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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

Long Sepal Violet

Viola inconspicua

Extinct

Smooth chastetree

Vitex glabrata

Least Concern

Bay Gallbush

Ilex coriacea

Least Concern

Hoary caper

Quadrella incana

Least Concern

Plum pine

Podocarpus elatus

Least Concern

Shiny Horsehair Lichen

Bryoria glabra

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean tapeweed

Posidonia oceanica

Least Concern

Nelson'S Sharp-Tailed Sparrow

Ammospiza nelsoni

Least Concern

meadow jumping mouse

Zapus hudsonius

Least Concern

Orchid

Dendrobium mirbelianum

Least Concern

Red melastome

Melastoma sanguineum

Least Concern

Coastal False Asphodel

Triantha racemosa

Extinct

Lamp Rush

Juncus decipiens

Least Concern

Richard'S Yelloweyed Grass

Xyris jupicai

Not Evaluated

Olive Scribble Lichen

Opegrapha vulgata

Least Concern

Mazapan

Malvaviscus penduliflorus

Not Evaluated

Red algae

Ceramium sinicola

Least Concern

Guadeloupe blackbead

Cojoba graciliflora

Least Concern

Indian albizia

Albizia lebbekoides

Least Concern

Kenyan shower

Cassia afrofistula

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Mycetoporus longulus

Least Concern

New England Blue Violet

Viola novae-angliae

Not Evaluated

European weevil

Rhinoncus castor

Least Concern

Peruvian nightshade

Solanum peruvianum

Least Concern

New England Ragwort

Packera schweinitziana

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Rhynchaenus punctiger

Least Concern

New England Sedge

Carex novae-angliae

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Agrypon flaveolatum

Not Evaluated

Yellowing Knight

Tricholoma scalpturatum

Least Concern

Fraser'S Marsh St. Johnswort

Triadenum fraseri

Least Concern

Shaggy Legged Ringless Amanita

Amanita rhacopus

Not Evaluated

Root and stalk rot

Phytophthora tentaculata

Not Evaluated

Ciliate Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata

Not Evaluated

Ebony

Diospyros ebenum

Data Deficient

False Olive

Buddleja saligna

Least Concern

Woolly bellflower

Campanula lanata

Data Deficient

Leaf and stem scab

Elsinoe batatas

Not Evaluated

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

Crowberry

Searsia crenata

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Mycetoporus punctus

Least Concern

Spurge

Homalanthus populneus

Least Concern

Tibig

Ficus nota

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Coryphiomorphus hyperboreus

Least Concern

New Zealand tea tree

Leptospermum scoparium

Least Concern

Johnnyberry

Miconia bicolor

Least Concern

Smokebush

Buddleja madagascariensis

Least Concern

Marsh Valerian

Valeriana uliginosa

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Ocypus aeneocephalus

Least Concern

Silvery-Flowered Sedge

Carex argyrantha

Extinct

Weidemeyer's Admiral

Limenitis weidemeyerii

Least Concern

Bourgeau's nutrush

Scleria bourgeaui

Least Concern

Ridgewinged fungus beetle

Thes bergrothi

Least Concern

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

Not Evaluated

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Brook Wedge Mussel

Alasmidonta viridis

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Rugilus rufipes

Least Concern

Burr daisytree

Fitchia speciosa

Least Concern

Fishpoison

Tephrosia purpurea

Not Evaluated

Roundfruit blyxa

Blyxa aubertii

Least Concern

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