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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
331 002 647
Area
9 833 517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 5386
Animalia 3833
Fungi 1835
Protozoa 86
Bacteria 78
Chromista 74

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Mouse barley

Hordeum murinum

Least Concern

Scarlet passionflower

Passiflora coccinea

Least Concern

Reticulate viperina

Zornia reticulata

Least Concern

Sharp-Winged Drill

Dichrorampha acuminatana

Least Concern

Short-Haired Leafwalker

Chalcosyrphus piger

Endangered

Nightshade

Solanum chrysotrichum

Least Concern

Milo's fissidens moss

Fissidens curvatus

Not Evaluated

Pinklady

Heterotis rotundifolia

Least Concern

Hyaline-Scaled Sedge

Carex hyalinolepis

Least Concern

Shingled Rock Shield

Xanthoparmelia stenophylla

Least Concern

Brazilian jasmine

Jasminum fluminense

Not Evaluated

Eggers' nutrush

Scleria eggersiana

Not Evaluated

Incised halberd fern

Tectaria incisa

Not Evaluated

Quill beaksedge

Rhynchospora tenuis

Least Concern

Tropical nutrush

Scleria microcarpa

Least Concern

Uniola flatsedge

Cyperus unioloides

Least Concern

Gaping dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia ringens

Not Evaluated

short-fruited willowherb

Epilobium obscurum

Least Concern

Isopterygium Moss

Isopterygium tenerum

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Venturia canescens

Not Evaluated

Shepherd's-needle

Scandix pecten-veneris

Critically Endangered

Showy stonecrop

Hylotelephium spectabile

Not Evaluated

Frank'S Lovegrass

Eragrostis frankii

Not Evaluated

Brazilian begonia

Begonia hirtella

Not Evaluated

Bastard Cress

Lepidium campestre

Least Concern

Perfumed passionflower

Passiflora vitifolia

Least Concern

Red algae

Acanthophora spicifera

Not Evaluated

Caracus wigandia

Wigandia urens

Not Evaluated

Shortfruit stork's bill

Erodium brachycarpum

Not Evaluated

Mueller's silk moss

Isopterygiopsis muelleriana

Not Evaluated

Woodland false buttonweed

Spermacoce remota

Not Evaluated

mucronate screw moss

Tortula mucronifolia

Vulnerable

Largeleaf maidenhair

Adiantum macrophyllum

Not Evaluated

Shaggy Parasol

Chlorophyllum rhacodes

Least Concern

Spottedheart

Stictocardia tiliifolia

Least Concern

Shiny Camouflage Lichen

Melanelixia fuliginosa

Least Concern

Shadowy Oysterling

Hohenbuehelia grisea

Least Concern

Braun'S Holly Fern

Polystichum braunii

Critically Endangered

Mustard

Brassica cretica

Least Concern

Showy pigeonpea

Cajanus scarabaeoides

Least Concern

Spiny holdback

Tara spinosa

Not Evaluated

Mt. Albert Goldenrod

Solidago simplex

Not Evaluated

Mt. atlas mastic tree

Pistacia atlantica

Near Threatened

Ichneumonid wasp

Enizemum ornatum

Not Evaluated

Mueller S Pouchwort

Calypogeia muelleriana

Least Concern

Mud Dauber

Sceliphron caementarium

Not Evaluated

Indian paintbrush

Castilleja arvensis

Least Concern

Marsh Notchwort

Heterogemma laxa

Least Concern

Slender dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus alsinoides

Not Evaluated

Tortricid moth

Endothenia quadrimaculana

Least Concern

tulip bulb aphid

Dysaphis tulipae

Not Evaluated

Tube dwelling amphipod

Jassa marmorata

Not Evaluated

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

Muhlenbeck'S Feather-Moss

Herzogiella striatella

Least Concern

Guavaberry

Myrciaria floribunda

Not Evaluated

Flame Chanterelle

Craterellus ignicolor

Not Evaluated

Brassy Twist

Eulia ministrana

Least Concern

Bastard Cress

Thlaspi arvense

Least Concern

Ichneumonid wasp

Perithous divinator

Near Threatened

Silkleaf

Lagascea mollis

Not Evaluated

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