Itasca State Park Biodiversity
A guide to the Biota of Itasca State Park, Minnesota
compiled by Janet Rith-Najarian
American hazelnut
1
Corylus americana
beaked hazelnut
2
Corylus cornuta
great mullein
3
Verbascum thapsus
Canadian wood betony
4
Pedicularis canadensis
marsh hedge nettle
5
Stachys hispida
anise hyssop
6
Agastache foeniculum
wild bergamot
7
Monarda fistulosa
common selfheal
8
Prunella vulgaris
Marsh Skullcap
9
Scutellaria galericulata
ground-ivy
11
Glechoma hederacea
common toadflax
12
Linaria vulgaris
thyme-leaved speedwell
13
Veronica serpyllifolia
scrambled eggs
14
Corydalis aurea
red columbine
16
Aquilegia canadensis
tall meadow-rue
17
Thalictrum dasycarpum
early meadow-rue
18
Thalictrum dioicum
small-flowered buttercup
19
Ranunculus abortivus
meadow buttercup
20
Ranunculus acris
marsh marigold
21
Caltha palustris
Marsh-marigold
22
Caltha palustris palustris
wood anemone
Anemone quinquefolia
tall thimbleweed
23
Anemone virginiana
round-lobed hepatica
24
Hepatica americana
meadow anemone
25
Anemonastrum canadense
red baneberry
26
Actaea rubra
white-fruited red baneberry
27
Actaea rubra neglecta
red baneberry
Actaea rubra rubra
northern bush honeysuckle
28
Diervilla lonicera
Common Snowberry
29
Symphoricarpos albus
American fly-honeysuckle
30
Lonicera canadensis
Glaucous Honeysuckle
31
Lonicera dioica
hairy honeysuckle
30
Lonicera hirsuta
twinflower
32
Linnaea borealis
red-berried elder
33
Sambucus racemosa
downy arrowwood
30
Viburnum rafinesquianum
water hemlock
34
Cicuta maculata
common cowparsnip
35
Heracleum maximum
wild sarsaparilla
36
Aralia nudicaulis
American spikenard
37
Aralia racemosa
American basswood
39
Tilia americana americana
eastern leatherwood
40
Dirca palustris
American white waterlily
41
Nymphaea odorata
variegated pond-lily
42
Nuphar variegata
balsam poplar
43
Populus balsamifera
bigtooth aspen
44
Populus grandidentata
Black Poplar
45
Populus nigra
trembling aspen
46
Populus tremuloides
Canada violet
47
Viola canadensis
Labrador violet
48
Viola labradorica
downy yellow violet
49
Viola pubescens
Downy Yellow Violet
50
Viola pubescens pubescens
common blue violet
17
Viola sororia
field forget-me-not
3
Myosotis arvensis
Field Forget-me-not
51
Myosotis arvensis arvensis
Canadian wild ginger
16
Asarum canadense
hoary alyssum
46
Berteroa incana
bitter wintercress
52
Barbarea vulgaris
prickly gooseberry
53
Ribes cynosbati
Virginia creeper
54
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Buxbaum's sedge
55
Carex buxbaumii
big bluestem
40
Andropogon gerardii
sideoats grama
56
Bouteloua curtipendula
blue grama
57
Bouteloua gracilis
narrow-leaved cattail
46
Typha angustifolia
broadleaf cattail
58
Typha latifolia
showy lady's slipper
59
Cypripedium reginae
yellow lady's slipper
60
Cypripedium parviflorum
northern small yellow lady's slipper
61
Cypripedium parviflorum makasin
large yellow lady's-slipper
62
Cypripedium parviflorum pubescens
green adder's-mouth
63
Malaxis unifolia
Fairy-slipper
64
Calypso bulbosa
Eastern Fairy-slipper
Calypso bulbosa americana
north wind bog orchid
65
Platanthera aquilonis
green bog orchid
42
Platanthera huronensis
Blunt-leaved Rein Orchid
42
Platanthera obtusata
Round-leaved Bog Orchid
66
Platanthera orbiculata
Canada mayflower
67
Maianthemum canadense
false Solomon's seal
34
Maianthemum racemosum
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley
68
Maianthemum stellatum
northern blue flag
69
Iris versicolor
rose twisted-stalk
70
Streptopus lanceolatus
bluebead lily
26
Clintonia borealis
nodding trillium
16
Trillium cernuum
large white trillium
72
Trillium grandiflorum
largeflower bellwort
73
Uvularia grandiflora
sessile bellwort
74
Uvularia sessilifolia
broadleaf arrowhead
75
Sagittaria latifolia
Jack-in-the-pulpit
42
Arisaema triphyllum
wild calla
76
Calla palustris
shining clubmoss
77
Huperzia lucidula
