Costa Rica
North America · Central America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
aloé-dos-cem-anos
Agave americana
bafureira
Ricinus communis
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
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
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
Fourleaf manyseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Chinese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Balsam
Impatiens balsamina
Clove Pink
Dianthus plumarius
Pink woodsorrel
Oxalis debilis
African tuliptree
Spathodea campanulata
Asian Wild Raspberry
Rubus ellipticus
Chinese Packing Grass
Microstegium vimineum
Bachelor'S-Button
Gomphrena globosa
Edible banana
Musa acuminata
Rose natal grass
Melinis repens
cup-and-saucer-vine
Cobaea scandens
Giant taro
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Devil's horsewhip
Achyranthes aspera
African senna
Senna didymobotrya
Emperor's candlesticks
Senna alata
Heartleaf madeiravine
Anredera cordifolia
Antelope Grass
Echinochloa pyramidalis
Yellow bluestem
Bothriochloa ischaemum
Daisy-Chrysanthemum
Leucanthemum maximum
Golden dewdrops
Duranta erecta
Caribbean Pine
Pinus caribaea
Sprawling signalgrass
Urochloa reptans
Pitted beardgrass
Bothriochloa pertusa
African couchgrass
Digitaria abyssinica
Angleton bluestem
Dichanthium aristatum
pinto peanut
Arachis pintoi
hedge euphorbia
Euphorbia neriifolia
Pink velvet banana
Musa velutina
African bristlegrass
Setaria sphacelata
Glenwoodgrass
Sacciolepis indica
Elastic grass
Eragrostis tenuifolia
Stalkleaf murainagrass
Ischaemum timorense
Nakedstem dewflower
Murdannia nudiflora
Ricefield flatsedge
Cyperus iria
Annual Fleabane
Erigeron annuus
Arrowleaf elephant's ear
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Quito-orange
Solanum quitoense
Manila-hemp
Musa textilis
Japanese mazus
Mazus pumilus
wire crabgrass
Digitaria longiflora
Sanchezia
Sanchezia parvibracteata
peacock-flower
Tigridia pavonia
Florida keys indian mallow
Abutilon hirtum
Mule's-foot fern
Angiopteris evecta
armgrass millet
Urochloa subquadripara
Broadleaved bristlegrass
Setaria palmifolia
East indian crabgrass
Digitaria setigera
Kleberg's bluestem
Dichanthium annulatum
Long lovegrass
Eragrostis elongata
Giant brake
Pteris tripartita
Wild hops
Flemingia strobilifera
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
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