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American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) |
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apical chlorosis of Canada thistle (Pst) (Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis) | ![]() |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) |
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Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) False Tinder Fungus (Phellinus igniarius) Milk-white Toothed Polypore (Irpex lacteus) Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme) |
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American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) common green darner (Anax junius) common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala) deer fly (Chrysops spp.) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) dusky stink bug (Euschistus tristigmus luridus) ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) elm finger gall mite (Aceria parulmi) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) hackberry nipplegall maker (Pachypsylla celtidismamma) marbled orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) mustard white (Pieris oleracea) oak rough bulletgall wasp (Disholcaspis quercusmamma) red nail gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae) red-belted bumble bee (Bombus rufocinctus) river jewelwing (Calopteryx aequabilis) seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) snowy geometer (Eugonobapta nivosaria) true horse flies (Tabanus spp.) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) western thatching ant (Formica obscuripes) white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) wood nettle gall midge (Dasineura investita) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American stickseed (Hackelia deflexa var. americana) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata) American woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta var. cornuta) Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bracted vervain (Verbena bracteata) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris) Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla) clustered black snakeroot (Sanicula odorata) Columbia watermeal (Wolffia columbiana) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common duckweed (Lemna minor) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris) common three-square (Schoenoplectus pungens) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) coon’s tail (Ceratophyllum demersum) crack willow (Salix fragilis) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) cursed crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) dark green bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) downy Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax) drooping woodland sedge (Carex arctata) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata) four-flowered yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) fringed brome (Bromus ciliatus) giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrrhiza) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy false goldenaster (Heterotheca villosa) hairy vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Illinois carrion flower (Smilax illinoensis) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) intermediate bellflower (Campanula intercedens) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) long-headed coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) mapleleaf goosefoot (Chenopodium simplex) meadow horsetail (Equisetum pratense) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare) narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard (Crepis tectorum) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum) peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides) Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie lettuce (Lactuca ludoviciana) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum) prairie sagewort (Artemisia frigida) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) prairie violet (Viola pedatifida) prickly rose (Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi) purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quackgrass (Elymus repens) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) rough oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) sandbar willow (Salix interior) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) slender beardtongue (Penstemon gracilis var. gracilis) smooth carrionflower (Smilax herbacea) smooth hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) speckled alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus) sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) tall blue lettuce (Lactuca biennis) tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) true forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides) turion duckweed (Lemna turionifera) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata) virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) white vervain (Verbena urticifolia) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony) Allium stellatum (prairie onion) Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (speckled alder) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone) Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (downy Parlin’s pussytoes) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia absinthium (absinthe wormwood) Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort) Artemisia frigida (prairie sagewort) Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Bromus ciliatus (fringed brome) Campanula intercedens (intermediate_bellflower) Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle) Carex arctata (drooping woodland sedge) Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare (mouse-ear chickweed) Ceratophyllum demersum (coon’s tail) Chenopodium simplex (mapleleaf goosefoot) Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Clematis virginiana (virgin’s bower) Coreopsis palmata (prairie coreopsis) Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Corylus cornuta var. cornuta (beaked hazelnut) Crepis tectorum (narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s breeches) Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Elymus repens (quackgrass) Elymus virginicus (Virginia wildrye) Enemion biternatum (eastern false rue anemone) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Equisetum pratense (meadow horsetail) Eragrostis spectabilis (purple lovegrass) Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Erythronium albidum (white trout lily) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (American woodland strawberry) Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium asprellum (rough bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geum triflorum var. triflorum (prairie smoke) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hackelia deflexa var. americana (American stickseed) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower) Helianthus strumosus (paleleaf woodland sunflower) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (rough oxeye) Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily) Hesperostipa spartea (porcupine grass) Heterotheca villosa (hairy false goldenaster) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Iris versicolor (northern blue flag) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Lactuca biennis (tall blue lettuce) Lactuca ludoviciana (prairie lettuce) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Lemna minor (common duckweed) Lemna turionifera (turion duckweed) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lepidium densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Liatris aspera (rough blazing star) Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) Lonicera × bella (Bell’s honeysuckle) Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Lysimachia quadriflora (four-flowered yellow loosestrife) Matricaria discoidea (pineapple-weed) Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Myosotis scorpioides (true forget-me-not) Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed) Nuphar variegata (variegated yellow pond lily) Nymphaea odorata (American white waterlily) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Penstemon gracilis var. gracilis (slender beardtongue) Penstemon grandiflorus (large-flowered beardtongue) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed) Physalis heterophylla (clammy groundcherry) Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana (common obedient plant) Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) Plantago major (common plantain) Plantago patagonica (woolly plantain) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil) Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil) Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (common selfheal) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Ranunculus sceleratus (cursed crowfoot) Ratibida columnifera (long-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi (prickly rose) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Salix amygdaloides (peachleaf willow) Salix fragilis (crack willow) Salix interior (sandbar willow) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Sanicula odorata (clustered black snakeroot) Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet) Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) Schoenoplectus pungens (common three-square) Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Scutellaria lateriflora (blue skullcap) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Smilax herbacea (smooth carrionflower) Smilax illinoensis (Illinois carrion flower) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod) Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Spirodela polyrrhiza (greater duckweed) Stachys tenuifolia (smooth hedge nettle) Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (panicled aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens (eastern marsh fern) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium arvense (rabbit’s foot clover) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Trillium cernuum (nodding trillium) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena bracteata (bracted vervain) Verbena hastata (blue vervain) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root) Vicia villosa ssp. villosa (hairy vetch) Viola pedatifida (prairie violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) Wolffia columbiana (Columbia watermeal) |
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