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Itasca State Park Biodiversity

A guide to the Biota of Itasca State Park, Minnesota

compiled by Janet Rith-Najarian

Alsike clover 1
Trifolium hybridum
red clover 2
Trifolium pratense
white clover 3
Trifolium repens
yellow sweetclover 4
Melilotus officinalis
bird's-foot trefoil 5
Lotus corniculatus
pointed-leaved tick-trefoil 6
Hylodesmum glutinosum
pale vetchling 7
Lathyrus ochroleucus
veiny pea 8
Lathyrus venosus
American vetch 9
Vicia americana
Canadian milkvetch 10
Astragalus canadensis
purple prairie clover 11
Dalea purpurea
Siberian peashrub 12
Caragana arborescens
Wild strawberry 13
Fragaria vesca
Virginia strawberry 14
Fragaria virginiana
silverleaf cinquefoil 15
Potentilla argentea
common agrimony 16
Agrimonia gryposepala
chokecherry 12
Prunus virginiana
European raspberry 17
Rubus idaeus
prairie rose 18
Rosa arkansana
Yellow Avens 19
Geum aleppicum
prairie smoke 20
Geum triflorum
American mountain ash 12
Sorbus americana
Prairie Crab Apple 21
Malus ioensis
stinging nettle 22
Urtica dioica
common hops 23
Humulus lupulus
Indian pipe 24
Monotropa uniflora
bog wintergreen 25
Pyrola asarifolia
green-flowered wintergreen 26
Pyrola chlorantha
lowbush blueberry 27
Vaccinium angustifolium
common jewelweed 28
Impatiens capensis
starflower 29
Lysimachia borealis
fringed loosestrife 14
Lysimachia ciliata
Tufted Loosestrife 30
Lysimachia thyrsiflora
prairie phlox 31
Phlox pilosa
downy phlox 32
Phlox pilosa fulgida
alternate-leaved dogwood 21
Cornus alternifolia
Canadian bunchberry 33
Cornus canadensis
swamp milkweed 34
Asclepias incarnata
common milkweed 35
Asclepias syriaca
spreading dogbane 24
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Northern Bedstraw 36
Galium boreale
closed bottle gentian 37
Gentiana andrewsii
water smartweed 38
Persicaria amphibia
white campion 39
Silene latifolia
marsh grass-of-Parnassus 40
Parnassia palustris
American bittersweet 41
Celastrus scandens
creeping thistle 42
Cirsium arvense
swamp thistle 43
Cirsium muticum
bull thistle 44
Cirsium vulgare
white rattlesnakeroot 45
Nabalus albus
common dandelion 46
Taraxacum officinale
meadow hawkweed 47
Pilosella caespitosa
spotted Joe-Pye weed 48
Eutrochium maculatum
rough blazing star 49
Liatris aspera
pearly everlasting 50
Anaphalis margaritacea
oxeye daisy 51
Leucanthemum vulgare
tansy 12
Tanacetum vulgare
common yarrow 52
Achillea millefolium
broad-leaved goldenrod 21
Solidago flexicaulis
Hairy Goldenrod
Solidago hispida
Philadelphia fleabane 53
Erigeron philadelphicus
giant sunflower 54
Helianthus giganteus
cutleaf coneflower 55
Rudbeckia laciniata
black-eyed Susan 56
Rudbeckia hirta
black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta pulcherrima
grey-headed coneflower 31
Ratibida pinnata
great blanketflower 57
Gaillardia aristata
Creeping Bellflower 20
Campanula rapunculoides
Harebell 58
Campanula rotundifolia
wild geranium 59
Geranium maculatum
poison ivy 60
Toxicodendron radicans
western poison ivy 21
Toxicodendron rydbergii
staghorn sumac 61
Rhus typhina
prickly ash 21
Zanthoxylum americanum
sugar maple 62
Acer saccharum
Mountain Maple 63
Acer spicatum
Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade 64
Circaea alpina
common evening-primrose 65
Oenothera biennis
fireweed 66
Chamaenerion angustifolium
bur oak 67
Quercus macrocarpa
northern red oak 68
Quercus rubra
paper birch 69
Betula papyrifera
Swamp Birch 70
Betula pumila
grey alder 71
Alnus incana
swamp alder 72
Alnus incana rugosa
American hazelnut 73
Corylus americana
beaked hazelnut 74
Corylus cornuta
great mullein 4
Verbascum thapsus
Canadian wood betony 21
Pedicularis canadensis
marsh hedge nettle 75
Stachys hispida
anise hyssop 11
Agastache foeniculum
wild bergamot 76
Monarda fistulosa
common selfheal 77
Prunella vulgaris
Marsh Skullcap 78
Scutellaria galericulata
corn mint 79
Mentha arvensis
ground-ivy 80
Glechoma hederacea
common toadflax 81
Linaria vulgaris
thyme-leaved speedwell 82
Veronica serpyllifolia
scrambled eggs 56
Corydalis aurea
bloodroot 83
Sanguinaria canadensis

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