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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
46
CR + EN + VU
Population
126.476.461
Area
377.975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 12
Endangered 16
Vulnerable 18
Near Threatened 28
Least Concern 299
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 589
Extinct 16

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Lindheimer'S Beeblossom

Oenothera lindheimeri

Not Evaluated

Coastal Arrowhead

Sagittaria graminea

Not Evaluated

Big-Bract Vervain

Verbena bracteata

Not Evaluated

Turkey tangle fogfruit

Phyla nodiflora

Least Concern

Carolina bristlemallow

Modiola caroliniana

Not Evaluated

White Forget-me-not

Plagiobothrys scouleri

Not Evaluated

Beebalm

Monarda fistulosa

Not Evaluated

Carolina crane's-bill

Geranium carolinianum

Not Evaluated

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Desmodium intortum

Least Concern

Purple bushbean

Macroptilium atropurpureum

Not Evaluated

Anil de pasto

Indigofera suffruticosa

Least Concern

Hyacinthbean

Lablab purpureus

Not Evaluated

Sickle senna

Senna tora

Not Evaluated

Java-bean

Senna obtusifolia

Least Concern

Arrowleaf clover

Trifolium vesiculosum

Not Evaluated

Adam's Leedle

Yucca gloriosa

Not Evaluated

Cockroach berry

Solanum capsicoides

Not Evaluated

Angel's tears

Brugmansia suaveolens

Not Evaluated

Purple mistress

Moricandia arvensis

Not Evaluated

Ward's weed

Carrichtera annua

Not Evaluated

Catchfly

Silene antirrhina

Not Evaluated

Weed silene

Silene conoidea

Not Evaluated

False jagged-ckickweed

Lepyrodiclis holosteoides

Not Evaluated

Chandelier plant

Kalanchoe delagoensis

Not Evaluated

Aphid Trap

Proboscidea louisianica

Not Evaluated

Eyebane

Euphorbia nutans

Not Evaluated

Engelmann's spikerush

Eleocharis engelmannii

Extinct

Common Sundrops

Oenothera fruticosa

Not Evaluated

White lace flower

Orlaya grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Jamaican feverplant

Tribulus cistoides

Not Evaluated

Yellow bluestem

Bothriochloa ischaemum

Not Evaluated

Spreading windmill grass

Chloris divaricata

Not Evaluated

Awnless Brome

Bromus inermis

Least Concern

Sixweeks threeawn

Aristida adscensionis

Not Evaluated

Spiked bur grass

Tragus berteronianus

Not Evaluated

Red-Seeded Dandelion

Taraxacum erythrospermum

Not Evaluated

Common Goldentop

Euthamia graminifolia

Not Evaluated

Bilbao fleabane

Erigeron floribundus

Not Evaluated

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago altissima

Not Evaluated

Burrweed Marsh-Elder

Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

Not Evaluated

tickseed-sunflower

Bidens aristosa

Not Evaluated

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Not Evaluated

lowland rotala

Rotala ramosior

Not Evaluated

Kiss me quick

Portulaca pilosa

Not Evaluated

Little Evening Primrose

Oenothera perennis

Not Evaluated

checker fiddleneck

Amsinckia tessellata

Not Evaluated

Blue Toadflax

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Not Evaluated

Eastern Stork's-bill

Erodium crinitum

Not Evaluated

Smooth rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida

Least Concern

joint-vetch

Aeschynomene americana

Least Concern

Wild bushbean

Macroptilium lathyroides

Least Concern

Inconspicuous pea

Lathyrus inconspicuus

Not Evaluated

Hairy bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus subbiflorus

Not Evaluated

Rosarypea

Abrus precatorius

Least Concern

Green Tansy Mustard

Descurainia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Mexican stonecrop

Sedum mexicanum

Not Evaluated

Carolina mosquitofern

Azolla caroliniana

Least Concern

Greater Canadian St. John'S-Wort

Hypericum majus

Least Concern

Clasping Bellwort

Triodanis perfoliata

Not Evaluated

Bristlefruit hedgeparsley

Torilis leptophylla

Not Evaluated

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