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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
795
CR + EN + VU
Population
331 002 647
Area
9 833 517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 158
Endangered 268
Vulnerable 369
Near Threatened 428
Least Concern 4227
Data Deficient 189
Not Evaluated 5428
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

Horn Stalkball

Onygena equina

Least Concern

Weevil

Otiorhynchus rugifrons

Near Threatened

Bog Aster

Oclemena nemoralis

Least Concern

Snout mite

Bdellodes meridionalis

Not Evaluated

Balsam Fir

Abies concolor

Not Evaluated

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Otiorhynchus raucus

Least Concern

Gall midge

Dasineura leguminicola

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Otiorhynchus ligneus

Near Threatened

marine splash midge

Telmatogeton japonicus

Not Evaluated

Curled rose sawfly

Allantus cinctus

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Barynotus moerens

Least Concern

Weevil

Parascythopus intrusus

Not Evaluated

Hump-backed fly

Megaselia curtineura

Not Evaluated

Maritime pine

Pinus pinaster

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Myllaena minuta

Least Concern

Silken fungus beetles

Henoticus serratus

Least Concern

allseed

Radiola linoides

Endangered

Snout mite

Spinibdella cronini

Not Evaluated

Mite

Proctophyllodes troncatus

Not Evaluated

Applesnail

Pila scutata

Least Concern

Mite

Sternostoma tracheacolum

Not Evaluated

Furniture carpet beetle

Anthrenus flavipes

Not Evaluated

Dance fly

Hilara quadrivittata

Near Threatened

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon laminatus

Least Concern

Monogenetic fluke

Dactylogyrus amphibothrium

Not Evaluated

American bison

Bison bison

Not Evaluated

Bog Arum

Calla palustris

Least Concern

Marsh Cinquefoil

Comarum palustre

Least Concern

Japanese swamp shrimp

Neocaridina denticulata

Least Concern

Marsh Cress

Rorippa islandica

Endangered

Marsh cudweed

Gnaphalium uliginosum

Least Concern

Marsh dandelion

Taraxacum palustre

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Tycherus nigridens

Not Evaluated

Fungus-feeding thrips

Haplothrips verbasci

Not Evaluated

Laurilia sulcata

Vulnerable

Marsh Horsetail

Equisetum palustre

Least Concern

marsh leafy moss

Plagiomnium ellipticum

Least Concern

Lesser Shot Hole Borer

Xyleborinus saxeseni

Least Concern

Ichneumonid wasp

Exenterus confusus

Not Evaluated

Marsh Mermaid-Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Least Concern

Paraguayan purslane

Portulaca amilis

Not Evaluated

Marsh Pea

Lathyrus palustris

Endangered

Dwarf awlsnail

Opeas hannense

Not Evaluated

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon terminatus

Least Concern

bog apple moss

Philonotis marchica

Vulnerable

Marsh Scheuchzeria

Scheuchzeria palustris

Extinct

Balmony

Chelone glabra

Not Evaluated

Marsh Valerian

Valeriana dioica

Extinct

American Water-Milfoil

Myriophyllum sibiricum

Least Concern

Martagon lily

Lilium martagon

Least Concern

Alpine Foam Lichen

Stereocaulon alpinum

Data Deficient

Weevil

Pentarthrum huttoni

Not Evaluated

Parasitic fly

Blepharipa pratensis

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Amalorrhynchus melanarius

Endangered

Monkey river prawn

Macrobrachium lar

Least Concern

Lesser Bulb-Fly

Eumerus funeralis

Least Concern

rice root aphid

Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale

Not Evaluated

Bodhi tree

Ficus religiosa

Least Concern

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