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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
794
CR + EN + VU
Population
331,002,647
Area
9,833,517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 159
Endangered 267
Vulnerable 368
Near Threatened 429
Least Concern 4219
Data Deficient 187
Not Evaluated 5464
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

Water medick

Medicago littoralis

Not Evaluated

Water Net

Hydrodictyon reticulatum

Not Evaluated

Water-Pepper

Persicaria hydropiper

Least Concern

water pocket moss

Fissidens fontanus

Vulnerable

Waterpoppy

Hydrocleys nymphoides

Not Evaluated

Water primrose

Ludwigia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

water purslane

Lythrum portula

Vulnerable

Water ragwort

Jacobaea aquatica

Vulnerable

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon terminatus

Least Concern

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon analis

Least Concern

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon laminatus

Least Concern

Water scavenger beetle

Sphaeridium bipustulatum

Least Concern

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon quisquilius

Least Concern

Water scavenger beetle

Sphaeridium scarabaeoides

Least Concern

Water scavenger beetle

Sphaeridium lunatum

Least Concern

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon haemorrhoidalis

Least Concern

Waterside Rockshag Lichen

Ephebe lanata

Extinct

Water-snowflake

Nymphoides indica

Least Concern

Water spangles

Salvinia minima

Not Evaluated

Water speedwell

Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Vulnerable

Water Springtail

Podura aquatica

Not Evaluated

Waterthyme

Hydrilla verticillata

Not Evaluated

Waterwheel plant

Aldrovanda vesiculosa

Endangered

Water-wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Least Concern

Water yam

Dioscorea alata

Not Evaluated

Watery Milk-Cap

Lactarius serifluus

Least Concern

waved black

Parascotia fuliginaria

Least Concern

Wavy carpet beetle

Dermestes undulatus

Not Evaluated

Wavyleaf mullein

Verbascum sinuatum

Not Evaluated

Wavyleaf sea lavender

Limonium sinuatum

Not Evaluated

Wavy Scaly Cloakfern

Astrolepis sinuata

Not Evaluated

Wax flower

Hoya australis

Not Evaluated

Wax mallow

Malvaviscus arboreus

Not Evaluated

Wax myrtle

Morella cerifera

Least Concern

Waxy bedstraw

Galium glaucum

Not Evaluated

Waxy mannagrass

Glyceria declinata

Vulnerable

Weak bluegrass

Poa infirma

Not Evaluated

Weak-Stalked Bulrush

Schoenoplectiella purshiana

Least Concern

Weather prophet

Dimorphotheca pluvialis

Not Evaluated

Webbing clothes moth

Tineola bisselliella

Least Concern

Web-spinning Larch Sawfly

Cephalcia lariciphila

Not Evaluated

Wedgeleaf dock

Rumex frutescens

Not Evaluated

Wedge-shaped beetle

Ripidius pectinicornis

Not Evaluated

Weed silene

Silene conoidea

Not Evaluated

Weedy brome

Bromus alopecuros

Not Evaluated

Weedy dogfennel

Cladanthus mixtus

Not Evaluated

Weeping fig

Ficus benjamina

Not Evaluated

Weeping fingergrass

Eustachys distichophylla

Not Evaluated

Weeping lovegrass

Eragrostis curvula

Not Evaluated

Weeping Widow

Lacrymaria lacrymabunda

Least Concern

weeping willow

Salix babylonica

Not Evaluated

Weeping willow

Salix sepulcralis

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Rhynchaenus punctiger

Least Concern

Weevil

Pityophthorus juglandis

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Trachodes hispidus

Least Concern

Weevil

Sitona obsoletus

Least Concern

Weevil

Sitona cylindricollis

Least Concern

Weevil

Barynotus obscurus

Least Concern

Weevil

Mecinus pyraster

Least Concern

Weevil

Strophosoma melanogrammum

Least Concern

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