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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

Pearl Millet

Cenchrus americanus

Extinct

Pearl wattle

Acacia podalyriifolia

Least Concern

pearlwort spurrey

Spergula morisonii

Least Concern

Pearly Underwing

Peridroma saucia

Not Evaluated

Abraded Camouflage Lichen

Melanelixia subaurifera

Least Concern

Pear thrips

Taeniothrips inconsequens

Not Evaluated

Onionweed

Asphodelus fistulosus

Not Evaluated

Burnt-leaved Acacia

Senna artemisioides

Least Concern

Pea weevil

Bruchus pisorum

Not Evaluated

Peck'S Oak Sedge

Carex peckii

Not Evaluated

Pedicelled Bulrush

Scirpus pedicellatus

Least Concern

Pedicel Puffball

Lycoperdon caudatum

Near Threatened

hato tejas

Microstachys corniculata

Not Evaluated

Banana leaf spot

Pestalotiopsis disseminata

Not Evaluated

Filimonas lacunae

Not Evaluated

pellitory-of-the-wall

Parietaria judaica

Least Concern

Buttongrass

Dactyloctenium radulans

Not Evaluated

Pennsylvania Blackberry

Rubus pensilvanicus

Not Evaluated

Pennsylvania Cinquefoil

Potentilla pensylvanica

Not Evaluated

Pennsylvania Knotweed

Persicaria pensylvanica

Not Evaluated

Coral tree

Erythrina speciosa

Least Concern

Pepper And Salt Geometer

Biston betularia

Least Concern

Mountain Aster

Oclemena acuminata

Not Evaluated

Botryobasidium subcoronatum

Least Concern

Peregrina

Jatropha integerrima

Not Evaluated

Peregrine saltbush

Atriplex suberecta

Not Evaluated

Perennial Duckweed

Lemna turionifera

Least Concern

Perennial honesty

Lunaria rediviva

Near Threatened

Perennial horsegram

Macrotyloma axillare

Not Evaluated

perennial knawel

Scleranthus perennis

Critically Endangered

Mougeot's yoke moss

Amphidium mougeotii

Least Concern

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

Perennial soybean

Neonotonia wightii

Least Concern

Perennial teosinte

Zea perennis

Critically Endangered

Perennial veldtgrass

Ehrharta calycina

Not Evaluated

Perennial Wall-rocket

Diplotaxis tenuifolia

Least Concern

mottled tube-maker

Jassa falcata

Not Evaluated

Perfoliate Bellwort

Uvularia perfoliata

Not Evaluated

Perfoliate blackfoot

Melampodium perfoliatum

Not Evaluated

Botryobasidium isabellinum

Least Concern

Variegated Foam Lichen

Stereocaulon vesuvianum

Near Threatened

Péromyscus A Pattes Blanches

Peromyscus leucopus

Least Concern

Varnished Tube Lichen

Hypogymnia austerodes

Vulnerable

Persian Ivy

Hedera colchica

Not Evaluated

Barred White Clothes

Nemapogon clematella

Least Concern

Persian onion

Allium hollandicum

Not Evaluated

Mottled spurge

Euphorbia lactea

Not Evaluated

droplet flapwort

Lophozia guttulata

Near Threatened

Halberd-Leaved Tear-Thumb

Persicaria arifolia

Least Concern

Mottled Scouring-Rush

Equisetum variegatum

Least Concern

mottled rustic

Caradrina morpheus

Least Concern

Mottled Pipsissewa

Chimaphila maculata

Not Evaluated

Moth

Grapholita molesta

Not Evaluated

Valois Rim-Lichen

Lecanora valesiaca

Critically Endangered

Formosan koa

Acacia confusa

Least Concern

Botrydium granulatum

Not Evaluated

Snag Pin Lichen

Mycocalicium subtile

Near Threatened

Petticoat-Climber

Eragrostis spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Mottled dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia labiata

Not Evaluated

Mottled dung beetle

Onthophagus nuchicornis

Endangered

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