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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
53
CR + EN + VU
Population
126.476.461
Area
377.975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 18
Vulnerable 20
Near Threatened 37
Least Concern 404
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 861
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

pineapple mealybug

Dysmicoccus brevipes

Not Evaluated

Asian chestnut gall wasp

Dryocosmus kuriphilus

Not Evaluated

black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Not Evaluated

Magnificent Bryozoan

Pectinatella magnifica

Not Evaluated

Natal rock oyster

Saccostrea cuccullata

Not Evaluated

Duckwheat

Fagopyrum tataricum

Not Evaluated

Redvein dock

Rumex sanguineus

Critically Endangered

Clustered Dock

Rumex conglomeratus

Least Concern

Bristle Dock

Rumex maritimus

Endangered

Large Sweet Vernalgrass

Anthoxanthum odoratum

Not Evaluated

Annual vernalgrass

Anthoxanthum aristatum

Not Evaluated

Bearded Couch

Elymus caninus

Least Concern

flax darnel

Lolium remotum

Extinct

Canada Bluegrass

Poa compressa

Least Concern

Eurasian Woodland Bluegrass

Poa nemoralis

Least Concern

Creeping velvetgrass

Holcus mollis

Least Concern

Lesser Love-Grass

Eragrostis minor

Not Evaluated

Meadow brome

Bromus commutatus

Near Threatened

Bronco Grass

Bromus tectorum

Least Concern

Barley Brome

Bromus hordeaceus

Least Concern

Field Brome

Bromus arvensis

Near Threatened

Seaside barley

Hordeum marinum

Extinct

Velvet Bent

Agrostis canina

Least Concern

Black Bent

Agrostis gigantea

Least Concern

Creeping bentgrass

Agrostis stolonifera

Least Concern

Black-grass

Alopecurus myosuroides

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

Curled Thistle

Carduus crispus

Least Concern

Narrowleaf hawksbeard

Crepis tectorum

Near Threatened

Bristly Hawk'S-Beard

Crepis setosa

Not Evaluated

Smooth hawksbeard

Crepis capillaris

Least Concern

Leopard's Bane

Arnica montana

Vulnerable

Boar Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Least Concern

Glabrous Catsear

Hypochaeris glabra

Critically Endangered

Blood Ragweed

Ambrosia trifida

Not Evaluated

Sneezeweed

Achillea ptarmica

Least Concern

Fernleaf yarrow

Achillea filipendulina

Not Evaluated

Old-man-in-the-spring

Senecio vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Woodland ragwort

Senecio sylvaticus

Least Concern

South african ragwort

Senecio inaequidens

Not Evaluated

Sticky ragwort

Senecio viscosus

Least Concern

Black Knapweed

Centaurea nigra

Not Evaluated

Brown Knapweed

Centaurea jacea

Least Concern

star-thistle

Centaurea calcitrapa

Extinct

Scentless false mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Least Concern

Common brassbuttons

Cotula coronopifolia

Not Evaluated

Goat's-beard

Tragopogon pratensis

Least Concern

Field marigold

Calendula arvensis

Not Evaluated

Common Nipplewort

Lapsana communis

Least Concern

Devil'S Paintbrush

Pilosella aurantiaca

Least Concern

Golden Thistle

Scolymus hispanicus

Not Evaluated

Common Chamomile

Anthemis arvensis

Vulnerable

Cup Plant

Silphium perfoliatum

Not Evaluated

Ox-tongue

Helminthotheca echioides

Not Evaluated

Clayweed

Tussilago farfara

Least Concern

Jerusalem artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Not Evaluated

Field sowthistle

Sonchus arvensis

Least Concern

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