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Wildlife of Lancaster

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

spreading dogbane 1
Apocynum androsaemifolium
bird's-foot trefoil 2
Lotus corniculatus
Persian silk tree 3
Albizia julibrissin
common dandelion 4
Taraxacum officinale
common stork's-bill 5
Erodium cicutarium
dame's rocket 6
Hesperis matronalis
wild geranium 7
Geranium maculatum
boxelder 8
Acer negundo
common jewelweed 9
Impatiens capensis
pale jewelweed 10
Impatiens pallida
eastern prickly pear 11
Opuntia humifusa
common milkweed 12
Asclepias syriaca
butterfly milkweed 13
Asclepias tuberosa
cardinal flower 14
Lobelia cardinalis
black maple 15
Acer nigrum
red maple 16
Acer rubrum
eastern redbud 17
Cercis canadensis
American pokeweed 18
Phytolacca americana
wild cucumber 19
Echinocystis lobata
Catnip 20
Nepeta cataria
purple coneflower 21
Echinacea purpurea
American plum 22
Prunus americana
squirrel corn 23
Dicentra canadensis
northern red oak 24
Quercus rubra
black oak 20
Quercus velutina
sweet birch 25
Betula lenta
American chestnut 26
Castanea dentata
Chinese chestnut 27
Castanea mollissima
American beech 28
Fagus grandifolia
mayapple 29
Podophyllum peltatum
mountain laurel 30
Kalmia latifolia
Indian pipe 31
Monotropa uniflora
American sweetgum 32
Liquidambar styraciflua
American sycamore 33
Platanus occidentalis
pinkster flower 34
Rhododendron periclymenoides
red columbine 35
Aquilegia canadensis
Spanish needles 36
Bidens bipinnata
Virginia creeper 37
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Wild strawberry 38
Fragaria vesca
eastern leatherwood 39
Dirca palustris
common toadflax 40
Linaria vulgaris
common pawpaw 41
Asimina triloba
bloodroot 42
Sanguinaria canadensis
Dutchman's breeches 43
Dicentra cucullaria
American white waterlily 44
Nymphaea odorata
Nymphaea odorata odorata 45
American water-willow 46
Justicia americana
hairy crabweed 47
Fatoua villosa
Goutweed 48
Aegopodium podagraria
creeping Jenny 49
Lysimachia nummularia
red clover 50
Trifolium pratense
stinging nettle 51
Urtica dioica
American witch-hazel 52
Hamamelis virginiana
Borage 53
Borago officinalis
common morning-glory 54
Ipomoea purpurea
sugar maple 55
Acer saccharum
Scarlet Beebalm 56
Monarda didyma
Northern highbush blueberry 57
Vaccinium corymbosum
buttonbush 58
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common selfheal 59
Prunella vulgaris
common yarrow 14
Achillea millefolium
common mugwort 60
Artemisia vulgaris
Carolina horsenettle 61
Solanum carolinense
chicory 62
Cichorium intybus
late boneset 63
Eupatorium serotinum
bull thistle 64
Cirsium vulgare
pineapple-weed 65
Matricaria discoidea
poison hemlock 66
Conium maculatum
giant ragweed 67
Ambrosia trifida
catchweed bedstraw 68
Galium aparine
Black Mustard 69
Brassica nigra
Creeping Woodsorrel 70
Oxalis corniculata
ribwort plantain 71
Plantago lanceolata
curled dock 72
Rumex crispus
common groundsel 73
Senecio vulgaris
common chickweed 51
Stellaria media
Great Nettle 74
Urtica dioica dioica
beaked hazelnut 75
Corylus cornuta
tulip tree 76
Liriodendron tulipifera
common ragweed 77
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
twoleaf miterwort 78
Mitella diphylla
Nasturtium 79
Tropaeolum majus
eastern black walnut 80
Juglans nigra
white fringetree 81
Chionanthus virginicus
silver maple 66
Acer saccharinum
Norway maple 28
Acer platanoides
smooth sumac 82
Rhus glabra
American hornbeam 83
Carpinus caroliniana
flowering dogwood 84
Cornus florida

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