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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
722
CR + EN + VU
Population
331,002,647
Area
9,833,517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 146
Endangered 245
Vulnerable 331
Near Threatened 358
Least Concern 3635
Data Deficient 179
Not Evaluated 4630
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 138

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 5386
Animalia 3833
Fungi 1835
Protozoa 86
Bacteria 78
Chromista 74

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Wasp

Omalaspis nigra

Not Evaluated

Bay Gallbush

Ilex coriacea

Least Concern

Hoary caper

Quadrella incana

Least Concern

Plum pine

Podocarpus elatus

Least Concern

Goat'S Beard

Ramaria flava

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean tapeweed

Posidonia oceanica

Least Concern

Manchu tubergourd

Thladiantha dubia

Not Evaluated

Manchurian walnut

Juglans mandshurica

Not Evaluated

Hairy-tailed Mole

Parascalops breweri

Least Concern

Red melastome

Melastoma sanguineum

Least Concern

Bog Aster

Symphyotrichum puniceum

Least Concern

Nepal Knotweed

Persicaria nepalensis

Not Evaluated

Mite

Ophionyssus natricis

Not Evaluated

Net-Leaved Willow

Salix reticulata

Least Concern

Muscoid fly

Delia fabricii

Not Evaluated

Nettle-leaf mullein

Verbascum chaixii

Not Evaluated

Snail

Cochlodina bidens

Least Concern

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

Guadeloupe blackbead

Cojoba graciliflora

Least Concern

Indian albizia

Albizia lebbekoides

Least Concern

Kenyan shower

Cassia afrofistula

Least Concern

New Garden Bumblebee

Bombus hypnorum

Least Concern

Horn Stalkball

Onygena equina

Least Concern

Glaucous Goosefoot

Oxybasis glauca

Least Concern

Bog Aster

Oclemena nemoralis

Least Concern

New England Ragwort

Packera schweinitziana

Not Evaluated

Balsam Fir

Abies concolor

Not Evaluated

New England Sedge

Carex novae-angliae

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Agrypon flaveolatum

Not Evaluated

Yellowing Knight

Tricholoma scalpturatum

Least Concern

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Shaggy Legged Ringless Amanita

Amanita rhacopus

Not Evaluated

Root and stalk rot

Phytophthora tentaculata

Not Evaluated

Ciliate Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata

Not Evaluated

Hump-backed fly

Megaselia curtineura

Not Evaluated

False Olive

Buddleja saligna

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Myllaena minuta

Least Concern

New Zealand bur

Acaena novae-zelandiae

Not Evaluated

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

Crowberry

Searsia crenata

Least Concern

Dance fly

Hilara quadrivittata

Near Threatened

Spurge

Homalanthus populneus

Least Concern

Monogenetic fluke

Dactylogyrus amphibothrium

Not Evaluated

New Zealand spinach

Tetragonia tetragonioides

Not Evaluated

New Zealand tea tree

Leptospermum scoparium

Least Concern

Johnnyberry

Miconia bicolor

Least Concern

Niger

Guizotia abyssinica

Not Evaluated

Marsh Valerian

Valeriana uliginosa

Least Concern

Nightshade

Solanum laxum

Not Evaluated

Silvery-Flowered Sedge

Carex argyrantha

Extinct

Night-Blooming Cereus

Selenicereus grandiflorus

Least Concern

American bison

Bison bison

Not Evaluated

Bourgeau's nutrush

Scleria bourgeaui

Least Concern

Nightflowering silene

Silene noctiflora

Endangered

Night-Flying Dung Beetle

Acrossus rufipes

Least Concern

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Brook Wedge Mussel

Alasmidonta viridis

Least Concern

Bog Arum

Calla palustris

Least Concern

Japanese swamp shrimp

Neocaridina denticulata

Least Concern

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