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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

bog apple moss

Philonotis marchica

Vulnerable

Bay Gallbush

Ilex coriacea

Least Concern

Hoary caper

Quadrella incana

Least Concern

Plum pine

Podocarpus elatus

Least Concern

Balmony

Chelone glabra

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean tapeweed

Posidonia oceanica

Least Concern

American Water-Milfoil

Myriophyllum sibiricum

Least Concern

Alpine Foam Lichen

Stereocaulon alpinum

Data Deficient

Parasitic fly

Blepharipa pratensis

Not Evaluated

Red melastome

Melastoma sanguineum

Least Concern

Monkey river prawn

Macrobrachium lar

Least Concern

Nepal Knotweed

Persicaria nepalensis

Not Evaluated

Lesser Bulb-Fly

Eumerus funeralis

Least Concern

Net-Leaved Willow

Salix reticulata

Least Concern

rice root aphid

Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale

Not Evaluated

Nettle-leaf mullein

Verbascum chaixii

Not Evaluated

Bodhi tree

Ficus religiosa

Least Concern

white chalice-bubble

Cylichna alba

Not Evaluated

Guadeloupe blackbead

Cojoba graciliflora

Least Concern

Indian albizia

Albizia lebbekoides

Least Concern

Kenyan shower

Cassia afrofistula

Least Concern

New Garden Bumblebee

Bombus hypnorum

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Atheta botanicarum

Not Evaluated

Glaucous Goosefoot

Oxybasis glauca

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Gnypeta caerulea

Least Concern

New England Ragwort

Packera schweinitziana

Not Evaluated

Maltesecross

Silene chalcedonica

Least Concern

New England Sedge

Carex novae-angliae

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Agrypon flaveolatum

Not Evaluated

Yellowing Knight

Tricholoma scalpturatum

Least Concern

Mite

Proctophyllodes pinnatus

Not Evaluated

Shaggy Legged Ringless Amanita

Amanita rhacopus

Not Evaluated

Root and stalk rot

Phytophthora tentaculata

Not Evaluated

Ciliate Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata

Not Evaluated

Boccone's sandspurry

Spergularia bocconei

Not Evaluated

False Olive

Buddleja saligna

Least Concern

Balm-Of-Gilead

Populus jackii

Not Evaluated

New Zealand bur

Acaena novae-zelandiae

Not Evaluated

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

Crowberry

Searsia crenata

Least Concern

Rove Beetle

Drusilla canaliculata

Least Concern

Spurge

Homalanthus populneus

Least Concern

Red algae

Caulacanthus ustulatus

Least Concern

New Zealand spinach

Tetragonia tetragonioides

Not Evaluated

New Zealand tea tree

Leptospermum scoparium

Least Concern

Johnnyberry

Miconia bicolor

Least Concern

Niger

Guizotia abyssinica

Not Evaluated

Marsh Valerian

Valeriana uliginosa

Least Concern

Nightshade

Solanum laxum

Not Evaluated

Silvery-Flowered Sedge

Carex argyrantha

Extinct

Night-Blooming Cereus

Selenicereus grandiflorus

Least Concern

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Vulnerable

Bourgeau's nutrush

Scleria bourgeaui

Least Concern

Nightflowering silene

Silene noctiflora

Endangered

Night-Flying Dung Beetle

Acrossus rufipes

Least Concern

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Brook Wedge Mussel

Alasmidonta viridis

Least Concern

Nikko fir

Abies homolepis

Not Evaluated

Fungus gnat

Bradysia iridipennis

Not Evaluated

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