Costa Rica
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Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
hint yagi
Ricinus communis
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Centuryplant
Agave americana
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Ecoregions
Cocos Island moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Costa Rican seasonal moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Pacific moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Talamancan montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Central American dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
All Species in Costa Rica
House fly
Musca domestica
Large Sweet Vernalgrass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
black rat
Rattus rattus
Citrus leafminer
Phyllocnistis citrella
Annual rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon monspeliensis
Annual ryegrass
Lolium multiflorum
Guinea ant
Tetramorium bicarinatum
House cricket
Acheta domesticus
Annual Bluegrass
Poa annua
English Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
Common Velvetgrass
Holcus lanatus
Stinkgrass
Eragrostis cilianensis
Job's tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
Bermudagrass
Cynodon dactylon
Aleppo Grass
Sorghum halepense
Barnyard Grass
Dactylis glomerata
Crabgrass
Eleusine indica
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
Black Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Absinth Sagewort
Artemisia absinthium
Annual Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Blue Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla
Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium floricola
Common Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Sour orange
Citrus aurantium
Akulikuli-Kula
Portulaca oleracea
Common Lamb'S-Quarters
Chenopodium album
Horseradish tree
Moringa oleifera
'Ihi
Oxalis corniculata
Green bristlegrass
Setaria viridis
Annual canarygrass
Phalaris canariensis
American Pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo
Coco yam
Colocasia esculenta
Calla lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Cananga tree
Cananga odorata
Chinaberrytree
Melia azedarach
Carpenter Weed
Prunella vulgaris
Coliseum-Ivy
Cymbalaria muralis
Black Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Broad-Leaved Plantain
Plantago major
Common Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Bright-Blue Speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia
Grey Field-speedwell
Veronica polita
Common Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
Dudley'S Rush
Juncus tenuis
Bog Rush
Juncus effusus
Common Woodrush
Luzula campestris
Johnstone's Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Common gorse
Ulex europaeus
Creeping White Clover
Trifolium repens
Least Hop Clover
Trifolium dubium
Chilean Clover
Trifolium pratense
Purple granadilla
Passiflora edulis
Centuryplant
Agave americana
Creeping buttercup
Ranunculus repens
Field mustard
Brassica rapa
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
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