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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
750
CR + EN + VU
Population
331 002 647
Area
9 833 517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 152
Endangered 249
Vulnerable 349
Near Threatened 398
Least Concern 3914
Data Deficient 187
Not Evaluated 5373
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 147

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

Narrownecked grain beetle

Omonadus floralis

Least Concern

Bog Aster

Oclemena nemoralis

Least Concern

Moroccan toadflax

Linaria maroccana

Not Evaluated

Rusted Stubble Lichen

Calicium salicinum

Least Concern

Mottled Darner

Aeshna clepsydra

Least Concern

Balsam Fir

Abies concolor

Not Evaluated

Meadow Case-Bearer

Coleophora mayrella

Least Concern

Rust Fungus

Puccinia calcitrapae

Not Evaluated

Rust of pelargonium

Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis

Not Evaluated

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Hump-backed fly

Megaselia curtineura

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Myllaena minuta

Least Concern

Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Least Concern

Moss Bell

Galerina hypnorum

Least Concern

Legume

Calopogonium galactioides

Least Concern

Dance fly

Hilara quadrivittata

Near Threatened

moss chrysalis snail

Pupilla muscorum

Near Threatened

Monogenetic fluke

Dactylogyrus amphibothrium

Not Evaluated

Moss Rust

Eocronartium muscicola

Near Threatened

Mossy Maze Polypore

Cerrena unicolor

Near Threatened

mossy stonecrop

Crassula tillaea

Extinct

American bison

Bison bison

Not Evaluated

Moth

Oinophila v-flava

Not Evaluated

Bog Arum

Calla palustris

Least Concern

Moth

Apterona helicoidella

Least Concern

Moth

Batia lunaris

Not Evaluated

Mother Shipton

Euclidia mi

Least Concern

Japanese swamp shrimp

Neocaridina denticulata

Least Concern

Hover Fly

Melanostoma mellina

Least Concern

Ichneumonid wasp

Tycherus nigridens

Not Evaluated

Laurilia sulcata

Vulnerable

Ichneumonid wasp

Exenterus confusus

Not Evaluated

Snag Pin Lichen

Mycocalicium subtile

Near Threatened

Paraguayan purslane

Portulaca amilis

Not Evaluated

mottled rustic

Caradrina morpheus

Least Concern

Mottled Scouring-Rush

Equisetum variegatum

Least Concern

Mottled spurge

Euphorbia lactea

Not Evaluated

Dwarf awlsnail

Opeas hannense

Not Evaluated

mottled tube-maker

Jassa falcata

Not Evaluated

bog apple moss

Philonotis marchica

Vulnerable

Mougeot's yoke moss

Amphidium mougeotii

Least Concern

Balmony

Chelone glabra

Not Evaluated

Coral tree

Erythrina speciosa

Least Concern

Filimonas lacunae

Not Evaluated

Onionweed

Asphodelus fistulosus

Not Evaluated

American Water-Milfoil

Myriophyllum sibiricum

Least Concern

Alpine Foam Lichen

Stereocaulon alpinum

Data Deficient

Parasitic fly

Blepharipa pratensis

Not Evaluated

rosy apple aphid

Dysaphis plantaginea

Not Evaluated

Monkey river prawn

Macrobrachium lar

Least Concern

Mountain Fly Honeysuckle

Lonicera villosa

Not Evaluated

Lesser Bulb-Fly

Eumerus funeralis

Least Concern

Salmon Bracket

Erastia salmonicolor

Not Evaluated

rice root aphid

Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale

Not Evaluated

terrestrial beach hopper

Talitroides alluaudi

Not Evaluated

Bodhi tree

Ficus religiosa

Least Concern

Salted Ruffle Lichen

Parmotrema crinitum

Vulnerable

mountain hair moss

Pogonatum dentatum

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Atheta botanicarum

Not Evaluated

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