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Wildlife in Sawnee Mountain Preserve Visitor Center

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

534
recent observations
30
species listed
24
plants
2
fungi
2
insects & arthropods

Naturalists have logged 534 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Sawnee Mountain Preserve. The most frequently seen is the fire pink, with 32 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (24 of the species listed here), followed by fungi (2).

Rarer finds confirmed in Sawnee Mountain Preserve include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Spotted Wintergreen
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Most-observed species in Sawnee Mountain Preserve

fire pink
Silene virginica
32 observations
Little Brown Jugs
Asarum arifolium
31 observations · iNaturalist
Joro Spider
Trichonephila clavata
30 observations · iNaturalist
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
27 observations
common yucca
Yucca filamentosa
26 observations
whorled horse-balm
Collinsonia verticillata
26 observations · iNaturalist
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
22 observations
shaggy-stalked bolete
Aureoboletus betula
22 observations · iNaturalist
yellow star grass
Hypoxis hirsuta
20 observations · iNaturalist
Ornate-stalked bolete
Retiboletus ornatipes
20 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
19 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
19 observations
Carolina sweetshrub
Calycanthus floridus
18 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Fence Lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
15 observations
long-leaved bluets
Houstonia longifolia
15 observations · iNaturalist
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
15 observations
chestnut oak
Quercus montana
15 observations · iNaturalist
sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
15 observations
bird's foot violet
Viola pedata
14 observations
Purple Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma
14 observations · iNaturalist
blackjack oak
Quercus marilandica
13 observations
Small-Flower Pawpaw
Asimina parviflora
13 observations
Solomon's plume
Maianthemum racemosum
12 observations
galax
Galax urceolata
12 observations · iNaturalist
Small's ragwort
Packera anonyma
12 observations · iNaturalist
rattlesnakeweed
Hieracium venosum
12 observations
crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
12 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia pine
Pinus virginiana
11 observations
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
11 observations
Red-spotted Admiral
Limenitis arthemis
11 observations

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