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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

Longleaf peppertree

Schinus longifolia

Least Concern

Divine nightshade

Solanum nigrescens

Not Evaluated

Japanese glorybower

Clerodendrum japonicum

Least Concern

Herbaceous periwinkle

Vinca herbacea

Not Evaluated

Reticulate viperina

Zornia reticulata

Least Concern

Two-spotted Cricket

Gryllus bimaculatus

Not Evaluated

Mung-bean

Vigna radiata

Not Evaluated

Sargent's barberry

Berberis sargentiana

Not Evaluated

Mu oil tree

Vernicia montana

Least Concern

Marsh fly

Pteromicra glabricula

Least Concern

Milo's fissidens moss

Fissidens curvatus

Not Evaluated

False amaranth

Digera muricata

Extinct

Pinklady

Heterotis rotundifolia

Least Concern

Museum Beetle

Anthrenus museorum

Least Concern

Hyaline-Scaled Sedge

Carex hyalinolepis

Least Concern

Brazilian jasmine

Jasminum fluminense

Not Evaluated

Incised halberd fern

Tectaria incisa

Not Evaluated

two-banded fungus beetle

Alphitophagus bifasciatus

Least Concern

Gaping dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia ringens

Not Evaluated

Three-Spotted Pink

Dianthus tripunctatus

Extinct

Isopterygium Moss

Isopterygium tenerum

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Chrysocharis pubicornis

Not Evaluated

Frank'S Lovegrass

Eragrostis frankii

Not Evaluated

Climbing cactus

Epiphyllum hookeri

Not Evaluated

Brazilian begonia

Begonia hirtella

Not Evaluated

Slender Crabgrass

Digitaria filiformis

Extinct

Bastard Cress

Lepidium campestre

Least Concern

Red algae

Acanthophora spicifera

Not Evaluated

Woodland false buttonweed

Spermacoce remota

Not Evaluated

Hawai'i yelloweyed grass

Xyris complanata

Least Concern

Largeleaf maidenhair

Adiantum macrophyllum

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Brachysomus echinatus

Least Concern

Spottedheart

Stictocardia tiliifolia

Least Concern

Nanday conure

Nandayus nenday

Not Evaluated

Braun'S Holly Fern

Polystichum braunii

Critically Endangered

Indian paintbrush

Castilleja arvensis

Least Concern

Slender dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus alsinoides

Not Evaluated

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

Velvetleaf glorybower

Clerodendrum macrostegium

Least Concern

Kurogane holly

Ilex rotunda

Least Concern

Guavaberry

Myrciaria floribunda

Not Evaluated

Green antelope orchid

Dendrobium antennatum

Least Concern

Flame Chanterelle

Craterellus ignicolor

Not Evaluated

Powder-Scale Pholiota

Flammulaster erinaceellus

Not Evaluated

Brassy Twist

Eulia ministrana

Least Concern

rosa scale

Aulacaspis rosae

Not Evaluated

Bastard Cress

Thlaspi arvense

Least Concern

Dotted lancepod

Lonchocarpus punctatus

Least Concern

Silkleaf

Lagascea mollis

Not Evaluated

Narrow-Panicle Rush

Juncus brevicaudatus

Least Concern

Madagascar ragwort

Senecio madagascariensis

Not Evaluated

Narrow-Fruit Rockcress

Nasturtium microphyllum

Least Concern

Narrow-Leaf Bird'S-Foot Trefoil

Lotus tenuis

Vulnerable

Narrow-Leaf Bittercress

Cardamine impatiens

Least Concern

Nuttall'S Bush-Clover

Lespedeza nuttallii

Extinct

Rose

Rosa mollis

Least Concern

Stalkleaf murainagrass

Ischaemum timorense

Extinct

Narrowleaf crucianella

Crucianella angustifolia

Not Evaluated

Lophodermium piceae

Not Evaluated

Brassy flea beetle

Chaetocnema concinna

Least Concern

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