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.
Most-observed species in Indiana Dunes
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
475 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
421 observations
prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
329 observations
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
313 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
285 observations
hairy puccoon
Lithospermum caroliniense
269 observations · iNaturalist
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
267 observations
Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
266 observations
cinnamon fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
247 observations
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
244 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
241 observations
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
240 observations
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
236 observations
flowering spurge
Euphorbia corollata
224 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
221 observations
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
218 observations
common soapwort
Saponaria officinalis
217 observations · iNaturalist
Ohio spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
215 observations
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
215 observations
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
214 observations
spotted horsemint
Monarda punctata
211 observations
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
208 observations
American Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
207 observations
Eastern Red-backed Salamander
Plethodon cinereus
205 observations
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
203 observations
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
199 observations
Eastern Pricklypear
Opuntia cespitosa
198 observations · iNaturalist
butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
197 observations
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
197 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
194 observations
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