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Itasca State Park Biodiversity

A guide to the Biota of Itasca State Park, Minnesota

compiled by Janet Rith-Najarian

field horsetail 1
Equisetum arvense
water horsetail 2
Equisetum fluviatile
dwarf horsetail 3
Equisetum scirpoides
rattlesnake fern 4
Botrypus virginianus
bulblet fern 5
Cystopteris bulbifera
northern oak fern 6
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
common bracken 7
Pteridium aquilinum
ostrich fern 8
Matteuccia struthiopteris
northern whitecedar 9
Thuja occidentalis
eastern white pine 10
Pinus strobus
Jack pine 11
Pinus banksiana
red pine 12
Pinus resinosa
balsam fir 13
Abies balsamea
tamarack 14
Larix laricina
white spruce 15
Picea glauca
Alsike clover 16
Trifolium hybridum
red clover 17
Trifolium pratense
white clover 18
Trifolium repens
yellow sweetclover 19
Melilotus officinalis
bird's-foot trefoil 20
Lotus corniculatus
pointed-leaved tick-trefoil 21
Hylodesmum glutinosum
pale vetchling 22
Lathyrus ochroleucus
veiny pea 23
Lathyrus venosus
American vetch 24
Vicia americana
Canadian milkvetch 25
Astragalus canadensis
purple prairie clover 26
Dalea purpurea
Siberian peashrub 27
Caragana arborescens
Wild strawberry 28
Fragaria vesca
Virginia strawberry 29
Fragaria virginiana
silverleaf cinquefoil 30
Potentilla argentea
common agrimony 31
Agrimonia gryposepala
chokecherry 27
Prunus virginiana
European raspberry 32
Rubus idaeus
prairie rose 33
Rosa arkansana
Yellow Avens 34
Geum aleppicum
prairie smoke 35
Geum triflorum
American mountain ash 27
Sorbus americana
Prairie Crab Apple 36
Malus ioensis
stinging nettle 37
Urtica dioica
common hops 38
Humulus lupulus
Indian pipe 39
Monotropa uniflora
bog wintergreen 40
Pyrola asarifolia
green-flowered wintergreen 41
Pyrola chlorantha
lowbush blueberry 42
Vaccinium angustifolium
common jewelweed 43
Impatiens capensis
starflower 44
Lysimachia borealis
fringed loosestrife 29
Lysimachia ciliata
Tufted Loosestrife 45
Lysimachia thyrsiflora
prairie phlox 46
Phlox pilosa
downy phlox 2
Phlox pilosa fulgida
alternate-leaved dogwood 36
Cornus alternifolia
Canadian bunchberry 47
Cornus canadensis
swamp milkweed 48
Asclepias incarnata
common milkweed 49
Asclepias syriaca
spreading dogbane 39
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Northern Bedstraw 50
Galium boreale
closed bottle gentian 51
Gentiana andrewsii
water smartweed 52
Persicaria amphibia
white campion 53
Silene latifolia
marsh grass-of-Parnassus 54
Parnassia palustris
American bittersweet 55
Celastrus scandens
creeping thistle 56
Cirsium arvense
swamp thistle 57
Cirsium muticum
bull thistle 58
Cirsium vulgare
white rattlesnakeroot 59
Nabalus albus
common dandelion 60
Taraxacum officinale
meadow hawkweed 61
Pilosella caespitosa
spotted Joe-Pye weed 62
Eutrochium maculatum
rough blazing star 63
Liatris aspera
pearly everlasting 64
Anaphalis margaritacea
oxeye daisy 65
Leucanthemum vulgare
tansy 27
Tanacetum vulgare
common yarrow 66
Achillea millefolium
broad-leaved goldenrod 36
Solidago flexicaulis
Hairy Goldenrod
Solidago hispida
Philadelphia fleabane 67
Erigeron philadelphicus
giant sunflower 68
Helianthus giganteus
cutleaf coneflower 69
Rudbeckia laciniata
black-eyed Susan 70
Rudbeckia hirta
black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta pulcherrima
grey-headed coneflower 46
Ratibida pinnata
great blanketflower 71
Gaillardia aristata
Creeping Bellflower 35
Campanula rapunculoides
Harebell 72
Campanula rotundifolia
wild geranium 73
Geranium maculatum
poison ivy 74
Toxicodendron radicans
western poison ivy 36
Toxicodendron rydbergii
staghorn sumac 75
Rhus typhina
prickly ash 36
Zanthoxylum americanum
sugar maple 76
Acer saccharum
Mountain Maple 77
Acer spicatum
Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade 78
Circaea alpina
common evening-primrose 79
Oenothera biennis
fireweed 80
Chamaenerion angustifolium
bur oak 81
Quercus macrocarpa
northern red oak 82
Quercus rubra
paper birch 83
Betula papyrifera
Swamp Birch 84
Betula pumila
grey alder 85
Alnus incana
swamp alder 86
Alnus incana rugosa

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