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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
274
CR + EN + VU
Population
331 002 647
Area
9 833 517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 42
Endangered 98
Vulnerable 134
Near Threatened 153
Least Concern 2196
Data Deficient 112
Not Evaluated 3438
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 86

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Schreber'S Aster

Eurybia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Schreber's forklet moss

Dicranella schreberiana

Least Concern

Schuette'S Hawthorn

Crataegus schuettei

Least Concern

Common Agalinis

Agalinis tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

fei cai

Phedimus aizoon

Not Evaluated

Sweat Bee

Lasioglossum leucozonium

Least Concern

Sea aster

Tripolium pannonicum

Least Concern

seabells

Laomedea flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Sea clover

Trifolium squamosum

Not Evaluated

Sea Grape

Ephedra distachya

Not Evaluated

sea grapes

Molgula citrina

Least Concern

Heath Knot-Horn

Apomyelois bistriatella

Near Threatened

Tuffybells

Wahlenbergia linarioides

Not Evaluated

Minute pirate bug

Anthocoris nemorum

Least Concern

ciliate fringewort

Ptilidium ciliare

Endangered

Parasitoid wasp

Encarsia formosa

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Stenus bilineatus

Least Concern

Plant bug

Pinalitus rubricatus

Least Concern

Rock Jewel Lichen

Calogaya saxicola

Data Deficient

Sawfly

Craesus alniastri

Not Evaluated

Large Tabby

Aglossa pinguinalis

Least Concern

Common Bithynia

Bithynia tentaculata

Least Concern

Pelopée

Ametastegia pallipes

Not Evaluated

sea-holly

Eryngium maritimum

Endangered

Red Nail Gall Mite

Eriophyes tiliae

Not Evaluated

sea rocket

Cakile maritima

Least Concern

Sea rush

Juncus maritimus

Endangered

Seaside barley

Hordeum marinum

Extinct

Sedge

Carex vacillans

Near Threatened

Caper

Capparidastrum mollicellum

Least Concern

Common green lacewing

Chrysoperla carnea

Not Evaluated

sea spurge

Euphorbia paralias

Near Threatened

House fly

Neomyia cornicina

Not Evaluated

Marbled cellar spider

Holocnemus pluchei

Not Evaluated

Nordmann'S Orbweaver

Araneus nordmanni

Least Concern

Crosswort

Lysimachia quadrifolia

Not Evaluated

European fruit lecanium scale

Parthenolecanium corni

Not Evaluated

Glass Waterflea

Leptodora kindti

Not Evaluated

sea thread hydroid

Obelia dichotoma

Not Evaluated

Isopod

Trichoniscus pygmaeus

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Cotesia ruficrus

Not Evaluated

Wild service aphid

Dysaphis aucupariae

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Coccophagus lycimnia

Not Evaluated

currant aphid

Cryptomyzus ribis

Not Evaluated

Lion'S Foot

Nabalus albus

Not Evaluated

Common sawfly

Hoplocampa brevis

Not Evaluated

Selwyn's pylaisia

Pylaisia selwynii

Not Evaluated

Hairy-Eyed Flower Fly

Syrphus torvus

Least Concern

Semifree Morel

Morchella semilibera

Vulnerable

Sessile hydrozoans

Symplectoscyphus tricuspidatus

Not Evaluated

European Drone Fly

Eristalis arbustorum

Least Concern

European Wool Carder Bee

Anthidium manicatum

Least Concern

Sorghum ergot

Claviceps africana

Not Evaluated

Lined flat bark beetle

Cryptolestes ferrugineus

Least Concern

Merchant Grain Beetle

Oryzaephilus mercator

Not Evaluated

Short-winged firefly

Phosphaenus hemipterus

Least Concern

Darkling beetle

Blaps lethifera

Extinct

Little fire ant

Wasmannia auropunctata

Not Evaluated

Ermine moth

Ocnerostoma piniariella

Least Concern

Broad-Horned Flour Beetle

Gnatocerus cornutus

Not Evaluated

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