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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
54
CR + EN + VU
Population
126 476 461
Area
377 975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 12
Endangered 21
Vulnerable 21
Near Threatened 42
Least Concern 420
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 840
Extinct 19

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Laxman’s bulrush

Typha laxmannii

Not Evaluated

Chinese banyan

Ficus microcarpa

Least Concern

Ciliate Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata

Not Evaluated

Prostrate sandmat

Euphorbia prostrata

Not Evaluated

Malaysian scurfpea

Cullen corylifolium

Least Concern

filiform rock jasmine

Androsace filiformis

Not Evaluated

Narrow-Leaved Meadow-Grass

Poa angustifolia

Least Concern

great scarlet poppy

Papaver bracteatum

Not Evaluated

Curved sicklegrass

Parapholis incurva

Not Evaluated

Swollen fingergrass

Chloris barbata

Not Evaluated

Little Barley

Hordeum pusillum

Not Evaluated

Viper grass

Dinebra retroflexa

Not Evaluated

Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye

Sphagneticola trilobata

Not Evaluated

Tree marigold

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

Dagger flower

Mantisalca salmantica

Not Evaluated

Awl Aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum

Not Evaluated

Valley redstem

Ammannia coccinea

Least Concern

white evening-primrose

Oenothera speciosa

Not Evaluated

Lindheimer'S Beeblossom

Oenothera lindheimeri

Not Evaluated

Coastal Arrowhead

Sagittaria graminea

Not Evaluated

Big-Bract Vervain

Verbena bracteata

Not Evaluated

Turkey tangle fogfruit

Phyla nodiflora

Least Concern

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

golden hunter's-robe

Epipremnum aureum

Not Evaluated

White Forget-me-not

Plagiobothrys scouleri

Not Evaluated

Beebalm

Monarda fistulosa

Not Evaluated

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

Boatlily

Tradescantia spathacea

Not Evaluated

Indian-pennywort

Bacopa monnieri

Not Evaluated

Carolina crane's-bill

Geranium carolinianum

Not Evaluated

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Least Concern

Rockweed

Pilea microphylla

Not Evaluated

Hyacinthbean

Lablab purpureus

Not Evaluated

Java-bean

Senna obtusifolia

Least Concern

Indian Coral Tree

Erythrina variegata

Least Concern

Arrowleaf clover

Trifolium vesiculosum

Not Evaluated

Adam's Leedle

Yucca gloriosa

Not Evaluated

Purple mistress

Moricandia arvensis

Not Evaluated

Ward's weed

Carrichtera annua

Not Evaluated

Catchfly

Silene antirrhina

Not Evaluated

Weed silene

Silene conoidea

Not Evaluated

False jagged-ckickweed

Lepyrodiclis holosteoides

Not Evaluated

Chandelier plant

Kalanchoe delagoensis

Not Evaluated

Aphid Trap

Proboscidea louisianica

Not Evaluated

Eyebane

Euphorbia nutans

Not Evaluated

Engelmann's spikerush

Eleocharis engelmannii

Extinct

Common Sundrops

Oenothera fruticosa

Not Evaluated

White lace flower

Orlaya grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Yellow bluestem

Bothriochloa ischaemum

Not Evaluated

Spreading windmill grass

Chloris divaricata

Not Evaluated

Awnless Brome

Bromus inermis

Least Concern

Spiked bur grass

Tragus berteronianus

Not Evaluated

Red-Seeded Dandelion

Taraxacum erythrospermum

Not Evaluated

Common Goldentop

Euthamia graminifolia

Not Evaluated

Bilbao fleabane

Erigeron floribundus

Not Evaluated

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago altissima

Not Evaluated

Burrweed Marsh-Elder

Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

Not Evaluated

tickseed-sunflower

Bidens aristosa

Not Evaluated

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Not Evaluated

lowland rotala

Rotala ramosior

Not Evaluated

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