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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

Book louse

Liposcelis entomophila

Not Evaluated

Book louse

Liposcelis decolor

Not Evaluated

Boott'S Fern

Dryopteris boottii

Not Evaluated

Bordered Apamea Moth

Apamea sordens

Least Concern

Bordered Ermel

Ethmia bipunctella

Endangered

bordered leafy moss

Mnium marginatum

Vulnerable

Bordered Scale Lichen

Psora pseudorussellii

Not Evaluated

Border Privet

Ligustrum obtusifolium

Not Evaluated

Boreal American Aster

Symphyotrichum boreale

Least Concern

Boreal Beard Lichen

Usnea subfloridana

Least Concern

Boreal Bedstraw

Galium boreale

Least Concern

Boreal Bedstraw

Galium kamtschaticum

Not Evaluated

Boreal Bluet

Enallagma boreale

Least Concern

Boreal Button Lichen

Buellia disciformis

Critically Endangered

Boreal Chickadee

Poecile hudsonicus

Least Concern

Boreal Chorus Frog

Pseudacris maculata

Least Concern

Boreal Glyceria

Glyceria borealis

Least Concern

Boreal Oak Moss Lichen

Evernia mesomorpha

Near Threatened

Boreal Owl

Aegolius funereus

Least Concern

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

Myodes gapperi

Least Concern

Boreal Sage

Artemisia borealis

Not Evaluated

Boreal Starwort

Stellaria borealis

Least Concern

boreal top

Zoogenetes harpa

Least Concern

Boreal Tree Firedot

Caloplaca ahtii

Not Evaluated

Bosc'S Hawthorn

Crataegus flabellata

Not Evaluated

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Not Evaluated

Bostrichid beetle

Heterobostrychus hamatipennis

Not Evaluated

Botfly

Hypoderma tarandi

Least Concern

Bottlebrush

Sanguisorba canadensis

Not Evaluated

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Aesculus parviflora

Not Evaluated

Bottlebrush Frost Lichen

Physconia detersa

Near Threatened

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Not Evaluated

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex lurida

Least Concern

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex hystericina

Least Concern

Bottle Brush Shield Lichen

Parmelia squarrosa

Least Concern

Bottle gourd

Lagenaria siceraria

Not Evaluated

Boulder Lichen

Porpidia tuberculosa

Least Concern

Bouncing Bet

Saponaria officinalis

Least Concern

Bourgeau's nutrush

Scleria bourgeaui

Least Concern

Bowerbank's halichondria

Halichondria bowerbanki

Not Evaluated

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

Acer negundo

Not Evaluated

Box-Leaf Holly

Ilex crenata

Not Evaluated

Box-leaved Honeysuckle

Lonicera pileata

Not Evaluated

Box tree moth

Cydalima perspectalis

Not Evaluated

Boxwood blight

Calonectria pseudonaviculata

Not Evaluated

Boxwood leafminer

Monarthropalpus flavus

Not Evaluated

Boxwood psyllid

Psylla buxi

Not Evaluated

Bracelet honey myrtle

Melaleuca armillaris

Least Concern

Brachionid rotifer

Brachionus forficula

Not Evaluated

Bracken

Pteridium aquilinum

Least Concern

brackish river prawn

Macrobrachium macrobrachion

Least Concern

Brackish-water corbula

Potamocorbula amurensis

Not Evaluated

Braconid parasite

Chrysocharis liriomyzae

Not Evaluated

Braconid parasite

Dacnusa dryas

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Dinocampus coccinellae

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Monoctonus crepidis

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Binodoxys angelicae

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Cremnops desertor

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Diolcogaster scotica

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Meteorus pulchricornis

Not Evaluated

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