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.

All 74

common jewelweed ¹
Impatiens capensis

cardinal flower ²
Lobelia cardinalis

swamp candles ³
Lysimachia terrestris

American beech ⁴
Fagus grandifolia

Indian pipe ⁵
Monotropa uniflora

Virginia creeper ⁶
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

bloodroot ⁷
Sanguinaria canadensis

buttonbush ⁸
Cephalanthus occidentalis

common yarrow ²
Achillea millefolium

Sweet Pepperbush ¹
Clethra alnifolia

Carolina horsenettle ⁹
Solanum carolinense

sheep laurel ¹⁰
Kalmia angustifolia

upright yellow woodsorrel ¹¹
Oxalis stricta

bittersweet nightshade ¹²
Solanum dulcamara

thyme-leaved speedwell ¹³
Veronica serpyllifolia

Greater celandine ¹⁴
Chelidonium majus

ground-ivy ¹⁵
Glechoma hederacea

alder buckthorn ¹⁶
Frangula alnus

garlic mustard ¹⁷
Alliaria petiolata

Canadian wild ginger ¹⁸
Asarum canadense

poison ivy ¹⁹
Toxicodendron radicans

great mullein ²⁰
Verbascum thapsus

American wintergreen ¹⁸
Pyrola americana

American holly ²¹
Ilex opaca

purple-flowered raspberry ²²
Rubus odoratus

fringed loosestrife ²³
Lysimachia ciliata

Oriental bittersweet ²⁴
Celastrus orbiculatus

Japanese honeysuckle ²⁵
Lonicera japonica

bulbous buttercup ²⁶
Ranunculus bulbosus

swamp rose ²⁷
Rosa palustris

spotted wintergreen ²⁸
Chimaphila maculata

partridgeberry ¹⁸
Mitchella repens

umbrella magnolia ²⁹
Magnolia tripetala

white avens ³⁰
Geum canadense

white meadowsweet ³¹
Spiraea alba

heath speedwell ³²
Veronica officinalis

New Jersey tea ³³
Ceanothus americanus

aniseroot ³⁴
Osmorhiza longistylis

Japanese pachysandra ³⁵
Pachysandra terminalis

bigleaf magnolia ³⁶
Magnolia macrophylla

broadleaf enchanter's nightshade ³⁷
Circaea canadensis

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Dinosaur State Park Guide

common jewelweed 1 Impatiens capensis

cardinal flower 2 Lobelia cardinalis

swamp candles 3 Lysimachia terrestris

American beech 4 Fagus grandifolia

Indian pipe 5 Monotropa uniflora

Virginia creeper 6 Parthenocissus quinquefolia

bloodroot 7 Sanguinaria canadensis

buttonbush 8 Cephalanthus occidentalis

common yarrow 2 Achillea millefolium

Sweet Pepperbush 1 Clethra alnifolia

Carolina horsenettle 9 Solanum carolinense

sheep laurel 10 Kalmia angustifolia

upright yellow woodsorrel 11 Oxalis stricta

bittersweet nightshade 12 Solanum dulcamara

thyme-leaved speedwell 13 Veronica serpyllifolia

Greater celandine 14 Chelidonium majus

ground-ivy 15 Glechoma hederacea

alder buckthorn 16 Frangula alnus

garlic mustard 17 Alliaria petiolata

Canadian wild ginger 18 Asarum canadense

poison ivy 19 Toxicodendron radicans

great mullein 20 Verbascum thapsus

American wintergreen 18 Pyrola americana

American holly 21 Ilex opaca

purple-flowered raspberry 22 Rubus odoratus

fringed loosestrife 23 Lysimachia ciliata

Oriental bittersweet 24 Celastrus orbiculatus

Japanese honeysuckle 25 Lonicera japonica

bulbous buttercup 26 Ranunculus bulbosus

swamp rose 27 Rosa palustris

spotted wintergreen 28 Chimaphila maculata

partridgeberry 18 Mitchella repens

umbrella magnolia 29 Magnolia tripetala

white avens 30 Geum canadense

white meadowsweet 31 Spiraea alba

heath speedwell 32 Veronica officinalis

New Jersey tea 33 Ceanothus americanus

aniseroot 34 Osmorhiza longistylis

Japanese pachysandra 35 Pachysandra terminalis

bigleaf magnolia 36 Magnolia macrophylla

broadleaf enchanter's nightshade 37 Circaea canadensis