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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
795
CR + EN + VU
Population
331002647
Area
9833517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 158
Endangered 268
Vulnerable 369
Near Threatened 428
Least Concern 4227
Data Deficient 189
Not Evaluated 5428
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 150

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Southern succisella

Succisella inflexa

Not Evaluated

Dark-winged fungus gnat

Bradysia ocellaris

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Cephalocousya nivicola

Least Concern

Mealy grass root aphid

Aploneura lentisci

Not Evaluated

Pomace fly

Stegana coleoptrata

Least Concern

Latin globemallow

Sphaeralcea bonariensis

Not Evaluated

Tachinid fly

Meigenia mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Tachinid fly

Ocytata pallipes

Not Evaluated

Ichneumonid wasp

Homotherus magus

Not Evaluated

Minute pirate bug

Orius minutus

Least Concern

White Hedgehog

Hydnum albidum

Endangered

northern fowl mite

Ornithonyssus sylviarum

Not Evaluated

Southwest wild carrot

Daucus pusillus

Least Concern

Small dung fly

Coproica acutangula

Not Evaluated

Sow small dung beetle

Trichonotulus scrofa

Vulnerable

Angerman's peat moss

Sphagnum angermanicum

Near Threatened

Soya-bean

Glycine max

Not Evaluated

Angled Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum alatum

Least Concern

Angleton bluestem

Dichanthium aristatum

Not Evaluated

Spanish Iris

Iris xiphium

Least Concern

Spanish arborvine

Distimake tuberosus

Not Evaluated

Spanish broom

Spartium junceum

Not Evaluated

Spanish cherry

Mimusops elengi

Least Concern

Spanish elm

Cordia alliodora

Least Concern

Spanish lime

Melicoccus bijugatus

Least Concern

Spider beetle

Gibbium psylloides

Not Evaluated

Sparkling Signal-Moss

Hageniella micans

Endangered

Sparse-Flowered Sedge

Carex tenuiflora

Near Threatened

Spathulate Botrychium

Botrychium spathulatum

Not Evaluated

Spatterdock Darner

Rhionaeschna mutata

Least Concern

Spearmint

Mentha spicata

Not Evaluated

Frosted Comma Lichen

Chrysothrix caesia

Not Evaluated

speckled rustwort

Marsupella sphacelata

Least Concern

Spider brake

Pteris multifida

Not Evaluated

Lamarck's bedstraw

Galium divaricatum

Not Evaluated

Spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana

Not Evaluated

Sphaeropsis blight

Sphaeropsis sapinea

Not Evaluated

Sphagnum Brownie

Hypholoma elongatum

Least Concern

Sphagnum Sprite

Nehalennia gracilis

Least Concern

Spider

Trochosa ruricola

Least Concern

Aniseed Cockleshell

Lentinellus cochleatus

Least Concern

Spider

Urozelotes rusticus

Not Evaluated

Spider plant

Chlorophytum comosum

Not Evaluated

Spiderwisp

Gynandropsis gynandra

Not Evaluated

Marmalade bush

Streptosolen jamesonii

Not Evaluated

Aniseed Funnel

Clitocybe odora

Least Concern

Spiked Shieldbug

Picromerus bidens

Least Concern

Spiked speedwell

Veronica spicata

Vulnerable

spiked water-milfoil

Myriophyllum spicatum

Least Concern

Spiked Wood-Rush

Luzula spicata

Least Concern

Desert ragwort

Senecio eremophilus

Not Evaluated

spinach

Eulithis mellinata

Least Concern

Spinach

Spinacia oleracea

Not Evaluated

Spindle Ermine

Yponomeuta cagnagellus

Least Concern

Spindle Shank

Gymnopus fusipes

Near Threatened

Jointed Rush

Juncus nodosus

Least Concern

Spinose Thyme-Moss

Mnium spinosum

Least Concern

spiny hands

Charybdis hellerii

Not Evaluated

Spiny Baskettail

Epitheca spinigera

Least Concern

Spiny Cocklebur

Xanthium spinosum

Not Evaluated

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