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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

Roadside flatsedge

Cyperus sphacelatus

Least Concern

Powdered Trumpet Lichen

Cladonia fimbriata

Least Concern

Rust fungus

Puccinia hemerocallidis

Not Evaluated

Rust fungus

Puccinia chondrillina

Not Evaluated

Rust fungus

Puccinia peradeniyae

Not Evaluated

Colonial Sea Squirt

Botrylloides violaceus

Not Evaluated

Common Meadow Beauty

Rhexia virginica

Least Concern

West indian foxtail grass

Andropogon bicornis

Least Concern

West indian gherkin

Cucumis anguria

Not Evaluated

Colonial Oak Sedge

Carex communis

Not Evaluated

West Indian mahogany

Swietenia mahagoni

Near Threatened

West Indian rattlebox

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

West Indian sage

Salvia occidentalis

Not Evaluated

West Indian scale

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona

Not Evaluated

West indian vanilla

Vanilla pompona

Not Evaluated

West indian woodnettle

Laportea aestuans

Extinct

Wheat smut

Tilletia caries

Not Evaluated

Comet Darner

Anax longipes

Least Concern

Woodland passionflower

Passiflora morifolia

Not Evaluated

Virdrillo

Pilea hyalina

Not Evaluated

Purple Swamp Brittlegill

Russula nitida

Least Concern

Slender centaury

Centaurium tenuiflorum

Not Evaluated

Crow-Poison

Nothoscordum bivalve

Not Evaluated

Foolproofplant

Billbergia pyramidalis

Not Evaluated

Comb windmill grass

Chloris pectinata

Not Evaluated

Field copperleaf

Acalypha arvensis

Not Evaluated

Push Pin Slime Mold

Hemitrichia calyculata

Not Evaluated

Rapid ohia death/ohia wilt

Ceratocystis fimbriata

Not Evaluated

Two Spotted Carrion Beetle

Nitidula bipunctata

Least Concern

White bladderflower

Araujia sericifera

Not Evaluated

Tussock dropseed

Sporobolus diandrus

Not Evaluated

Canadian Rockcress

Boechera stricta

Not Evaluated

Tachinid fly

Cyzenis albicans

Not Evaluated

Red Corn-lily

Ixia campanulata

Not Evaluated

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

Comb Notchwort

Sphenolobus minutus

Least Concern

European vetch

Vicia disperma

Not Evaluated

Comandra Blister Rust

Cronartium comandrae

Not Evaluated

false bird of paradise

Heliconia rostrata

Not Evaluated

Collybia Clouds

Syzygospora mycetophila

Not Evaluated

Colloderma oculatum

Not Evaluated

Small carpgrass

Arthraxon hispidus

Not Evaluated

Stinkvine

Paederia foetida

Not Evaluated

Quince Rust

Gymnosporangium clavipes

Not Evaluated

Chinese Wisteria

Wisteria sinensis

Not Evaluated

Colletid bee

Hylaeus pictipes

Extinct

collared notchwort

Mesoptychia collaris

Least Concern

Coleus

Coleus scutellarioides

Not Evaluated

Coker'S Lavender Staining Amanita

Amanita lavendula

Not Evaluated

White cedar

Tabebuia heterophylla

Least Concern

Coker'S Amanita

Amanita cokeri

Not Evaluated

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

Cogongrass

Imperata cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Orchid

Dendrobium crumenatum

Not Evaluated

Common Satingrass

Muhlenbergia frondosa

Not Evaluated

Sparaxis

Sparaxis grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Supine Plait-Moss

Hypnum resupinatum

Least Concern

Star Jelly

Nostoc commune

Least Concern

chrysanthemum aphid

Macrosiphoniella sanborni

Not Evaluated

Coffee bean weevil

Araecerus fasciculatus

Not Evaluated

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