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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
56
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 21
Near Threatened 41
Least Concern 426
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 878
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Leopard's Bane

Arnica montana

Vulnerable

Black Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Least Concern

Boar Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Least Concern

Absinth Sagewort

Artemisia absinthium

Not Evaluated

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Cat'S Ear

Hypochaeris radicata

Not Evaluated

California red scale

Aonidiella aurantii

Not Evaluated

Glabrous Catsear

Hypochaeris glabra

Critically Endangered

Beggar'S Button

Arctium minus

Least Concern

Blood Ragweed

Ambrosia trifida

Not Evaluated

Safflower

Carthamus tinctorius

Not Evaluated

Bloodwort

Achillea millefolium

Least Concern

Sneezeweed

Achillea ptarmica

Least Concern

Fernleaf yarrow

Achillea filipendulina

Not Evaluated

California scale

Diaspidiotus perniciosus

Not Evaluated

Woodland ragwort

Senecio sylvaticus

Least Concern

South african ragwort

Senecio inaequidens

Not Evaluated

Sticky ragwort

Senecio viscosus

Least Concern

Niger

Guizotia abyssinica

Not Evaluated

Black Knapweed

Centaurea nigra

Not Evaluated

Brown Knapweed

Centaurea jacea

Least Concern

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

star-thistle

Centaurea calcitrapa

Extinct

Scentless false mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Least Concern

Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Least Concern

Dalmatia Pyrethrum

Tanacetum cinerariifolium

Not Evaluated

Common Feverfew

Tanacetum parthenium

Least Concern

Common brassbuttons

Cotula coronopifolia

Not Evaluated

Goat's-beard

Tragopogon pratensis

Least Concern

Common Salsify

Tragopogon porrifolius

Not Evaluated

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

Not Evaluated

Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus

Not Evaluated

Disc Mayweed

Matricaria discoidea

Not Evaluated

Blue Chamomile

Matricaria chamomilla

Least Concern

Common Nipplewort

Lapsana communis

Least Concern

Devil'S Paintbrush

Pilosella aurantiaca

Least Concern

Golden Thistle

Scolymus hispanicus

Not Evaluated

Common Chamomile

Anthemis arvensis

Vulnerable

Cotton Thistle

Onopordum acanthium

Endangered

Cup Plant

Silphium perfoliatum

Not Evaluated

Ox-tongue

Helminthotheca echioides

Not Evaluated

Clayweed

Tussilago farfara

Least Concern

Annual Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Not Evaluated

Field sowthistle

Sonchus arvensis

Least Concern

Spiny sowthistle

Sonchus asper

Least Concern

Beggar-Ticks

Bidens frondosa

Not Evaluated

Hairy beggarticks

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

Stinking willie

Jacobaea vulgaris

Least Concern

Belgian Endive

Cichorium intybus

Least Concern

Common Daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Blessed milkthistle

Silybum marianum

Not Evaluated

Acrid lettuce

Lactuca virosa

Not Evaluated

Cultivated Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Not Evaluated

Prickly lettuce

Lactuca serriola

Least Concern

Blue Lettuce

Lactuca tatarica

Not Evaluated

Ageratum

Ageratum houstonianum

Not Evaluated

Common Rue

Ruta graveolens

Not Evaluated

Tricolored Munia

Lonchura malacca

Least Concern

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