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Wildlife in Piedmont Environmental Center

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

874
recent observations
30
species listed
11
plants
8
birds
4
insects & arthropods

Naturalists have logged 874 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Piedmont Environmental Center. The most frequently seen is the crane-fly orchid, with 354 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (11 of the species listed here), followed by birds (8).

Rarer finds confirmed in Piedmont Environmental Center include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Spotted Wintergreen
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Most-observed species in Piedmont Environmental Center

crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
354 observations · iNaturalist
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
35 observations
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
34 observations
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
30 observations
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
30 observations · iNaturalist
fan clubmoss
Diphasiastrum digitatum
25 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
23 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
22 observations
turkey-tail
Trametes versicolor
21 observations · iNaturalist
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
20 observations
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
20 observations
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
19 observations
Little Brown Jugs
Asarum arifolium
18 observations · iNaturalist
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
17 observations
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
16 observations
Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
16 observations
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
15 observations
Eastern Pondhawk
Erythemis simplicicollis
15 observations
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
13 observations
Fowler's Toad
Anaxyrus fowleri
13 observations
rattlesnake fern
Botrypus virginianus
13 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma americana
13 observations · iNaturalist
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
12 observations
Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris
12 observations
leatherleaf mahonia
Berberis bealei
12 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia heartleaf
Asarum virginicum
12 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
11 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
11 observations
Double-crested Cormorant
Nannopterum auritum
11 observations
Central Ratsnake
Pantherophis alleghaniensis
11 observations

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