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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
786
CR + EN + VU
Population
331 002 647
Area
9 833 517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 156
Endangered 264
Vulnerable 366
Near Threatened 425
Least Concern 4191
Data Deficient 189
Not Evaluated 5463
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

Lindley's saltbush

Atriplex lindleyi

Not Evaluated

Sticky Bolete

Suillus viscidus

Not Evaluated

Scleroderris canker

Gremmeniella abietina

Least Concern

Northern Wild Raisin

Viburnum cassinoides

Not Evaluated

Northern Wild Rice

Zizania palustris

Least Concern

Northern Yellow-Eyed Grass

Xyris montana

Least Concern

Northern Yellow Sac Spider

Cheiracanthium mildei

Not Evaluated

Mealy Firedot Lichen

Flavoplaca citrina

Least Concern

Norway Maple

Acer platanoides

Least Concern

Rayed Glass Snail

Perpolita hammonis

Least Concern

Schaerer'S Disc Lichen

Buellia schaereri

Endangered

Norwegian Cinquefoil

Potentilla norvegica

Least Concern

Mealy Camouflage Lichen

Montanelia disjuncta

Least Concern

Mealy Forked Clad Lichen

Cladonia scabriuscula

Least Concern

West indian bristlegrass

Setaria setosa

Least Concern

Notched Rustwort

Marsupella emarginata

Extinct

Mare'S Eggs

Nostoc pruniforme

Least Concern

longbract frog orchid

Dactylorhiza viridis

Not Evaluated

Leaf roller

Cnephasia longana

Least Concern

Aphid

Pterocallis alni

Not Evaluated

Japanese lovegrass

Eragrostis tenella

Least Concern

Scandinavian Small-Reed

Calamagrostis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Ocellated Darner

Boyeria grafiana

Least Concern

Nut Moss

Diphyscium foliosum

Extinct

Bush beardgrass

Schizachyrium condensatum

Not Evaluated

Bowerbank's halichondria

Halichondria bowerbanki

Not Evaluated

Bog-Rhubarb

Petasites hybridus

Least Concern

Nuttall's waterweed

Elodea nuttallii

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Grypocentrus albipes

Not Evaluated

Oak

Quercus palustris

Not Evaluated

Oak Curtain Crust

Hymenochaete rubiginosa

Least Concern

Oakes' Pondweed

Potamogeton oakesianus

Least Concern

Basswood thrip

Thrips calcaratus

Not Evaluated

globular spider beetle

Trigonogenius globulus

Not Evaluated

Angel'S Hair

Ramalina thrausta

Vulnerable

Oak-Loving Gymnopus

Gymnopus dryophilus

Least Concern

Mountain Trisetum

Koeleria spicata

Not Evaluated

Oak Mildew

Erysiphe alphitoides

Not Evaluated

Mountain tarweed

Madia glomerata

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Tetraneura ulmi

Not Evaluated

Oblongleaf orache

Atriplex oblongifolia

Not Evaluated

sow thistle aphid

Hyperomyzus lactucae

Not Evaluated

Humulin Brown Lacewing

Hemerobius humulinus

Not Evaluated

oblong orb mussel

Musculium transversum

Least Concern

Honeysuckle aphid

Hyadaphis foeniculi

Not Evaluated

Spiny Pill Beetle

Chaetophora spinosa

Vulnerable

Pale Liverwort

Chiloscyphus pallescens

Least Concern

Oeder's apple moss

Plagiopus oederianus

Least Concern

Diatom

Stephanodiscus binderanus

Not Evaluated

Ogden'S Pondweed

Potamogeton ogdenii

Vulnerable

Diatom

Coscinodiscus wailesii

Not Evaluated

Listeria monocytogenes

Not Evaluated

Crimson bottlebrush

Callistemon citrinus

Not Evaluated

Sphecid wasp

Ectemnius cephalotes

Least Concern

Padang cassia

Cinnamomum burmanni

Least Concern

Ochre Gillgobbler

Hypomyces lateritius

Least Concern

Scentless false mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Least Concern

Giant Floater

Pyganodon grandis

Least Concern

Bottle Brush Shield Lichen

Parmelia squarrosa

Least Concern

Basket Willow

Salix petiolaris

Least Concern

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