Costa Rica
North America · Central America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Centuryplant
Agave americana
Castor
Ricinus communis
Ecoregions
Cocos Island moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Costa Rican seasonal moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Pacific moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Talamancan montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Central American dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
All Species in Costa Rica
Molassesgrass
Melinis minutiflora
Rose natal grass
Melinis repens
Jaraguagrass
Hyparrhenia rufa
Blowball
Taraxacum officinale
cup-and-saucer-vine
Cobaea scandens
Silkoak
Grevillea robusta
Giant taro
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Robusta Coffee
Coffea canephora
Royal poinciana
Delonix regia
good-luck-plant
Cordyline fruticosa
Black poui
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Coral vine
Antigonon leptopus
Wild sugarcane
Saccharum spontaneum
Manila grass
Zoysia matrella
Devil's horsewhip
Achyranthes aspera
Alexandrian laurel
Calophyllum inophyllum
Punktree
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Stickbush
Clerodendrum chinense
White garland-lily
Hedychium coronarium
purpleheart
Tradescantia pallida
River sheoak
Casuarina cunninghamiana
Cedar of Goa
Cupressus lusitanica
Black wattle
Acacia mangium
African senna
Senna didymobotrya
Emperor's candlesticks
Senna alata
Pride-of-barbados
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Heartleaf madeiravine
Anredera cordifolia
True kola
Cola acuminata
Buffelgrass
Cenchrus ciliaris
Antelope Grass
Echinochloa pyramidalis
Brownbeard rice
Oryza rufipogon
Yellow bluestem
Bothriochloa ischaemum
Violet crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
African bermudagrass
Cynodon nlemfuensis
Daisy-Chrysanthemum
Leucanthemum maximum
Golden dewdrops
Duranta erecta
Honeyweed
Leonurus japonicus
Christmas candlestick
Leonotis nepetifolia
Chinese violet
Asystasia gangetica
Polkadot-plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Bengal trumpet
Thunbergia grandiflora
Bush clockvine
Thunbergia erecta
Hairy indigo
Indigofera hirsuta
Coral tree
Erythrina poeppigiana
Asparagus fern
Asparagus densiflorus
Caribbean Pine
Pinus caribaea
Peregrina
Jatropha integerrima
Pascuita
Euphorbia leucocephala
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
soulvine
Banisteriopsis caapi
Kikuyugrass
Cenchrus clandestinus
Sprawling signalgrass
Urochloa reptans
Pitted beardgrass
Bothriochloa pertusa
African couchgrass
Digitaria abyssinica
Angleton bluestem
Dichanthium aristatum
Gophertail lovegrass
Eragrostis ciliaris
saramatta grass
Ischaemum rugosum
Itchgrass
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Kahili flower
Grevillea banksii
pinto peanut
Arachis pintoi
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