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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
274
CR + EN + VU
Population
331,002,647
Area
9,833,517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 42
Endangered 98
Vulnerable 134
Near Threatened 153
Least Concern 2196
Data Deficient 112
Not Evaluated 3438
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 86

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Reichardia

Reichardia tingitana

Not Evaluated

central peat moss

Sphagnum centrale

Least Concern

Northern amber bumble bee

Bombus borealis

Least Concern

Bristle-Fruited Sedge

Carex echinata

Least Concern

Powder-Edged Speckled Greenshield

Flavopunctelia soredica

Not Evaluated

Purple-Gilled Waxy Cap

Hygrocybe purpureofolia

Not Evaluated

Cep

Boletus edulis

Least Concern

Elm flea weevil

Orchestes alni

Not Evaluated

Crested goosefoot

Dysphania cristata

Not Evaluated

Cereal leaf beetle

Oulema melanopus

Least Concern

Chinese Angelica-tree

Aralia chinensis

Vulnerable

Common Silverweed

Argentina anserina

Least Concern

Creole tea

Sauvagesia erecta

Least Concern

Crested Oval Sedge

Carex cristatella

Extinct

Lupine clover

Trifolium lupinaster

Not Evaluated

Narrowleaf angelon

Angelonia angustifolia

Not Evaluated

Cespitose Bulrush

Trichophorum cespitosum

Vulnerable

Crystal Brain Fungus

Myxarium nucleatum

Least Concern

Olympic mullein

Verbascum olympicum

Not Evaluated

Ceylon gooseberry

Dovyalis hebecarpa

Not Evaluated

Kleingrass

Panicum coloratum

Not Evaluated

Rosy sandcrocus

Romulea rosea

Not Evaluated

Chaga

Inonotus obliquus

Least Concern

Dog Pelt Lichen

Peltigera canina

Least Concern

Platyhypnidium Moss

Rhynchostegium riparioides

Least Concern

Cut-Leaved Avens

Geum laciniatum

Not Evaluated

White Blister Rust Disease

Wilsoniana bliti

Not Evaluated

Common Figwort Weevil

Cionus scrophulariae

Least Concern

Scaly Hawkbit

Hedypnois cretica

Not Evaluated

Chalk-fronted Corporal

Ladona julia

Least Concern

Chalky Macoma

Macoma calcarea

Least Concern

Mint

Mentha verticillata

Least Concern

Mountain ebony

Bauhinia variegata

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Ceutorhynchus rapae

Least Concern

Pop saltbush

Atriplex holocarpa

Not Evaluated

Wallaby-grass

Rytidosperma racemosum

Not Evaluated

Delta-spotted Spiketail

Cordulegaster diastatops

Least Concern

Leaf beetle

Longitarsus pratensis

Least Concern

Kunze'S Pawwort

Schljakovia kunzeana

Least Concern

Endive Pellia

Apopellia endiviifolia

Least Concern

Paraguayan starbur

Acanthospermum australe

Not Evaluated

Forest-Poppy

Hylomecon japonicum

Not Evaluated

Pink Turtlehead

Chelone lyonii

Not Evaluated

Circled Milkcap

Lactarius circellatus

Least Concern

Handsome fungus beetle

Mycetaea subterranea

Least Concern

Forcipated Pincerwort

Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens

Least Concern

Changeable Flower Longhorn

Trachysida mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Simon bamboo

Pleioblastus simonii

Not Evaluated

Heath Waxcap

Gliophorus laetus

Least Concern

Multicolored Dot Lichen

Cliostomum griffithii

Least Concern

Chanterelle

Cantharellus cibarius

Least Concern

Rough Star-thistle

Centaurea aspera

Not Evaluated

Daisy

Erigeron sumatrensis

Not Evaluated

Fig

Ficus thonningii

Least Concern

Cut Notchwort

Lophoziopsis excisa

Least Concern

Horned Notchwort

Lophoziopsis longidens

Least Concern

Fig Buttercup

Ficaria verna

Least Concern

Yellow unicorn-plant

Ibicella lutea

Not Evaluated

Gillman'S Notchwort

Mesoptychia gillmanii

Least Concern

Harison'S Yellow Rose

Rosa harisonii

Not Evaluated

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