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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
794
CR + EN + VU
Population
331002647
Area
9833517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 159
Endangered 267
Vulnerable 368
Near Threatened 429
Least Concern 4219
Data Deficient 187
Not Evaluated 5464
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

Mammoth Clover

Trifolium medium

Near Threatened

Pacific jewel box

Chama pacifica

Not Evaluated

Decorated Pholiota

Leucopholiota decorosa

Not Evaluated

Clouded Agaric

Clitocybe nebularis

Least Concern

Japanese pear rust

Gymnosporangium asiaticum

Not Evaluated

Pacific Loon

Gavia pacifica

Not Evaluated

Pacific Oak Fern

Gymnocarpium disjunctum

Not Evaluated

Oak wilt fungus

Ceratocystis fagacearum

Not Evaluated

Speckled Tar Spot

Rhytisma punctatum

Not Evaluated

Bonpland's croton

Croton bonplandianus

Not Evaluated

Book lice

Lepinotus reticulatus

Not Evaluated

Book louse

Liposcelis decolor

Not Evaluated

Tile Lichen

Lecidea tessellata

Least Concern

Grayish Green Map Lichen

Rhizocarpon cinereovirens

Not Evaluated

White-faced Meadowhawk

Sympetrum obtrusum

Least Concern

Pacific pearl-oyster

Pinctada margaritifera

Not Evaluated

Pale-belly Frost Lichen

Physconia subpallida

Endangered

Immodest Map Lichen

Rhizocarpon submodestum

Not Evaluated

Ghost Chanterelle

Cantharellus phasmatis

Least Concern

Sooty-Bark Canker

Sclerencoelia pruinosa

Not Evaluated

Painted-Cup Paintbrush

Castilleja coccinea

Extinct

Tulip poppy

Papaver glaucum

Not Evaluated

Rock Greenshield

Flavoparmelia baltimorensis

Least Concern

Braconid wasp

Chorebus posticus

Not Evaluated

Cinnabar Chanterelle

Cantharellus cinnabarinus

Least Concern

Aborted Entoloma

Entoloma abortivum

Not Evaluated

Moondust Speckled Lichen

Punctelia caseana

Least Concern

Painted tongue

Salpiglossis sinuata

Not Evaluated

Deceiver

Laccaria laccata

Not Evaluated

painted woodlouse

Porcellio spinicornis

Not Evaluated

Black Sheet Lichen

Parmotrema reticulatum

Not Evaluated

Bridal Veil Stinkhorn

Phallus indusiatus

Not Evaluated

Hairy Bracket

Trametes hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Springtail

Lepidocyrtus cyaneus

Not Evaluated

Twining bluehood

Oxyrhynchus volubilis

Least Concern

Dwarf ayenia

Ayenia insulicola

Not Evaluated

Springtail

Isotomiella minor

Not Evaluated

Poplar Rust

Melampsora medusae

Not Evaluated

Asian soybean rust

Phakopsora pachyrhizi

Not Evaluated

Moth

Pandemis heparana

Least Concern

Corm dry rot

Rigidoporus vinctus

Not Evaluated

Hemlock Varnish Shelf

Ganoderma tsugae

Not Evaluated

Saffron Soldiers

Trichia scabra

Not Evaluated

Soldier's orchid

Zeuxine strateumatica

Least Concern

Jerusalem cherry

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Not Evaluated

Mustard Lichen

Pyxine subcinerea

Not Evaluated

Old Gray Ruffles

Parmotrema tinctorum

Not Evaluated

Dothichiza canker

Cryptodiaporthe populea

Not Evaluated

Frosted Rim-Lichen

Lecanora caesiorubella

Not Evaluated

Pale Bog-Moss

Sphagnum strictum

Not Evaluated

Leaf rust of coffee

Hemileia vastatrix

Not Evaluated

Surprise Lichen

Bacidia schweinitzii

Not Evaluated

pale bristle moss

Orthotrichum pallens

Least Concern

Pale Cabbage

Brassica tournefortii

Not Evaluated

Bloody small dung beetle

Otophorus haemorrhoidalis

Least Concern

Snow Fungus

Tremella fuciformis

Not Evaluated

Delicate Barnacles Lichen

Thelotrema subtile

Not Evaluated

Dogwood anthracnose

Discula destructiva

Not Evaluated

Painted Suillus

Suillus spraguei

Not Evaluated

40-Mile Per Hour Lichen

Flavoparmelia caperata

Least Concern

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