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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
331 002 647
Area
9 833 517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Blackroot

Veronicastrum virginicum

Not Evaluated

Fungi

Xylomyces rhizophorae

Not Evaluated

Stocking Webcap

Cortinarius torvus

Least Concern

Christmas Green

Diphasiastrum complanatum

Least Concern

Swarming Spine

Mucronella calva

Least Concern

Sponge

Cliona thoosina

Least Concern

Pine Barren Bog Goldenrod

Solidago stricta

Least Concern

Swedish pouchwort

Calypogeia suecica

Vulnerable

Sweetfern

Comptonia peregrina

Not Evaluated

False African-Violet

Streptocarpus saxorum

Least Concern

Boreal Bluet

Enallagma boreale

Least Concern

Bishop'S-Cap

Mitella diphylla

Not Evaluated

Australian cheesewood

Pittosporum undulatum

Not Evaluated

Sweet-amber

Hypericum androsaemum

Not Evaluated

Sweet bay

Laurus nobilis

Least Concern

Sweet Bedstraw

Galium odoratum

Least Concern

Sweet cherry

Prunus avium

Least Concern

Sweetclover

Melilotus officinalis

Least Concern

Muscid fly

Lophosceles frenatus

Not Evaluated

Sweet granadilla

Passiflora ligularis

Least Concern

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Hydnellum suaveolens

Extinct

Sweet iris

Iris pallida

Not Evaluated

Sweet marjoram

Origanum majorana

Not Evaluated

Sweet-nancy

Achillea ageratum

Not Evaluated

Sweet Pea

Lathyrus odoratus

Not Evaluated

Sweetpotato

Ipomoea batatas

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Fagocyba cruenta

Least Concern

Moth fanpetals

Sida santaremensis

Not Evaluated

Australian tobacco

Nicotiana suaveolens

Not Evaluated

Honey bee tracheal mite

Acarapis woodi

Not Evaluated

Laurer'S Catillaria

Megalaria laureri

Endangered

Awl-Leaved Earth-Moss

Pleuridium subulatum

Least Concern

Common Green Capsid

Lygocoris pabulinus

Least Concern

Fungus-feeding thrips

Haplothrips leucanthemi

Not Evaluated

Sweetscented marigold

Tagetes lucida

Not Evaluated

Parasitic fly

Voria ruralis

Not Evaluated

Sweetpotato cactus

Cereus repandus

Least Concern

Awned Sedge

Carex atherodes

Vulnerable

Sweetsultan

Amberboa moschata

Not Evaluated

Sycamore Lace Bug

Corythucha ciliata

Not Evaluated

Swift River Cruiser

Macromia illinoiensis

Least Concern

Parasitoid wasp

Sphegigaster pallicornis

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Halticoptera patellana

Not Evaluated

Awnless Brome

Bromus inermis

Least Concern

Parasitoid wasp

Leptomastix epona

Not Evaluated

Landscaping Black Morel

Morchella importuna

Not Evaluated

Lapland Bloodspot Lichen

Ophioparma lapponica

Not Evaluated

Bark lice

Lachesilla pedicularia

Not Evaluated

swollen dogtooth moss

Cynodontium strumiferum

Least Concern

Swollen fingergrass

Chloris barbata

Not Evaluated

Sydney bluegum

Eucalyptus saligna

Least Concern

Sydney golden wattle

Acacia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Syrian beancaper

Zygophyllum fabago

Least Concern

Parasitoid wasp

Apanteles carpatus

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Phaenoglyphis villosa

Not Evaluated

Baby Pondweed

Potamogeton pusillus

Endangered

Bachelor's button

Gypsophila paniculata

Not Evaluated

Louse

Menacanthus eurysternus

Not Evaluated

Lesser Lichen Vulgaris

Lepraria oxybapha

Least Concern

Baccharis

Baccharis halimifolia

Not Evaluated

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