spot Lichen

Placynthiella uliginosa

Least Concern

Pear thrips

Taeniothrips inconsequens

Not Evaluated

Pear trellis rust fungus

Gymnosporangium sabinae

Not Evaluated

Peas

Argyrocytisus battandieri

Data Deficient

Pea weevil

Bruchus pisorum

Not Evaluated

Pebbled Pixie Cup

Cladonia pyxidata

Least Concern

Peck'S Oak Sedge

Carex peckii

Not Evaluated

Peck'S Yellow Dust Amanita

Amanita elongata

Not Evaluated

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

Least Concern

Pedicelled Bulrush

Scirpus pedicellatus

Least Concern

Pedicel Puffball

Lycoperdon caudatum

Near Threatened

Peelbark St. John'S Wort

Hypericum fasciculatum

Least Concern

Peeling Puffball

Lycoperdon marginatum

Not Evaluated

Peg Lichen

Cladonia subcariosa

Not Evaluated

Peking cotoneaster

Cotoneaster acutifolius

Not Evaluated

Pelicanflower

Aristolochia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

pellitory-of-the-wall

Parietaria judaica

Least Concern

Pelopée

Ametastegia pallipes

Not Evaluated

Pencil flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Least Concern

Pencilflower

Stylosanthes scabra

Least Concern

Pengua

Macaranga mappa

Least Concern

Pennsylvania Blackberry

Rubus pensilvanicus

Not Evaluated

Pennsylvania Cinquefoil

Potentilla pensylvanica

Not Evaluated

Pennsylvania everlasting

Gamochaeta pensylvanica

Not Evaluated

Pennsylvania Knotweed

Persicaria pensylvanica

Not Evaluated

Pennyroyal

Mentha pulegium

Critically Endangered

Pepper And Salt Geometer

Biston betularia

Least Concern

Peppered Pelt Lichen

Peltigera evansiana

Not Evaluated

Peppered Rock Shield

Xanthoparmelia conspersa

Least Concern

Peppered Rock Tripe

Umbilicaria deusta

Near Threatened

Pepperweed

Lepidium ramosissimum

Not Evaluated

Peppery Bolete

Chalciporus piperatus

Least Concern

Peregrina

Jatropha integerrima

Not Evaluated

Peregrine saltbush

Atriplex suberecta

Not Evaluated

Perennial cupgrass

Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha

Not Evaluated

Perennial Duckweed

Lemna turionifera

Least Concern

Perennial honesty

Lunaria rediviva

Near Threatened

Perennial horsegram

Macrotyloma axillare

Not Evaluated

perennial knawel

Scleranthus perennis

Critically Endangered

Perennial Pigweed

Amaranthus deflexus

Not Evaluated

Perennial ryegrass

Lolium perenne

Not Evaluated

Perennial soybean

Neonotonia wightii

Least Concern

Perennial teosinte

Zea perennis

Critically Endangered

Perennial veldtgrass

Ehrharta calycina

Not Evaluated

Perennial Wall-rocket

Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Least Concern

Perennial Yellow-woundwort

Stachys recta

Not Evaluated

Perfoliate Bellwort

Uvularia perfoliata

Not Evaluated

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