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North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
786
CR + EN + VU
Population
331.002.647
Area
9.833.517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 156
Endangered 264
Vulnerable 366
Near Threatened 425
Least Concern 4191
Data Deficient 189
Not Evaluated 5463
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 150

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Lindley's saltbush

Atriplex lindleyi

Not Evaluated

Sticky Bolete

Suillus viscidus

Not Evaluated

Northern Woodland Violet

Viola septentrionalis

Not Evaluated

Northern Wild Raisin

Viburnum cassinoides

Not Evaluated

Northern Wild Rice

Zizania palustris

Least Concern

Northern Yellow-Eyed Grass

Xyris montana

Least Concern

Boreal Tree Firedot

Caloplaca ahtii

Not Evaluated

Mealy Firedot Lichen

Flavoplaca citrina

Least Concern

Moth

Apterona helicoidella

Least Concern

Rayed Glass Snail

Perpolita hammonis

Least Concern

Moth

Carcina quercana

Least Concern

Norwegian Cinquefoil

Potentilla norvegica

Least Concern

Mealy Camouflage Lichen

Montanelia disjuncta

Least Concern

Mealy Forked Clad Lichen

Cladonia scabriuscula

Least Concern

West indian bristlegrass

Setaria setosa

Least Concern

Notched Rustwort

Marsupella emarginata

Extinct

Mare'S Eggs

Nostoc pruniforme

Least Concern

longbract frog orchid

Dactylorhiza viridis

Not Evaluated

Leaf roller

Cnephasia longana

Least Concern

Aphid

Pterocallis alni

Not Evaluated

Moth

Oinophila v-flava

Not Evaluated

Nutgrass

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

Ocellated Darner

Boyeria grafiana

Least Concern

Nut Moss

Diphyscium foliosum

Extinct

Moth

Orgyia antiqua

Least Concern

Nuttall'S Alkali Grass

Puccinellia nuttalliana

Least Concern

boreal top

Zoogenetes harpa

Least Concern

Nuttall's waterweed

Elodea nuttallii

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Grypocentrus albipes

Not Evaluated

mossy stonecrop

Crassula tillaea

Extinct

Mossy Maze Polypore

Cerrena unicolor

Near Threatened

Oakes' Pondweed

Potamogeton oakesianus

Least Concern

Hymenochaete cinnamomea

Vulnerable

globular spider beetle

Trigonogenius globulus

Not Evaluated

Moss Rust

Eocronartium muscicola

Near Threatened

Oak-Loving Gymnopus

Gymnopus dryophilus

Least Concern

Moss Club

Multiclavula vernalis

Data Deficient

Oak Mildew

Erysiphe alphitoides

Not Evaluated

Oak Milk-Cap

Lactarius quietus

Least Concern

Aphid

Tetraneura ulmi

Not Evaluated

Oblongleaf orache

Atriplex oblongifolia

Not Evaluated

sow thistle aphid

Hyperomyzus lactucae

Not Evaluated

Boreal Starwort

Stellaria borealis

Least Concern

oblong orb mussel

Musculium transversum

Least Concern

moss chrysalis snail

Pupilla muscorum

Near Threatened

Spiny Pill Beetle

Chaetophora spinosa

Vulnerable

Pale Liverwort

Chiloscyphus pallescens

Least Concern

Oeder's apple moss

Plagiopus oederianus

Least Concern

Ochre Bracket

Trametes ochracea

Least Concern

Ogden'S Pondweed

Potamogeton ogdenii

Vulnerable

Mediterranean cabbage

Brassica fruticulosa

Least Concern

Legume

Calopogonium galactioides

Least Concern

Moss Bell

Galerina hypnorum

Least Concern

Sphecid wasp

Ectemnius cephalotes

Least Concern

Hemitrichia abietina

Not Evaluated

Ochre Gillgobbler

Hypomyces lateritius

Least Concern

Boreal Chorus Frog

Pseudacris maculata

Least Concern

Giant Floater

Pyganodon grandis

Least Concern

barred fruit-tree tortrix

Pandemis cerasana

Least Concern

Andromeda Lacebug

Stephanitis takeyai

Not Evaluated

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