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Dinosaur State Park Guide

This guide was created to help our visitors understand what sorts of plants and animals we have in Connecticut, but specifically at Dinosaur State Park. Each of these plants and animals is important not just to the environment, but to humans as well.

White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Sitta carolinensis
Gray Catbird 2
Dumetella carolinensis
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Contopus virens
Common Garter Snake 3
Thamnophis sirtalis
Eastern Garter Snake 4
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Eastern Cottontail 5
Sylvilagus floridanus
Gypsy Moth 6
Lymantria dispar
common jewelweed 7
Impatiens capensis
cardinal flower 8
Lobelia cardinalis
swamp candles 2
Lysimachia terrestris
yellow trout lily 9
Erythronium americanum
northern maidenhair fern 10
Adiantum pedatum
eastern skunk cabbage 11
Symplocarpus foetidus
American beech 12
Fagus grandifolia
Indian pipe 13
Monotropa uniflora
Virginia creeper 14
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
bloodroot 15
Sanguinaria canadensis
false Solomon's seal 2
Maianthemum racemosum
Eastern Carpenter Bee 16
Xylocopa virginica
buttonbush 17
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common yarrow 8
Achillea millefolium
Sweet Pepperbush 7
Clethra alnifolia
Carolina horsenettle 18
Solanum carolinense
sheep laurel 19
Kalmia angustifolia
upright yellow woodsorrel 20
Oxalis stricta
Christmas fern 21
Polystichum acrostichoides
Black Witches' Butter 22
Exidia glandulosa
bittersweet nightshade 23
Solanum dulcamara
thyme-leaved speedwell 24
Veronica serpyllifolia
Greater celandine 25
Chelidonium majus
ground-ivy 26
Glechoma hederacea
alder buckthorn 27
Frangula alnus
garlic mustard 28
Alliaria petiolata
Canadian wild ginger 29
Asarum canadense
poison ivy 30
Toxicodendron radicans
great mullein 31
Verbascum thapsus
Blue Dasher 32
Pachydiplax longipennis
American wintergreen 29
Pyrola americana
American holly 33
Ilex opaca
Eastern Pondhawk 34
Erythemis simplicicollis
purple-flowered raspberry 35
Rubus odoratus
fringed loosestrife 36
Lysimachia ciliata
Oriental bittersweet 37
Celastrus orbiculatus
American Toad 38
Anaxyrus americanus
American Bullfrog 39
Lithobates catesbeianus
Canada mayflower 40
Maianthemum canadense
Japanese honeysuckle 41
Lonicera japonica
bulbous buttercup 42
Ranunculus bulbosus
swamp rose 43
Rosa palustris
spotted wintergreen 44
Chimaphila maculata
marsh fern 45
Thelypteris palustris
sensitive fern 46
Onoclea sensibilis
partridgeberry 29
Mitchella repens
Common Whitetail 47
Plathemis lydia
European Paper Wasp 48
Polistes dominula
umbrella magnolia 49
Magnolia tripetala
white avens 50
Geum canadense
common greenshield lichen 51
Flavoparmelia caperata
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 52
Bombus griseocollis
Yellow Patches 53
Amanita flavoconia
Winter Firefly 54
Ellychnia corrusca
Sycamore Tussock Moth 55
Halysidota harrisii
white meadowsweet 56
Spiraea alba
heath speedwell 57
Veronica officinalis
New Jersey tea 58
Ceanothus americanus
aniseroot 59
Osmorhiza longistylis
Japanese pachysandra 60
Pachysandra terminalis
bigleaf magnolia 61
Magnolia macrophylla
Eastern American marsh fern 62
Thelypteris palustris pubescens
Slender Flower Longhorn Beetle 63
Strangalia famelica
flat-branched tree-clubmoss 12
Dendrolycopodium obscurum
broadleaf enchanter's nightshade 3
Circaea canadensis
Brachyleptura rubrica 64
Ant-like longhorn beetle 65
Cyrtophorus verrucosus

Edited by dillydino1966 and Michael Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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