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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
45
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 13
Endangered 18
Vulnerable 14
Near Threatened 27
Least Concern 304
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 610
Extinct 18

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Cereal rye

Secale cereale

Not Evaluated

Large Sweet Vernalgrass

Anthoxanthum odoratum

Not Evaluated

Rice moth

Corcyra cephalonica

Not Evaluated

Bearded Couch

Elymus caninus

Least Concern

Pyralid moth

Paralipsa gularis

Not Evaluated

Annual canarygrass

Phalaris canariensis

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Setaria

Setaria italica

Not Evaluated

Knotroot Bristle Grass

Setaria parviflora

Not Evaluated

Awnless Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa colonum

Least Concern

Broomcorn

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Macropsis fuscula

Least Concern

flax darnel

Lolium remotum

Extinct

Perennial ryegrass

Lolium perenne

Not Evaluated

Darnel ryegrass

Lolium temulentum

Critically Endangered

brown scale

Saissetia coffeae

Not Evaluated

Animated oat

Avena sterilis

Not Evaluated

Black oats

Avena strigosa

Extinct

Common oat

Avena sativa

Not Evaluated

Oriental Rat Flea

Xenopsylla cheopis

Not Evaluated

Common Panicgrass

Panicum capillare

Not Evaluated

Autumn Millet

Panicum dichotomiflorum

Not Evaluated

Uruguayan pampas grass

Cortaderia selloana

Not Evaluated

Canada Bluegrass

Poa compressa

Least Concern

Rough Bluegrass

Poa trivialis

Least Concern

Eurasian Woodland Bluegrass

Poa nemoralis

Least Concern

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Not Evaluated

Yellow Larch Tortrix

Ptycholomoides aeriferana

Near Threatened

Leafhopper

Cicadella viridis

Least Concern

Thrips

Thrips simplex

Not Evaluated

Common Velvetgrass

Holcus lanatus

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Thrips palmi

Not Evaluated

Weeping lovegrass

Eragrostis curvula

Not Evaluated

Teff

Eragrostis tef

Not Evaluated

Job's tears

Coix lacryma-jobi

Least Concern

Pea weevil

Bruchus pisorum

Not Evaluated

Bronco Grass

Bromus tectorum

Least Concern

Foxtail barley

Hordeum jubatum

Not Evaluated

Barley Brome

Bromus hordeaceus

Least Concern

Rye brome

Bromus secalinus

Least Concern

Field Brome

Bromus arvensis

Near Threatened

Mouse barley

Hordeum murinum

Least Concern

Seaside barley

Hordeum marinum

Extinct

Humpbacked minute scavenger beetle

Cartodere nodifer

Least Concern

Velvet Bent

Agrostis canina

Least Concern

Black Bent

Agrostis gigantea

Least Concern

Creeping bentgrass

Agrostis stolonifera

Least Concern

Barnyard Grass

Dactylis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Black-grass

Alopecurus myosuroides

Least Concern

Field Foxtail

Alopecurus pratensis

Least Concern

Loose Silky-bent

Apera spica-venti

Least Concern

Creeping Fescue

Festuca rubra

Least Concern

Variousleaf fescue

Festuca heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Jointed goatgrass

Aegilops cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Spiny Cocklebur

Xanthium spinosum

Not Evaluated

Burweed

Xanthium strumarium

Not Evaluated

Lawndaisy

Bellis perennis

Least Concern

Curled Thistle

Carduus crispus

Least Concern

Narrowleaf hawksbeard

Crepis tectorum

Near Threatened

Broadbean weevil

Bruchus rufimanus

Not Evaluated

Brown Widow

Latrodectus geometricus

Not Evaluated

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