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Florida has some 33 animals and 43 plant species rated endangered. [citation needed] They include the Florida panther, the leatherback sea turtle, the West Indian manatee, and the red-cockaded woodpecker. Endangered plants include the bell-flower, scrub plum, Small's milk pea, and the water-willow. [citation needed]
U.S. Endangered Species List: Flora—plants Species Search at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: "List of endangered species"
Taxus floridana, the Florida yew, [3] is a species of yew, endemic to a small area of the Apalachicola River. This species is has restricted extent of occurrence (EOO) of 24km [ 4 ] along the Apalachicola River and resides in the mesophytic forests of northern Florida at altitudes of 15–40 m.
Pseudoziziphus celata, commonly known as the Florida jujube [4] [5] or Florida ziziphus, [6] is a small xeric-adapted shrub endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida (restricted to Polk and Highlands counties), and is one of the rarest plants in Florida. [7] It is listed as federally endangered in the United States and state endangered ...
There's a rare, endangered flower that only grows in a small area of Florida. Here's what the flower is, when it blooms and where to find it.
The Red List of 2012 was released 19 July 2012 at Rio+20 Earth Summit; [17] nearly 2,000 species were added, [18] with 4 species to the extinct list, 2 to the rediscovered list. [19] The IUCN assessed a total of 63,837 species which revealed 19,817 are threatened with extinction.
The list includes information on 157,000 species, about 7,000 more than last year's update. The IUCN said just over 44,000 species are threatened with extinction. That's roughly 2,000 more than ...
See: List of endangered plants, List of critically endangered plants. Vulnerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangered species are collectively referred to as threatened species by the IUCN. Additionally 1674 plant species (7.6% of those evaluated) are listed as Data Deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of ...