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Amphibians

  

 

Insects and Arachnids

    
 

Ameroasian treefrogs (Dryophytes spp.)

 1

 

bald-faced hornet

 4  
 

northern leopard frog

 2

 

 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  
  Barn Swallow 1

 

 ebony jewelwing 2  
 

Barred Owl

 3

 

 impressive meloine beetle 1  
 

Brown-headed Cowbird

 1

 

 margined burying beetle 2  
 

Eastern Kingbird

 2

 

 monarch 1  
 

Eastern Towhee

 2

 

red velvet mite (Trombidium sp.)

 1  
 

Great Blue Heron

 2

 

red-blue checkered beetle

 1  
 

Great Egret

 1

 

red-legged grasshopper

 1  
 

Green Heron

 1

 

robber flies (Family Asilidae)

 2  
 

Hooded Merganser

 (1)

 

silvery checkerspot

 1  
 

Olive-sided Flycatcher

 1

 

six-spotted fishing spider

 2  
 

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 2

 

spotted orbweaver

 6  
 

Ring-necked Pheasant

 2

 

widow skimmer

 1  
 

Trumpeter Swan

 5

 

      
 

Turkey Vulture

 2

 

Mammals

    
 

Wild Turkey

 8

 

American beaver

 2  
 

Wood Duck

 (1)

 

American badger

 1  
     

 

prairie deer mouse

 1  
 

Crustaceans

  

 

southern red-backed vole

 2  
 

virile crayfish

 2

 

 thirteen-lined ground squirrel 1  
     

 

whitetail deer

 4  
 

Destinations

  

 

 

    
 

Afton State Park

 1

 

Plants

    
 

Baker Park Reserve

 2

 

American bittersweet

 4  
  Banning State Park 4

 

 American lopseed 2  
 

Beaver Creek Valley State Park

 3

 

bloodroot

 2  
 

Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

 14

 

blue vervain

 4  
 

Cannon River Wilderness Area

 7

 

bracted spiderwort

 2  
 

Carver Park Reserve

 5

 

 Canada anemone 3  
 

Crosby Farm Regional Park

 13

 

cardinal flower

 1  
 

Crow-Hassan Park Reserve

 5

 

cockspur hawthorn

 3  
 

Elm Creek Park Reserve

 2

 

 common winterberry 3  
 

Fort Ridgely State Park

 6

 

cut-leaved toothwort

 1  
 

Fort Snelling State Park

 24

 

Dutchman’s breeches

 1  
 

Grey Cloud Dunes SNA

 11

 

European cranberrybush

 5  
 

Henry’s Woods

 8

 

great blue lobelia (var. siphilitica)

 3  
 

Hyland Lake Park Reserve

 4

 

Greek valerian

 2  
 

Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA

 5

 

hoary puccoon

 2  
 

Lake Elmo Park Reserve

 4

 

Indianpipe

 1  
 

Laurentian Divide Recreation Area

 3

 

 kidney-leaved buttercup 2  
 

Lebanon Hills Regional Park

 22

 

 leadplant 1  
 

Lilydale Regional Park

 14

 

 New England aster 3  
 

Lost Valley Prairie SNA

 7

 

nodding bur marigold

 2  
 

MN Valley NWR, Long Meadow Lake Unit

 12

 

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil

 2  
 

MNRRA, Coldwater Spring

 9

 

prairie alumroot

 2  
 

Myre-Big Island State Park

 8

 

prairie spiderwort

 4  
 

Ney Nature Center

 9

 

rattlesnake master

 3  
 

Pilot Knob

 9

 

silver maple

 2  
  Pine Bend Bluffs SNA 2

 

southern blue flag

 6  
 

Prairie Creek Woods SNA

 2

 

tall bellflower

 2  
 

Roberts Bird Sanctuary

 11

 

tall thimbleweed

 3  
  St. Croix State Park 3

 

white doll’s daisy (var. recognita)

 2  
 

Spring Lake Park Reserve

 6

 

white snakeroot

 3  
 

Sunfish Lake Park

 5

 

white wild indigo

 2  
  Tony Schmidt Regional Park 13

 

yellow avens

 4  
 

Uncas Dunes SNA

 2  

yellow marsh marigold

 2  
 

Vermillion Highlands Research Recreation and WMA

 3

 

 

    
 

Whitetail Woods Regional Park

 5

 

Reptiles

    
 

Wild River State Park

 5

 

common garter snake

 1  
 

Wood-Rill SNA

 3

 

 common snapping turtle 14  
 

 

  

 

 

    
 

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

 4

 

 

    
 

False Turkey Tail

 1

 

 

    
 

Gabled False Morel

 3

 

 

    
 

Jellied False Coral Fungus

 2

 

 

    
 

Leafy Brain

 1

 

 

    
 

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  
  Trumpeter Swan 1

 

      
 

Turkey Vulture

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