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Itasca State Park Biodiversity

A guide to the Biota of Itasca State Park, Minnesota

compiled by Janet Rith-Najarian

red columbine 1
Aquilegia canadensis
tall meadow-rue 2
Thalictrum dasycarpum
early meadow-rue 3
Thalictrum dioicum
small-flowered buttercup 4
Ranunculus abortivus
meadow buttercup 5
Ranunculus acris
marsh marigold 6
Caltha palustris
Marsh-marigold 7
Caltha palustris palustris
wood anemone
Anemone quinquefolia
tall thimbleweed 8
Anemone virginiana
round-lobed hepatica 9
Hepatica americana
meadow anemone 10
Anemonastrum canadense
red baneberry 11
Actaea rubra
white-fruited red baneberry 12
Actaea rubra neglecta
red baneberry
Actaea rubra rubra
northern bush honeysuckle 13
Diervilla lonicera
Common Snowberry 14
Symphoricarpos albus
American fly-honeysuckle 15
Lonicera canadensis
Glaucous Honeysuckle 16
Lonicera dioica
hairy honeysuckle 15
Lonicera hirsuta
twinflower 17
Linnaea borealis
red-berried elder 18
Sambucus racemosa
downy arrowwood 15
Viburnum rafinesquianum
water hemlock 19
Cicuta maculata
common cowparsnip 20
Heracleum maximum
wild sarsaparilla 21
Aralia nudicaulis
American spikenard 22
Aralia racemosa
basswood 23
Tilia americana
American basswood 24
Tilia americana americana
eastern leatherwood 25
Dirca palustris
American white waterlily 26
Nymphaea odorata
variegated pond-lily 27
Nuphar variegata
balsam poplar 28
Populus balsamifera
bigtooth aspen 29
Populus grandidentata
Black Poplar 30
Populus nigra
trembling aspen 31
Populus tremuloides
Canada violet 32
Viola canadensis
Labrador violet 33
Viola labradorica
downy yellow violet 34
Viola pubescens
Downy Yellow Violet 35
Viola pubescens pubescens
common blue violet 2
Viola sororia
field forget-me-not 36
Myosotis arvensis
Field Forget-me-not 37
Myosotis arvensis arvensis
Canadian wild ginger 1
Asarum canadense
hoary alyssum 31
Berteroa incana
bitter wintercress 38
Barbarea vulgaris
prickly gooseberry 39
Ribes cynosbati
Virginia creeper 40
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

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