Minnesota Seasons

These are locations in Minnesota where native plants, birds, and other wildlife can be viewed. With very few exceptions, these destinations are open to the public.

Visitors can share their own photos, videos, plant and wildlife sightings, and other observations.

Native, naturalized, invasive, or simply planted—any plant growing outside of cultivation in Minnesota.

More than 800 plant pages include photos, a description, a multi-sourced distribution map, and a list of sites where the plant has been found.

Insects and arachnids found in Minnesota.

Species pages include photos, a description, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, visitor sightings, and distribution maps.

Birds and bears, snakes and squirrels, toads and turtles—wildlife found in Minnesota.

Wildlife pages include photos, a description, and a list of sightings, as well as distribution maps for amphibians, mammals, and reptiles.

Lichens, mushrooms, and other fungi found in Minnesota.

Fungi and lichen pages include photos, a description, a list of sightings by MinnesotaSeasons.com, visitor sightings, and distribution maps.

Download free high resolution wallpapers (screen backgrounds). These are photos of destinations featured on MinnesotaSeasons.com. The wallpapers are grouped by ecological season. Each wallpaper is optimized for the screen resolutions used most often on desktops, laptops, and tablets.

Choke Disease of Grasses

Rust of Prickly Ash

Oak Leaf Blister

twirler moth (Scrobipalpula manierreorum)

aster leafminer

Purple Bordered Leaf Spot

polished lady beetle

tufted globetail

hoverfly (Xylota spp.)

soldier fly (Stratiomys adelpha or discalis)

American hover fly

transverse flower fly

dance fly (Rhamphomyia spp.)

soldier fly (Stratiomys norma)

hoverfly (Chrysotoxum spp.)

Eastern Speckled Shield Lichen

Caribou Falls State Wayside

Purple Finch

Lapland Longspur

Evening Grosbeak

Blue-headed Vireo

Blackpoll Warbler

podzol mound ant

bare-bellied falsehorn

swift feather-legged fly

grasshopper bee fly

golden dung fly

tachinid fly (Cylindromyia interrupta)

signal fly (Rivellia colei)

common snipe fly

millipede (Cylindroiulus spp.)

Bacteria, Viruses, and Other Pathogens

Fish(es?)