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Wildlife of Lancaster

Learn about all kinds of animals that live in Lancaster here.

Wild strawberry 1
Fragaria vesca
Jack-in-the-pulpit 2
Arisaema triphyllum
eastern leatherwood 3
Dirca palustris
Fiery Skipper 4
Hylephila phyleus
broad-leaved helleborine 5
Epipactis helleborine
common toadflax 6
Linaria vulgaris
red trillium 7
Trillium erectum
common pawpaw 8
Asimina triloba
Gray Hairstreak 9
Strymon melinus
bloodroot 10
Sanguinaria canadensis
Dutchman's breeches 11
Dicentra cucullaria
false Solomon's seal 12
Maianthemum racemosum
Eastern Carpenter Bee 13
Xylocopa virginica
American white waterlily 14
Nymphaea odorata
Nymphaea odorata odorata 15
American water-willow 16
Justicia americana
Red-eared Slider 17
Trachemys scripta elegans
Common Checkered-Skipper 18
Pyrgus communis
showy orchis 19
Galearis spectabilis
Greater Bee Fly 20
Bombylius major
common snowdrop 21
Galanthus nivalis
hairy crabweed 22
Fatoua villosa
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 23
Coccinella septempunctata
Goutweed 24
Aegopodium podagraria
creeping Jenny 25
Lysimachia nummularia
red clover 26
Trifolium pratense
stinging nettle 27
Urtica dioica
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 28
Sphecius speciosus
American witch-hazel 29
Hamamelis virginiana
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth 30
Spoladea recurvalis
Sachem 31
Atalopedes campestris
American Dog Tick 32
Dermacentor variabilis
Borage 33
Borago officinalis
common morning-glory 34
Ipomoea purpurea
eastern white pine 35
Pinus strobus
sugar maple 36
Acer saccharum
lady fern 14
Athyrium filix-femina
rough horsetail 37
Equisetum hyemale
orchard grass 38
Dactylis glomerata
field horsetail 39
Equisetum arvense
Scarlet Beebalm 40
Monarda didyma
Northern highbush blueberry 41
Vaccinium corymbosum
Dark Paper Wasp 42
Polistes fuscatus
buttonbush 43
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common selfheal 44
Prunella vulgaris
Zabulon Skipper 45
Poanes zabulon
Golden Northern Bumble Bee 46
Bombus fervidus
Agile Long-horned Bee 47
Melissodes agilis
Perennial Ryegrass 48
Lolium perenne
common yarrow 49
Achillea millefolium
common mugwort 50
Artemisia vulgaris
Black Saddlebags 51
Tramea lacerata
Commelina communis communis 52
Carolina horsenettle 53
Solanum carolinense
Faint-spotted Palthis Moth 54
Palthis asopialis
Elegant Grass-veneer 55
Microcrambus elegans
Bald-faced Hornet 56
Dolichovespula maculata
chicory 57
Cichorium intybus
Pearl Crescent 58
Phyciodes tharos
Asiatic dayflower 59
Commelina communis
late boneset 60
Eupatorium serotinum
bull thistle 61
Cirsium vulgare
pineapple-weed 62
Matricaria discoidea
poison hemlock 63
Conium maculatum
giant ragweed 64
Ambrosia trifida
catchweed bedstraw 65
Galium aparine
Black Mustard 66
Brassica nigra
Creeping Woodsorrel 67
Oxalis corniculata
ribwort plantain 68
Plantago lanceolata
curled dock 69
Rumex crispus
common groundsel 70
Senecio vulgaris
Eastern Boxelder Bug 71
Boisea trivittata
common chickweed 27
Stellaria media
Great Nettle 72
Urtica dioica dioica
beaked hazelnut 73
Corylus cornuta
Tulip-tree Silkmoth 74
Callosamia angulifera
tulip tree 75
Liriodendron tulipifera
common ragweed 76
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
chicken of the woods 77
Laetiporus sulphureus
hen of the woods 78
Grifola frondosa
twoleaf miterwort 79
Mitella diphylla
Bold Jumping Spider 80
Phidippus audax
western scouringrush 81
Equisetum hyemale affine
European Carp 74
Cyprinus carpio
Eastern Comma 82
Polygonia comma
turkey-tail 83
Trametes versicolor
European Hornet 84
Vespa crabro
Nasturtium 85
Tropaeolum majus
marginal wood fern 63
Dryopteris marginalis
rock polypody 86
Polypodium virginianum
Christmas fern 4
Polystichum acrostichoides
eastern black walnut 86
Juglans nigra
common duckweed 87
Lemna minor
splitgill mushroom 88
Schizophyllum commune
white fringetree 89
Chionanthus virginicus
silver maple 63
Acer saccharinum
Norway maple 90
Acer platanoides
smooth sumac 91
Rhus glabra
American hornbeam 92
Carpinus caroliniana
flowering dogwood 93
Cornus florida

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