Japan
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Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
2-spot ladybird
Adalia bipunctata
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Amur Hedgehog
Erinaceus amurensis
Common Seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Asian house shrew
Suncus murinus
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
Ecoregions
Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Indomalaya
Ogasawara subtropical moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Oceania
Hokkaido deciduous forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Nihonkai evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Nihonkai montane deciduous forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
Taiheiyo evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests · Palearctic
All Species in Japan
African bristlegrass
Setaria sphacelata
Meadow barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
Coatbuttons
Tridax procumbens
Madagascar ragwort
Senecio madagascariensis
Javanese bishopwood
Bischofia javanica
winged water-primrose
Ludwigia decurrens
Seashore vervain
Verbena litoralis
Threelobe false mallow
Malvastrum coromandelianum
Rough mexican clover
Richardia scabra
Woodland false buttonweed
Spermacoce remota
Flat-top mille graines
Oldenlandia corymbosa
Chickenspike
Sphenoclea zeylanica
baby jump-up
Mecardonia procumbens
Formosan koa
Acacia confusa
Wild Tantan
Desmanthus virgatus
Arsenic bush
Senna septemtrionalis
Partridge-Pea
Chamaecrista nictitans
Asian Plum
Prunus salicina
Inflatedscale flatsedge
Cyperus aggregatus
tall grama grass
Bouteloua curtipendula
disc water hyssop
Bacopa rotundifolia
Blistering Ammania
Ammannia baccifera
five-leaf crotalaria
Crotalaria quinquefolia
prairie cup grass
Eriochloa contracta
Panicled Spot Flower
Acmella paniculata
Silverleaf Sunflower
Helianthus argophyllus
Terrestrial water-starwort
Callitriche terrestris
Daghestan sweet-clover
Melilotus suaveolens
curve-pod yellow cress
Rorippa curvisiliqua
Rescuegrass
Bromus catharticus
golden-mane coreopsis
Coreopsis basalis
Field Hawkweed
Pilosella caespitosa
African-Spinach
Amaranthus cruentus
Bitter Wintercress
Barbarea vulgaris
Crown-Pink
Silene coronaria
Japanese tung-oil-tree
Vernicia cordata
Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry
Physalis acutifolia
Hairy Sunflower
Helianthus hirsutus
tomcat clover
Trifolium willdenovii
Japanese scallion
Allium chinense
Foxtail flatsedge
Cyperus alopecuroides
lateral sedge
Carex unilateralis
Annual Fleabane
Erigeron annuus
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Japanese glorybower
Clerodendrum japonicum
Divine nightshade
Solanum nigrescens
teasel sedge
Cyperus echinatus
sandhills amaranth
Amaranthus arenicola
Stipitate Forget-me-not
Plagiobothrys stipitatus
Luchu Pine
Pinus luchuensis
Early crocus
Crocus imperati
Potato bush
Phyllanthus reticulatus
Fendler's nighshade
Solanum stoloniferum
Barley
Hordeum distichon
Mountain brome
Bromus carinatus
Brown indianhemp
Hibiscus cannabinus
Balkan Toadflax
Linaria dalmatica
Mimosa
Albizia julibrissin
sensitive joint-vetch
Aeschynomene virginica
Stueve'S Lespedeza
Lespedeza stuevei
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