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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

Lesser Yoke-Moss

Zygodon conoideus

Least Concern

Wasp

Closterocerus ruforum

Not Evaluated

Mite

Oppiella nova

Not Evaluated

Fungus-feeding thrips

Haplothrips kurdjumovi

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Miscogaster hortensis

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Eusemion cornigerum

Not Evaluated

Smoky-Winged Woodlouse-Fly

Melanophora roralis

Least Concern

Wasp

Homalotylus flaminius

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Baryscapus bruchophagi

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Aphelinus humilis

Not Evaluated

Squarrose knapweed

Centaurea virgata

Not Evaluated

Lesser Whipwort

Bazzania tricrenata

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Atheta vestita

Least Concern

Wasp

Dibrachoides dynastes

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Merismus rufipes

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Adialytus ambiguus

Not Evaluated

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe lateritia

Least Concern

Small hive beetle

Aethina tumida

Not Evaluated

Cratered Duster

Amphinema byssoides

Least Concern

Salvia cistus

Cistus salviifolius

Not Evaluated

Dainty sandmallow

Sidastrum micranthum

Not Evaluated

Melon fly

Bactrocera cucurbitae

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Carpelimus subtilis

Least Concern

Pine-bark piercer moth

Cydia coniferana

Least Concern

Protozoan

Mirofolliculina limnoriae

Not Evaluated

Boulder Lichen

Porpidia tuberculosa

Least Concern

Small-blotched Spotwing

Melieria cana

Not Evaluated

Rufous Milk-Cap

Lactarius rufus

Least Concern

Tan Ear

Otidea alutacea

Least Concern

Long-Leaved Thread Moss

Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum

Not Evaluated

French flax

Linum trigynum

Not Evaluated

Common Sun Beetle

Amara aenea

Least Concern

Longleaf primrose-willow

Ludwigia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Dung Roundhead

Protostropharia semiglobata

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Staphylinus erythropterus

Least Concern

Conifer Mazegill

Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Least Concern

Crookneck Nodding-Moss

Pohlia camptotrachela

Endangered

Woodland white worm

Octolasion tyrtaeum

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Geostiba circellaris

Least Concern

Longflowered veldtgrass

Ehrharta longiflora

Not Evaluated

Dixie rosemallow

Hibiscus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Leafy spurge stem boring beetle

Oberea erythrocephala

Not Evaluated

Cowpea witchweed

Striga gesnerioides

Not Evaluated

Greenfoot Fibrecap

Inosperma calamistratum

Least Concern

White nose syndrome

Pseudogymnoascus destructans

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Trichomalus perfectus

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Hemitrichus seniculus

Not Evaluated

Springtail

Entomobrya marginata

Not Evaluated

orange cup coral

Tubastraea coccinea

Not Evaluated

Seed bug

Metopoplax ditomoides

Not Evaluated

Fairy Ring Champignon

Marasmius oreades

Least Concern

Pittosporum pit scale

Planchonia arabidis

Not Evaluated

Long-legged fly

Dolichopus plumitarsis

Extinct

Fringed rosemallow

Hibiscus schizopetalus

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Phloeopora testacea

Least Concern

Earthworm

Helodrilus oculatus

Not Evaluated

Ghost Anemone

Diadumene leucolena

Not Evaluated

Ochrolechia pallescens

Endangered

Russula integra

Data Deficient

Long Dash

Polites mystic

Least Concern

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