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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

Farinose Cartilage Lichen

Ramalina farinacea

Least Concern

Fuchsia Rust

Pucciniastrum epilobii

Not Evaluated

Scaly Knight

Tricholoma vaccinum

Least Concern

White-Edged Stone Lichen

Trapelia coarctata

Least Concern

Hollow Bolete

Suillus cavipes

Least Concern

Crested Coral

Clavulina coralloides

Least Concern

Granite-Speck Rim Lichen

Lecanora polytropa

Least Concern

Lipstick Powderhorn

Cladonia macilenta

Least Concern

Bristly Beard Lichen

Usnea hirta

Least Concern

Reindeer Lichen

Cladonia arbuscula

Least Concern

Violet Rust

Puccinia violae

Not Evaluated

Cosmos

Cosmos sulphureus

Not Evaluated

Cosson's hook moss

Scorpidium cossonii

Vulnerable

Purple clover

Trifolium purpureum

Not Evaluated

Vouaux'S Dust Lichen

Lepraria vouauxii

Data Deficient

Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster multiflorus

Not Evaluated

Cotton Burdock

Arctium tomentosum

Endangered

Cottongrass

Eriophorum vaginatum

Near Threatened

Cotton-Grass Fanner

Glyphipterix haworthana

Least Concern

Ngaio tree

Myoporum laetum

Not Evaluated

Whitewash Lichen

Phlyctis argena

Least Concern

Crater Lichen

Diploschistes scruposus

Vulnerable

Common Freckle Pelt Lichen

Peltigera aphthosa

Extinct

Hooded Rosette Lichen

Physcia adscendens

Least Concern

Crescent Map Lichen

Rhizocarpon lecanorinum

Least Concern

Broad Bean Rust

Uromyces viciae-fabae

Not Evaluated

Devil'S Bolete

Rubroboletus satanas

Endangered

Frosty-Rimmed Dot Lichen

Bacidia rubella

Least Concern

Cowberry Redleaf

Exobasidium vaccinii

Least Concern

Cudbear

Ochrolechia tartarea

Endangered

Smoky Crottle

Parmelia omphalodes

Least Concern

Gray-Orange Disk Lichen

Lecidea lapicida

Least Concern

Reindeer Lichen

Cladonia portentosa

Least Concern

Star Rosette Lichen

Physcia stellaris

Endangered

Rock-Loving Map Lichen

Rhizocarpon petraeum

Vulnerable

Grayish Button Lichen

Diplotomma alboatrum

Least Concern

Felt Clad Lichen

Cladonia phyllophora

Vulnerable

Gritty British Soldiers Lichen

Cladonia floerkeana

Least Concern

Waterside Rockshag Lichen

Ephebe lanata

Extinct

Golden Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus citrinopileatus

Not Evaluated

Wall Speck Lichen

Verrucaria muralis

Least Concern

Conical Brittlestem

Parasola conopilea

Least Concern

Woolly Foam

Stereocaulon tomentosum

Endangered

Smooth Shadow Lichen

Phaeophyscia ciliata

Data Deficient

Dotted Ribbon Lichen

Ramalina fastigiata

Least Concern

Fringed Rosette Lichen

Physcia tenella

Least Concern

Glaucous Cup Lichen

Cladonia glauca

Vulnerable

Green Starburst Lichen

Parmeliopsis ambigua

Least Concern

Linden Shield Lichen

Parmelina tiliacea

Vulnerable

Grey Tooth

Phellodon melaleucus

Endangered

Quince Leaf Blight

Diplocarpon mespili

Not Evaluated

False Yellow Bolete

Neoboletus xanthopus

Not Evaluated

Speckled Greenshield

Flavopunctelia flaventior

Not Evaluated

Blunt-Leaf Tufa-Moss

Gymnostomum calcareum

Endangered

Dark Red Disc Lichen

Lecidea erythrophaea

Vulnerable

Pestle Puffball

Lycoperdon excipuliforme

Least Concern

Ragged Wart Lichen

Lepra ophthalmiza

Least Concern

Brittle Bladder Fern Rust

Hyalopsora polypodii

Not Evaluated

Common Nut Truffle

Hymenogaster vulgaris

Data Deficient

Spruce Tooth

Phellodon violascens

Endangered

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