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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

Clavate Bent

Agrostis clavata

Least Concern

Mediterranean clover

Trifolium spumosum

Not Evaluated

Ontario goatsbeard

Tragopogon mirabilis

Not Evaluated

White-Triangle Slender

Caloptilia stigmatella

Least Concern

Willowherb aphid

Aphis epilobii

Not Evaluated

Willow twig gall midge

Rabdophaga salicis

Not Evaluated

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Exenterus amictorius

Not Evaluated

northern green orchid

Platanthera aquilonis

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Collyria coxator

Least Concern

Weevil

Amalorrhynchus melanarius

Endangered

Ichneumonid wasp

Lophyroplectus oblongopunctatus

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Magdalis barbicornis

Vulnerable

Marsh St. John'S Wort

Triadenum virginicum

Least Concern

Little ironweed

Cyanthillium cinereum

Not Evaluated

Praxelis

Praxelis clematidea

Not Evaluated

Northern Hound'S-Tongue

Andersonglossum boreale

Not Evaluated

Caesar'S Fibrecap

Inocybe caesariata

Not Evaluated

Centipede

Pachymerium ferrugineum

Least Concern

Stalkless Cladonia

Cladonia apodocarpa

Not Evaluated

Northern Lamprey

Ichthyomyzon unicuspis

Least Concern

McLarens' cotoneaster

Cotoneaster transens

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Pentarthrum huttoni

Not Evaluated

Granulating Rocktripe Lichen

Umbilicaria hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Northern Spreadwing

Lestes disjunctus

Least Concern

Sea hibiscus

Talipariti tiliaceum

Not Evaluated

Northern Pygmy Clubtail

Lanthus parvulus

Least Concern

Marsh Valerian

Valeriana sitchensis

Not Evaluated

Northern needleleaf

Tillandsia balbisiana

Least Concern

Woodland blue worm

Octolasion cyaneum

Not Evaluated

Northern Panicgrass

Dichanthelium boreale

Not Evaluated

Ryegrass bunt

Tilletia walkeri

Not Evaluated

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon terminatus

Least Concern

Dune sand scarab beetle

Aegialia arenaria

Least Concern

Ichneumonid wasp

Oresbius arridens

Not Evaluated

Splachnobryum moss

Splachnobryum obtusum

Not Evaluated

Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

Not Evaluated

Marsh Mermaid-Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Least Concern

Gall midge

Contarinia acetosellae

Not Evaluated

Northern Shorthusk

Brachyelytrum aristosum

Not Evaluated

Lesser Shot Hole Borer

Xyleborinus saxeseni

Least Concern

Frog Pelt Lichen

Peltigera degenii

Critically Endangered

Ichneumonid wasp

Pleolophus basizonus

Not Evaluated

Frosted Whiteface

Leucorrhinia frigida

Least Concern

Northern Snail-Seed Pondweed

Potamogeton spirillus

Least Concern

pointed campeloma

Campeloma decisum

Least Concern

Torrey's cryptantha

Cryptantha torreyana

Least Concern

Mealy Shadow Lichen

Phaeophyscia orbicularis

Least Concern

Fungus-feeding thrips

Haplothrips verbasci

Not Evaluated

Northern Tree-Clubmoss

Dendrolycopodium dendroideum

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Lemophagus curtus

Not Evaluated

Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Eurycea bislineata

Least Concern

Northern Water Plantain

Alisma triviale

Least Concern

Lindley's saltbush

Atriplex lindleyi

Not Evaluated

Marsh dandelion

Taraxacum palustre

Not Evaluated

Northern Woodland Violet

Viola septentrionalis

Not Evaluated

Northern Wild Raisin

Viburnum cassinoides

Not Evaluated

Northern Yellow-Eyed Grass

Xyris montana

Least Concern

Wasp

Eutrias tritoma

Not Evaluated

Mealy Firedot Lichen

Flavoplaca citrina

Least Concern

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