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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

Red Beard Lichen

Usnea rubicunda

Not Evaluated

Coralloid Rosette-Lichen

Heterodermia obscurata

Not Evaluated

Blackthread Lichen

Placynthium nigrum

Endangered

Black Tar Spot

Rhytisma acerinum

Least Concern

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Least Concern

Crab Brittlegill

Russula xerampelina

Least Concern

Cracking Clitocybe

Clitocybe rivulosa

Least Concern

Black Stubble Lichen

Calicium abietinum

Endangered

Bloody-Heart Lichen

Mycoblastus sanguinarius

Critically Endangered

blood worm

Lumbricus rubellus

Not Evaluated

Cranberry cotoneaster

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Not Evaluated

Blood root

Justicia secunda

Not Evaluated

Blood Iris

Iris sanguinea

Not Evaluated

Blond Field Ant

Lasius flavus

Least Concern

Cream Pinkgill

Entoloma sericellum

Least Concern

Cream-Spot Ladybird

Calvia quatuordecimguttata

Least Concern

Blistered Woodwax

Hygrophorus pustulatus

Least Concern

Blistered Toadskin Lichen

Lasallia pustulata

Least Concern

Blistered Rock Tripe

Umbilicaria hyperborea

Extinct

Blistered Jellyskin Lichen

Leptogium corticola

Not Evaluated

Blistered Jelly Lichen

Collema nigrescens

Vulnerable

Creeping indigo

Indigofera spicata

Not Evaluated

Blistered Cup

Peziza vesiculosa

Least Concern

Blewit

Lepista nuda

Least Concern

Creeping lettuce

Ixeris stolonifera

Not Evaluated

Bleeding Oak Crust

Stereum gausapatum

Least Concern

Bleeding Fairy Helmet

Mycena haematopus

Least Concern

Bleeding Conifer Crust

Stereum sanguinolentum

Least Concern

creeping saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

Not Evaluated

Bladder Stalks

Physalacria inflata

Not Evaluated

Black Woodscript Lichen

Xylographa parallela

Data Deficient

Black-Beaked Green Weevil

Hypera nigrirostris

Least Concern

Black-Banded Soft-Winged Flower Beetle

Anthocomus equestris

Not Evaluated

Black arion

Arion ater

Not Evaluated

Crenulate Rhabdoweisia Moss

Rhabdoweisia crenulata

Near Threatened

Black and gold bumble bee

Bombus auricomus

Least Concern

Bitter ginger

Zingiber zerumbet

Data Deficient

Bitter Bolete

Tylopilus felleus

Least Concern

Crested Philippine violet

Barleria cristata

Not Evaluated

Bitter Beech Bolete

Caloboletus calopus

Least Concern

Biting midge

Forcipomyia hygrophila

Not Evaluated

Black Stone Flower

Parmotrema perlatum

Least Concern

Blackstem Spleenwort

Asplenium resiliens

Not Evaluated

Savigny's brittle star

Ophiactis savignyi

Not Evaluated

Cretan meadow foxtail

Alopecurus creticus

Least Concern

Crested wartycabbage

Bunias erucago

Not Evaluated

Black Stem Rust

Puccinia graminis

Not Evaluated

Beech Rim-Lichen

Lecanora glabrata

Least Concern

Black-Staining Polypore

Meripilus sumstinei

Not Evaluated

Black spotted ground beetle

Bembidion guttula

Least Concern

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

Black Spot Of Elm

Stegophora ulmea

Not Evaluated

Blackspot hornpoppy

Glaucium corniculatum

Not Evaluated

Black Spongillafly

Sisyra nigra

Least Concern

Crimson Waxcap

Hygrocybe punicea

Vulnerable

Black soldier fly

Hermetia illucens

Not Evaluated

Black sigatoka

Pseudocercospora fijiensis

Not Evaluated

Black Shields

Tephromela atra

Least Concern

black Sea jellyfish

Blackfordia virginica

Not Evaluated

Staph Aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

Not Evaluated

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