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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
45
CR + EN + VU
Population
126 476 461
Area
377 975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 13
Endangered 18
Vulnerable 14
Near Threatened 27
Least Concern 304
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 610
Extinct 18

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

Not Evaluated

Belvedere

Bassia scoparia

Not Evaluated

Bergamot Mint

Mentha aquatica

Least Concern

Bermuda buttercup

Oxalis pes-caprae

Not Evaluated

Bermuda Thistle

Argemone mexicana

Not Evaluated

bigpod sesbania

Sesbania herbacea

Not Evaluated

Big quakinggrass

Briza maxima

Not Evaluated

Big-Seed False Flax

Camelina sativa

Extinct

Big-Sting Nettle

Urtica dioica

Least Concern

Birdeye speedwell

Veronica persica

Not Evaluated

Bird'S-Eye Pearlwort

Sagina procumbens

Least Concern

biennial beeblossom

Oenothera gaura

Not Evaluated

Big-Bract Vervain

Verbena bracteata

Not Evaluated

Big-Leaved Periwinkle

Vinca major

Not Evaluated

Black Plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Least Concern

black rat

Rattus rattus

Extinct

Black soldier fly

Hermetia illucens

Not Evaluated

Bittercress

Cardamine hirsuta

Least Concern

Bladder Campion

Silene latifolia

Least Concern

Bladder Ketmia

Hibiscus trionum

Not Evaluated

Blessed milkthistle

Silybum marianum

Not Evaluated

Blessed thistle

Centaurea benedicta

Not Evaluated

Blindeyes

Papaver dubium

Least Concern

Blister Flower

Ranunculus bulbosus

Vulnerable

Blood Milkwort

Polygala sanguinea

Not Evaluated

Blood Ragweed

Ambrosia trifida

Not Evaluated

Blood sage

Salvia coccinea

Not Evaluated

black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Not Evaluated

Black Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Least Concern

Black Vine Weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Least Concern

Black wattle

Acacia mearnsii

Not Evaluated

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Not Evaluated

Blotched Spurge

Euphorbia maculata

Not Evaluated

Blue Chamomile

Matricaria chamomilla

Least Concern

Blue Comfrey

Symphytum uplandicum

Not Evaluated

Boar Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Least Concern

Boatlily

Tradescantia spathacea

Not Evaluated

Bohena Beauty

Cenchrus longispinus

Not Evaluated

boisduval scale

Diaspis boisduvalii

Not Evaluated

Bokhara Clover

Melilotus albus

Not Evaluated

Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Not Evaluated

Bluewings

Torenia fournieri

Not Evaluated

Book louse

Liposcelis pearmani

Not Evaluated

Book louse

Liposcelis corrodens

Not Evaluated

Book louse

Liposcelis entomophila

Not Evaluated

Bostrichid beetle

Heterobostrychus hamatipennis

Not Evaluated

Bouncing Bet

Saponaria officinalis

Least Concern

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

Acer negundo

Not Evaluated

Brevior Sedge

Carex brevior

Not Evaluated

Bright-Blue Speedwell

Veronica serpyllifolia

Least Concern

Brachionid rotifer

Brachionus forficula

Not Evaluated

Bracted Plantain

Plantago aristata

Not Evaluated

Branching Campion

Silene dichotoma

Not Evaluated

Bristle Dock

Rumex maritimus

Endangered

Bristly dogstail grass

Cynosurus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Bristly Hawk'S-Beard

Crepis setosa

Not Evaluated

Broad-leaf arrowhead

Sagittaria platyphylla

Not Evaluated

Broad-Leaf Everlasting Pea

Lathyrus latifolius

Least Concern

Broadleaved pepperweed

Lepidium latifolium

Least Concern

Bronco Grass

Bromus tectorum

Least Concern

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