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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
57
CR + EN + VU
Population
126 476 461
Area
377 975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 21
Vulnerable 21
Near Threatened 42
Least Concern 437
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 878
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Leopard's Bane

Arnica montana

Vulnerable

Black Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Least Concern

Rice moth

Corcyra cephalonica

Not Evaluated

Absinth Sagewort

Artemisia absinthium

Not Evaluated

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Cat'S Ear

Hypochaeris radicata

Not Evaluated

Beggar-Ticks

Bidens frondosa

Not Evaluated

Glabrous Catsear

Hypochaeris glabra

Critically Endangered

Beggar'S Button

Arctium minus

Least Concern

Blood Ragweed

Ambrosia trifida

Not Evaluated

Safflower

Carthamus tinctorius

Not Evaluated

Pyralid moth

Paralipsa gularis

Not Evaluated

Sneezeweed

Achillea ptarmica

Least Concern

Fernleaf yarrow

Achillea filipendulina

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Macropsis fuscula

Least Concern

Woodland ragwort

Senecio sylvaticus

Least Concern

South african ragwort

Senecio inaequidens

Not Evaluated

Sticky ragwort

Senecio viscosus

Least Concern

brown scale

Saissetia coffeae

Not Evaluated

Black Knapweed

Centaurea nigra

Not Evaluated

Brown Knapweed

Centaurea jacea

Least Concern

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

Oriental Rat Flea

Xenopsylla cheopis

Not Evaluated

Scentless false mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Least Concern

Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Least Concern

Yellow Larch Tortrix

Ptycholomoides aeriferana

Near Threatened

Common Feverfew

Tanacetum parthenium

Least Concern

Common brassbuttons

Cotula coronopifolia

Not Evaluated

Goat's-beard

Tragopogon pratensis

Least Concern

Common Salsify

Tragopogon porrifolius

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Cicadella viridis

Least Concern

Thrips

Thrips simplex

Not Evaluated

Cup Plant

Silphium perfoliatum

Not Evaluated

Cotton Thistle

Onopordum acanthium

Endangered

Thrips

Thrips palmi

Not Evaluated

Pea weevil

Bruchus pisorum

Not Evaluated

Common Chamomile

Anthemis arvensis

Vulnerable

Golden Thistle

Scolymus hispanicus

Not Evaluated

Devil'S Paintbrush

Pilosella aurantiaca

Least Concern

Common Nipplewort

Lapsana communis

Least Concern

Ox-tongue

Helminthotheca echioides

Not Evaluated

Clayweed

Tussilago farfara

Least Concern

Annual Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Not Evaluated

Humpbacked minute scavenger beetle

Cartodere nodifer

Least Concern

Blue Chamomile

Matricaria chamomilla

Least Concern

Disc Mayweed

Matricaria discoidea

Not Evaluated

Hairy beggarticks

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

Stinking willie

Jacobaea vulgaris

Least Concern

Field marigold

Calendula arvensis

Not Evaluated

Common Daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Blessed milkthistle

Silybum marianum

Not Evaluated

Acrid lettuce

Lactuca virosa

Not Evaluated

Pot marigold

Calendula officinalis

Not Evaluated

Brown Widow

Latrodectus geometricus

Not Evaluated

Mealybug destroyer

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

Not Evaluated

Broadbean weevil

Bruchus rufimanus

Not Evaluated

Common Rue

Ruta graveolens

Not Evaluated

African clawed frog

Xenopus laevis

Not Evaluated

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