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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

Alternating Dog Lichen

Peltigera didactyla

Least Concern

Redbanded thrip

Selenothrips rubrocinctus

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Bathyplectes infernalis

Not Evaluated

Tortricid moth

Acleris rhombana

Least Concern

Bushy yate

Eucalyptus lehmannii

Least Concern

Japanese false spleenwort

Deparia petersenii

Not Evaluated

Spanish heath

Erica lusitanica

Least Concern

Southern pokeweed

Phytolacca bogotensis

Least Concern

Sparrow false pimpernel

Bonnaya antipoda

Least Concern

Panic veldtgrass

Ehrharta erecta

Not Evaluated

Lesser marigold

Tagetes filifolia

Not Evaluated

Decumbent Goldenrod

Solidago glutinosa

Not Evaluated

Pale rush

Juncus pallidus

Not Evaluated

Nodding sage

Salvia nutans

Not Evaluated

Broadleaf glandweed

Parentucellia latifolia

Not Evaluated

Hairy ironwort

Sideritis lanata

Not Evaluated

Bush'S Sedge

Carex bushii

Extinct

Jarrah

Eucalyptus marginata

Near Threatened

Feathertop

Cenchrus longisetus

Not Evaluated

Glossy Willow

Salix lucida

Not Evaluated

Hispid Hedge-Nettle

Stachys hispida

Not Evaluated

Burvine

Verbena urticifolia

Not Evaluated

Shrubby whitevein

Sanchezia speciosa

Not Evaluated

Gmelin'S Buttercup

Ranunculus gmelinii

Least Concern

Aphid

Macrosiphoniella abrotani

Not Evaluated

Glandular senna

Senna multiglandulosa

Least Concern

Burrower bug

Microporus nigrita

Vulnerable

Gibraltar candytuft

Iberis gibraltarica

Not Evaluated

Pale-Footed Horsehair Lichen

Bryoria fuscescens

Least Concern

Fruitful Wood Fern

Dryopteris triploidea

Not Evaluated

Burred Horsehair Lichen

Bryoria furcellata

Least Concern

Giant Bird'S Nest

Pterospora andromedea

Not Evaluated

Bristle-Leaved Sedge

Carex eburnea

Not Evaluated

Gold coast jasmine

Jasminum dichotomum

Not Evaluated

Deer Fern

Struthiopteris spicant

Least Concern

West Indian dropseed

Sporobolus pyramidalis

Not Evaluated

Apical leafcutter bee

Megachile apicalis

Not Evaluated

Brown Rim-Lichen

Lecanora chlarotera

Least Concern

American Dog Tick

Dermacentor variabilis

Not Evaluated

Fly

Drosophila simulans

Not Evaluated

Macloskey'S Violet

Viola macloskeyi

Least Concern

Brown Pine Lacewing

Hemerobius stigma

Not Evaluated

Sphagnum Greyling

Sphagnurus paluster

Least Concern

Japanese photinia

Photinia glabra

Least Concern

Aphid

Sipha maydis

Not Evaluated

Book lice

Cerobasis guestfalica

Not Evaluated

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Slender leaf rattlebox

Crotalaria ochroleuca

Not Evaluated

Cherry Leaf Curl

Taphrina wiesneri

Least Concern

Wand riverhemp

Sesbania virgata

Not Evaluated

Broad Heart-Leaved Willow

Salix cordata

Not Evaluated

Gammarid

Monocorophium acherusicum

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Sipha glyceriae

Not Evaluated

Diaphanous Bladder-Fern

Cystopteris diaphana

Not Evaluated

Uglynest caterpillar

Archips cerasivorana

Least Concern

Amphibian Map Lichen

Rhizocarpon lavatum

Data Deficient

Gammarid amphipod

Grandidierella japonica

Not Evaluated

Schinz's pepperweed

Lepidium schinzii

Not Evaluated

Midge

Dasineura affinis

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Metopolophium frisicum

Not Evaluated

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