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Wildlife in Blue Hills Trailside Museum

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

2,917
recent observations
30
species listed
21
plants
3
insects & arthropods
2
reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 2,917 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Blue Hills Trailside. The most frequently seen is the eastern white pine, with 194 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (21 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (3).

Rarer finds confirmed in Blue Hills Trailside include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Spotted Wintergreen
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Most-observed species in Blue Hills Trailside

eastern white pine
Pinus strobus
194 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
140 observations
common mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
135 observations · iNaturalist
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
122 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
109 observations
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
108 observations
Common Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis
107 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
104 observations
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
102 observations
sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
98 observations
Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus
95 observations
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
95 observations
Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
95 observations
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
94 observations
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta
92 observations
wild sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
92 observations
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
89 observations
mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
88 observations
Asian bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
88 observations
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
87 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
85 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
83 observations
alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus
83 observations · iNaturalist
roundleaf greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia
82 observations
pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
79 observations
Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes
78 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
76 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
75 observations
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
72 observations
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
70 observations

Built from recent research-grade iNaturalist observations. Identifications are community-sourced and may occasionally be wrong, and the ranking reflects where people record and photograph wildlife, so a species seen often here is not necessarily rare elsewhere. Some plants and animals are only out in certain seasons. Treat this as a lively snapshot of what people are finding, not a formal checklist.

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