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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
794
CR + EN + VU
Population
331 002 647
Area
9 833 517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 159
Endangered 267
Vulnerable 368
Near Threatened 429
Least Concern 4219
Data Deficient 187
Not Evaluated 5464
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

Hover fly

Parasyrphus macularis

Least Concern

Devil'S Urn

Urnula craterium

Endangered

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex lurida

Least Concern

Freckled Dapperling

Echinoderma asperum

Least Concern

Tree Flute Lichen

Menegazzia subsimilis

Vulnerable

Powdery mildew

Golovinomyces verbasci

Not Evaluated

Parasitic Button Lichen

Buellia badia

Extinct

Snaketongue Truffleclub

Tolypocladium ophioglossoides

Least Concern

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Old Man'S Beard Lichen

Usnea barbata

Extinct

Hoary Rosette Lichen

Physcia aipolia

Least Concern

Whiteworm Lichen

Thamnolia vermicularis

Least Concern

Hooded Ribbon Lichen

Ramalina obtusata

Critically Endangered

Elegant Polypore

Cerioporus varius

Least Concern

Angell'S Violet

Viola subsinuata

Extinct

Tree Saucer Lichen

Ochrolechia arborea

Data Deficient

Smooth Pox Lichen

Pyrenula laevigata

Extinct

Warty Sunken Disk Lichen

Aspicilia verrucigera

Data Deficient

White rot

Stromatinia cepivora

Not Evaluated

Yellowfoot

Craterellus tubaeformis

Least Concern

Oval Spike-Rush

Eleocharis ovata

Near Threatened

Sea Storm Lichen

Cetrelia olivetorum

Vulnerable

Slender Coral

Ramariopsis subtilis

Near Threatened

Umbilicate Hedgehog

Hydnum umbilicatum

Not Evaluated

Carpet Pelt

Peltigera neopolydactyla

Data Deficient

Outward-Looking Rosette Lichen

Physcia alnophila

Least Concern

Mountain Milkcap

Lactarius salicis-reticulatae

Least Concern

Hair Ice

Exidiopsis effusa

Least Concern

Urn-Disk Lichen

Lopadium disciforme

Least Concern

Salted shell lichen

Coccocarpia palmicola

Not Evaluated

Mountain Lady'S Slipper

Cypripedium montanum

Vulnerable

Boreal Oak Moss Lichen

Evernia mesomorpha

Near Threatened

Mountain ironwort

Sideritis montana

Not Evaluated

Lemon-Twist Stubble Lichen

Chaenotheca laevigata

Vulnerable

mountain hair moss

Pogonatum dentatum

Least Concern

Spiny Gray Horsehair Lichen

Bryoria nadvornikiana

Near Threatened

Junghuhnia nitida

Least Concern

Polar hawkweed

Hieracium atratum

Not Evaluated

Smokey-Eyed Boulder Lichen

Porpidia albocaerulescens

Not Evaluated

Bottlebrush Frost Lichen

Physconia detersa

Near Threatened

Salted Ruffle Lichen

Parmotrema crinitum

Vulnerable

Tender Nesting Polypore

Hapalopilus rutilans

Least Concern

Mid-Atlantic Comb-over

Cladonia submitis

Endangered

Green-Staining Coral Mushroom

Phaeoclavulina abietina

Least Concern

Woodland Inkcap

Coprinellus silvaticus

Least Concern

Bearded Jellyskin Lichen

Leptogium saturninum

Least Concern

Sawtooth oak

Quercus acutissima

Least Concern

Wasp

Baryscapus galactopus

Not Evaluated

terrestrial beach hopper

Talitroides alluaudi

Not Evaluated

Oysterling Pinkgill

Entoloma byssisedum

Least Concern

Honeydew moth

Cryptoblabes gnidiella

Not Evaluated

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Aesculus parviflora

Not Evaluated

Oyster Rollrim

Tapinella panuoides

Least Concern

Basket Oak

Quercus michauxii

Least Concern

Salmon Bracket

Erastia salmonicolor

Not Evaluated

Pitch canker

Fusarium circinatum

Not Evaluated

Winged false buttonweed

Spermacoce alata

Not Evaluated

Many-Fruited Pelt Lichen

Peltigera polydactylon

Data Deficient

Nipplewort Rust

Puccinia lapsanae

Not Evaluated

Mountain Fringed Sedge

Carex gynandra

Least Concern

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