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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
53
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 18
Vulnerable 20
Near Threatened 37
Least Concern 404
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 861
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

tomcat clover

Trifolium willdenovii

Not Evaluated

Japanese scallion

Allium chinense

Least Concern

Foxtail flatsedge

Cyperus alopecuroides

Least Concern

lateral sedge

Carex unilateralis

Least Concern

Annual Fleabane

Erigeron annuus

Not Evaluated

Okra

Abelmoschus esculentus

Not Evaluated

Japanese glorybower

Clerodendrum japonicum

Least Concern

Divine nightshade

Solanum nigrescens

Not Evaluated

teasel sedge

Cyperus echinatus

Not Evaluated

sandhills amaranth

Amaranthus arenicola

Not Evaluated

Stipitate Forget-me-not

Plagiobothrys stipitatus

Not Evaluated

Early crocus

Crocus imperati

Least Concern

Potato bush

Phyllanthus reticulatus

Least Concern

Fendler's nighshade

Solanum stoloniferum

Least Concern

Barley

Hordeum distichon

Not Evaluated

Mountain brome

Bromus carinatus

Not Evaluated

Brown indianhemp

Hibiscus cannabinus

Not Evaluated

Balkan Toadflax

Linaria dalmatica

Not Evaluated

Mimosa

Albizia julibrissin

Not Evaluated

sensitive joint-vetch

Aeschynomene virginica

Extinct

Stueve'S Lespedeza

Lespedeza stuevei

Extinct

Silveus' Lovegrass

Eragrostis silveana

Least Concern

coast amaranth

Amaranthus pumilus

Extinct

Arizona beggar-ticks

Bidens aurea

Not Evaluated

Black wattle

Acacia mearnsii

Not Evaluated

American Groundnut

Apios americana

Not Evaluated

Bahiagrass

Paspalum notatum

Not Evaluated

hull-less oat

Avena nuda

Not Evaluated

False beardgrass

Chrysopogon zizanioides

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Marigold

Schkuhria pinnata

Not Evaluated

Coreopsis

Coreopsis lanceolata

Not Evaluated

Belvedere

Bassia scoparia

Not Evaluated

Common wireweed

Sida acuta

Not Evaluated

Air yam

Dioscorea bulbifera

Not Evaluated

Vasey's grass

Paspalum urvillei

Not Evaluated

Compact brome

Bromus madritensis

Not Evaluated

Hair Grass

Agrostis hyemalis

Not Evaluated

Common carpetgrass

Axonopus fissifolius

Not Evaluated

Globe artichoke

Cynara scolymus

Not Evaluated

Common Fleabane

Erigeron philadelphicus

Not Evaluated

Sunset muskmallow

Abelmoschus manihot

Not Evaluated

Earleaf nightshade

Solanum mauritianum

Not Evaluated

Kiwi

Actinidia chinensis

Not Evaluated

Red brome

Bromus rubens

Not Evaluated

Ripgut Brome

Bromus rigidus

Not Evaluated

Prairie Grass

Sporobolus cryptandrus

Not Evaluated

Poverty Dropseed

Sporobolus vaginiflorus

Not Evaluated

Brown-Eyed Coneflower

Rudbeckia triloba

Not Evaluated

Green Amaranth

Amaranthus powellii

Not Evaluated

Broad-leaf arrowhead

Sagittaria platyphylla

Not Evaluated

Elephant creeper

Argyreia nervosa

Not Evaluated

Scarlet Sage

Salvia splendens

Not Evaluated

Slender false garlic

Nothoscordum gracile

Not Evaluated

Autumn zephyrlily

Zephyranthes candida

Not Evaluated

Bohena Beauty

Cenchrus longispinus

Not Evaluated

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

sieversian wormwood

Artemisia sieversiana

Not Evaluated

Redflower ragleaf

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Not Evaluated

Alternate-Leaved Crownbeard

Verbesina alternifolia

Not Evaluated

Chinese ixora

Ixora chinensis

Not Evaluated

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