Wildlife in Itasca State Park
Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Itasca 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 Itasca
showy lady's slipper
Cypripedium reginae
175 observations
yellow lady's slipper
Cypripedium parviflorum
157 observations
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
127 observations
guelder-rose
Viburnum opulus
102 observations
largeflower bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
95 observations
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
87 observations
Canada anemone
Anemonastrum canadense
87 observations · iNaturalist
red baneberry
Actaea rubra
86 observations
marsh marigold
Caltha palustris
84 observations
eastern white pine
Pinus strobus
83 observations
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Ladona julia
82 observations · iNaturalist
round-lobed hepatica
Hepatica americana
81 observations · iNaturalist
American Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
80 observations
tamarack
Larix laricina
78 observations
wood anemone
Anemonoides quinquefolia
73 observations · iNaturalist
red pine
Pinus resinosa
69 observations
bluebead lily
Clintonia borealis
69 observations
common bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
65 observations
Canadian bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
57 observations
Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
57 observations · iNaturalist
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
56 observations
early meadow-rue
Thalictrum dioicum
55 observations
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
51 observations
wild sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
51 observations
Wood Frog
Lithobates sylvaticus
50 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
49 observations
western poison ivy
Toxicodendron rydbergii
49 observations · iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
48 observations
Red-spotted Admiral
Limenitis arthemis
48 observations
spreading dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium
44 observations
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