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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
781
CR + EN + VU
Population
331 002 647
Area
9 833 517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 148
Endangered 267
Vulnerable 366
Near Threatened 420
Least Concern 4171
Data Deficient 189
Not Evaluated 5386
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 148

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Unicorn Clubtail

Arigomphus villosipes

Least Concern

Hump-backed fly

Megaselia curtineura

Not Evaluated

Common Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Myllaena minuta

Least Concern

Layered Cup

Peziza varia

Not Evaluated

Dance fly

Hilara quadrivittata

Near Threatened

Diana'S Peak Grass

Carex dianae

Least Concern

Monogenetic fluke

Dactylogyrus amphibothrium

Not Evaluated

Gall gnat

Lestremia leucophaea

Not Evaluated

American bison

Bison bison

Not Evaluated

Freshwater bryozoan

Fredericella sultana

Not Evaluated

Bog Arum

Calla palustris

Least Concern

matchstick flapwort

Odontoschisma denudatum

Not Evaluated

Japanese swamp shrimp

Neocaridina denticulata

Least Concern

Burr daisytree

Fitchia speciosa

Least Concern

Ichneumonid wasp

Tycherus nigridens

Not Evaluated

Mat-Grass

Nardus stricta

Near Threatened

Laurilia sulcata

Vulnerable

Matted Feather-Moss

Sciuro-hypnum populeum

Least Concern

Matted sandmat

Euphorbia serpens

Not Evaluated

Matt Knight

Tricholoma imbricatum

Least Concern

Ichneumonid wasp

Exenterus confusus

Not Evaluated

Weidemeyer's Admiral

Limenitis weidemeyerii

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Ocypus aeneocephalus

Least Concern

Smokebush

Buddleja madagascariensis

Least Concern

Mauve Bonnet

Mycena meliigena

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Coryphiomorphus hyperboreus

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Mycetoporus punctus

Least Concern

Leaf and stem scab

Elsinoe batatas

Not Evaluated

Paraguayan purslane

Portulaca amilis

Not Evaluated

European weevil

Rhinoncus castor

Least Concern

Dwarf awlsnail

Opeas hannense

Not Evaluated

Mazapan

Malvaviscus penduliflorus

Not Evaluated

Richard'S Yelloweyed Grass

Xyris jupicai

Not Evaluated

Oxford Ragwort

Senecio squalidus

Not Evaluated

Meadow brome

Bromus commutatus

Near Threatened

Garden Patience

Rumex patientia

Not Evaluated

bog apple moss

Philonotis marchica

Vulnerable

Meadow Coral

Clavulinopsis corniculata

Least Concern

Balmony

Chelone glabra

Not Evaluated

meadow jumping mouse

Zapus hudsonius

Least Concern

American Water-Milfoil

Myriophyllum sibiricum

Least Concern

Meadow Phlox

Phlox maculata

Not Evaluated

Meadow Rose

Rosa blanda

Not Evaluated

Southern green stink bug

Nezara viridula

Not Evaluated

Alpine Foam Lichen

Stereocaulon alpinum

Data Deficient

Meadow Spike Rush

Eleocharis flavescens

Least Concern

Parasitic fly

Blepharipa pratensis

Not Evaluated

Meadow stickseed

Hackelia micrantha

Least Concern

Monkey river prawn

Macrobrachium lar

Least Concern

Meadow Waxcap

Cuphophyllus pratensis

Least Concern

Meadow woollyheads

Psilocarphus elatior

Least Concern

Mealy Bigfoot Webcap

Cortinarius caerulescens

Vulnerable

Lesser Bulb-Fly

Eumerus funeralis

Least Concern

Rigid Beard Moss

Didymodon rigidulus

Not Evaluated

rice root aphid

Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale

Not Evaluated

Mealy Oyster

Ossicaulis lignatilis

Vulnerable

Gray Treefrog

Dryophytes versicolor

Least Concern

Bodhi tree

Ficus religiosa

Least Concern

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