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 Amphibians

  

 

 Insects and Arachnids

  

gray treefrog

 1  

bald-faced hornet

 3

northern leopard frog

 1   blue-fronted dancer 2
wood frog 2  

blue-margined ground beetle

 1

 

    

bronzed tiger beetle

 2

 Birds

    

common green darner

 1

American White Pelican

 2  

common whitetail

 2

Bald Eagle

 1  

curve-tailed bush katydid

 1

Baltimore Oriole

 2  

eastern pondhawk

 1

Barred Owl

 3   ebony jewelwing 2

Brown-headed Cowbird

 1

 

Hentz’s orbweaver

 4

Eastern Kingbird

 2  

red velvet mite (Trombidium sp.)

 1

Eastern Towhee

 2  

red-blue checkered beetle

 1

Great Blue Heron

 2  

red-legged grasshopper

 1

Great Egret

 1  

robber fly

 2

Green Heron

 1  

silvery checkerspot

 1

Hooded Merganser

 (1)  

six-spotted fishing spider

 2

Olive-sided Flycatcher

 1  

widow skimmer

 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 2      

Ring-necked Pheasant

 2  

 Mammals

  

Trumpeter Swan

 5  

American beaver

 2

Turkey Vulture

 2  

American badger

 1

Wild Turkey

 8  

prairie deer mouse

 1

Wood Duck

 (1)

 

southern red-backed vole

 2
   

 

 thirteen-lined ground squirrel 1

 Crustaceans

  

 

whitetail deer

 4

virile crayfish

 2

 

 

  
   

 

 Plants

  

 Destinations

  

 

American bittersweet

 2

Afton State Park

 1

 

 American lopseed 2

Baker Park Reserve

 2

 

bloodroot

 2
Banning State Park 4

 

blue vervain (var. scabra)

 4

Beaver Creek Valley State Park

 3

 

bracted spiderwort

 2

Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

 14

 

 Canada anemone 3

Cannon River Wilderness Area

 7

 

cardinal flower

 1

Carver Park Reserve

 5

 

cockspur hawthorn

 3

Crosby Farm Regional Park

 13

 

 common winterberry 3

Crow-Hassan Park Reserve

 5

 

cut-leaved toothwort

 1

Elm Creek Park Reserve

 2

 

Dutchman’s breeches

 1

Fort Ridgely State Park

 6

 

European cranberrybush

 5

Fort Snelling State Park

 24

 

great blue lobelia (var. siphilitica)

 3

Grey Cloud Dunes SNA

 4

 

Greek valerian

 2

Henry’s Woods

 8

 

hoary puccoon

 2

Hyland Lake Park Reserve

 4

 

Indianpipe

 1

Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA

 5

 

 kidney-leaved buttercup 2

Lake Elmo Park Reserve

 4

 

 leadplant 1

Laurentian Divide Recreation Area

 3

 

 New England aster 3

Lebanon Hills Regional Park

 20

 

nodding bur marigold

 2

Lilydale Regional Park

 14

 

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil

 2

Lost Valley Prairie SNA

 7

 

prairie alumroot

 2

MN Valley NWR, Long Meadow Lake Unit

 12

 

prairie spiderwort

 4

MNRRA, Coldwater Spring

 9

 

rattlesnake master

 3

Myre-Big Island State Park

 8

 

silver maple

 2

Ney Nature Center

 9

 

southern blue flag

 6

Pilot Knob

 9

 

tall bellflower

 2
Pine Bend Bluffs SNA 2

 

tall thimbleweed

 3

Prairie Creek Woods SNA

 2

 

white doll’s daisy (var. recognita)

 2

Roberts Bird Sanctuary

 11

 

white snakeroot

 3

Spring Lake Park Reserve

 6

 

white wild indigo

 2

Sunfish Lake Park

 5

 

yellow avens

 4
Tony Schmidt Regional Park 13

 

yellow marsh marigold

 2

Uncas Dunes SNA

 2

 

 

  

Whitetail Woods Regional Park

 3

 

 Reptiles

  

Wild River State Park

 5

 

common snapping turtle

 4

Wood-Rill SNA

 3   red-sided garter snake 1

 

    

 

  

 Fungi and Lichens

  

 

 Slime Molds

  

Aborted Entoloma

 2

 

red raspberry slime mold

 2

Beautiful Russula

 1      

Chicken of the Woods

 3

 

    

Crown-tipped Coral

 2

 

    

Dryad’s Saddle

 3

 

 

  

Elm Oyster

 2

 

 

  

False Coral Fungus

 2

 

 

  

False Turkey Tail

 1

 

 

  

Gabled False Morel

 3

 

 

  

Northern Tooth

 2

 

 

  

Orange Peel Fungus

 2

 

    

Pear-shaped Puffball

 2  

 

  

Purple-bloom Russula

 1  

 

  

Purple-gilled Laccaria

 2  

 

  

Ravenel’s Stinkhorn

 1  

 

  

Shaggy Mane

 1  

 

  

Turkey Tail

 2  

 

  

White Jelly Fungus

 2      

 

    

 

  

 

    

 

  

 

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 Birds

  

 

 Destinations

  

Eastern Towhee

 1  

Cannon River Wilderness Area

 1

Turkey Vulture

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