Wildlife in Maquoketa Caves State Park
Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Maquoketa Caves 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 Maquoketa Caves
Golden Oyster Mushroom
Pleurotus citrinopileatus
60 observations · iNaturalist
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
43 observations
wood nettle
Laportea canadensis
42 observations
red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
41 observations
sharp-lobed hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
40 observations · iNaturalist
walking fern
Asplenium rhizophyllum
36 observations
cutleaf coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
33 observations
northern maidenhair fern
Adiantum pedatum
29 observations
great waterleaf
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
29 observations · iNaturalist
Snakewort
Conocephalum salebrosum
28 observations · iNaturalist
prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
26 observations
American bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia
25 observations
low smartweed
Persicaria longiseta
23 observations · iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
22 observations
pale jewelweed
Impatiens pallida
21 observations
broad-leaved goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
21 observations
Canada clearweed
Pilea pumila
20 observations · iNaturalist
false rue anemone
Enemion biternatum
19 observations · iNaturalist
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
18 observations
common hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
18 observations
wild carrot
Daucus carota
18 observations
narrow-leaved glade fern
Homalosorus pycnocarpos
18 observations · iNaturalist
plantainleaf sedge
Carex plantaginea
16 observations · iNaturalist
little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
16 observations
pointed-leaved tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum glutinosum
16 observations · iNaturalist
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
15 observations
giant ragweed
Ambrosia trifida
15 observations
twoleaf miterwort
Mitella diphylla
15 observations
Virginia waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
14 observations
bulblet fern
Cystopteris bulbifera
14 observations
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