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Wildlife in Bays Mountain Park

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Bays Mountain Park right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

1,082
recent observations
30
species listed
24
plants
3
reptiles & amphibians
2
mammals

Naturalists have logged 1,082 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Bays Mountain Park. The most frequently seen is the azure bluet, with 50 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (24 of the species listed here), followed by reptiles & amphibians (3).

Rarer finds confirmed in Bays Mountain Park include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Spotted Wintergreen
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Most-observed species in Bays Mountain Park

azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
50 observations · iNaturalist
Halberd-leaved violet
Viola hastata
48 observations · iNaturalist
trailing arbutus
Epigaea repens
46 observations
Watershield
Brasenia schreberi
45 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
45 observations
American cancer-root
Conopholis americana
43 observations
galax
Galax urceolata
42 observations · iNaturalist
American Beaver
Castor canadensis
39 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
38 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
38 observations
crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
38 observations · iNaturalist
Green Frog
Lithobates clamitans
37 observations
Yellow Iris
Iris pseudacorus
36 observations
dwarf crested iris
Iris cristata
35 observations
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
34 observations
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
34 observations
Pinxter Flower
Rhododendron periclymenoides
33 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
33 observations
spatterdock
Nuphar advena
33 observations
Common Watersnake
Nerodia sipedon
32 observations
Pond Slider
Trachemys scripta
32 observations
partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
32 observations
Dwarf Iris
Iris verna
32 observations · iNaturalist
shaggy-stalked bolete
Aureoboletus betula
32 observations · iNaturalist
Carolina Vetch
Vicia caroliniana
31 observations
strawberry bush
Euonymus americanus
30 observations · iNaturalist
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
29 observations
downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
29 observations
fly poison
Amianthium muscitoxicum
28 observations · iNaturalist
wood anemone
Anemonoides quinquefolia
28 observations · iNaturalist

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