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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

Smooth chastetree

Vitex glabrata

Least Concern

Bay Gallbush

Ilex coriacea

Least Concern

Hoary caper

Quadrella incana

Least Concern

Plum pine

Podocarpus elatus

Least Concern

Shiny Horsehair Lichen

Bryoria glabra

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean tapeweed

Posidonia oceanica

Least Concern

Nelson'S Sharp-Tailed Sparrow

Ammospiza nelsoni

Least Concern

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

Least Concern

Orchid

Dendrobium mirbelianum

Least Concern

Red melastome

Melastoma sanguineum

Least Concern

Coastal False Asphodel

Triantha racemosa

Extinct

Nepal Knotweed

Persicaria nepalensis

Not Evaluated

Lamp Rush

Juncus decipiens

Least Concern

Net-Leaved Willow

Salix reticulata

Least Concern

Olive Scribble Lichen

Opegrapha vulgata

Least Concern

Nettle-leaf mullein

Verbascum chaixii

Not Evaluated

Red algae

Ceramium sinicola

Least Concern

white chalice-bubble

Cylichna alba

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

New England Blue Violet

Viola novae-angliae

Not Evaluated

Glaucous Goosefoot

Oxybasis glauca

Least Concern

Peruvian nightshade

Solanum peruvianum

Least Concern

New England Ragwort

Packera schweinitziana

Not Evaluated

New England Rose

Rosa nitida

Not Evaluated

New England Sedge

Carex novae-angliae

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Agrypon flaveolatum

Not Evaluated

Yellowing Knight

Tricholoma scalpturatum

Least Concern

Fraser'S Marsh St. Johnswort

Triadenum fraseri

Least Concern

Shaggy Legged Ringless Amanita

Amanita rhacopus

Not Evaluated

Root and stalk rot

Phytophthora tentaculata

Not Evaluated

Ciliate Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata

Not Evaluated

Ebony

Diospyros ebenum

Data Deficient

False Olive

Buddleja saligna

Least Concern

Woolly bellflower

Campanula lanata

Data Deficient

New Zealand bur

Acaena novae-zelandiae

Not Evaluated

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

Crowberry

Searsia crenata

Least Concern

New Zealand nightshade

Solanum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Spurge

Homalanthus populneus

Least Concern

Tibig

Ficus nota

Least Concern

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

Tulip-wood tree

Harpullia arborea

Least Concern

White-fronted Parrot / White-fronted Amazon

Amazona albifrons

Least Concern

Bourgeau's nutrush

Scleria bourgeaui

Least Concern

Nightflowering silene

Silene noctiflora

Endangered

Wasp

Exallonyx trifoveatus

Not Evaluated

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Brook Wedge Mussel

Alasmidonta viridis

Least Concern

Nikko fir

Abies homolepis

Not Evaluated

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Least Concern

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