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Wildlife in Indiana Dunes National Park

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

7,673
recent observations
30
species listed
23
plants
4
birds
1
insects & arthropods

Naturalists have logged 7,673 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Indiana Dunes. The most frequently seen is the Eastern Skunk Cabbage, with 479 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (23 of the species listed here), followed by birds (4).

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Most-observed species in Indiana Dunes

Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
479 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
431 observations
prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
329 observations
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
314 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
306 observations
Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
285 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
275 observations
hairy puccoon
Lithospermum caroliniense
275 observations · iNaturalist
flowering spurge
Euphorbia corollata
261 observations
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
260 observations
common soapwort
Saponaria officinalis
253 observations · iNaturalist
cinnamon fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
250 observations
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
247 observations
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
244 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
243 observations
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
240 observations
spotted horsemint
Monarda punctata
230 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
226 observations
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
225 observations
Ohio spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
220 observations
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
218 observations
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
214 observations
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
211 observations
American Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
209 observations
Eastern Red-backed Salamander
Plethodon cinereus
207 observations
butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
206 observations
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley
Maianthemum stellatum
206 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
203 observations
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
203 observations
Eastern Pricklypear
Opuntia cespitosa
203 observations · iNaturalist

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