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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.

common jewelweed 1
Impatiens capensis
cardinal flower 2
Lobelia cardinalis
swamp candles 3
Lysimachia terrestris
yellow trout lily 4
Erythronium americanum
eastern skunk cabbage 5
Symplocarpus foetidus
American beech 6
Fagus grandifolia
Indian pipe 7
Monotropa uniflora
Virginia creeper 8
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
bloodroot 9
Sanguinaria canadensis
false Solomon's seal 3
Maianthemum racemosum
buttonbush 10
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common yarrow 2
Achillea millefolium
Sweet Pepperbush 1
Clethra alnifolia
Carolina horsenettle 11
Solanum carolinense
sheep laurel 12
Kalmia angustifolia
upright yellow woodsorrel 13
Oxalis stricta
bittersweet nightshade 14
Solanum dulcamara
thyme-leaved speedwell 15
Veronica serpyllifolia
Greater celandine 16
Chelidonium majus
ground-ivy 17
Glechoma hederacea
alder buckthorn 18
Frangula alnus
garlic mustard 19
Alliaria petiolata
Canadian wild ginger 20
Asarum canadense
poison ivy 21
Toxicodendron radicans
great mullein 22
Verbascum thapsus
American wintergreen 20
Pyrola americana
American holly 23
Ilex opaca
purple-flowered raspberry 24
Rubus odoratus
fringed loosestrife 25
Lysimachia ciliata
Oriental bittersweet 26
Celastrus orbiculatus
Canada mayflower 27
Maianthemum canadense
Japanese honeysuckle 28
Lonicera japonica
bulbous buttercup 29
Ranunculus bulbosus
swamp rose 30
Rosa palustris
spotted wintergreen 31
Chimaphila maculata
partridgeberry 20
Mitchella repens
umbrella magnolia 32
Magnolia tripetala
white avens 33
Geum canadense
white meadowsweet 34
Spiraea alba
heath speedwell 35
Veronica officinalis
New Jersey tea 36
Ceanothus americanus
aniseroot 37
Osmorhiza longistylis
Japanese pachysandra 38
Pachysandra terminalis
bigleaf magnolia 39
Magnolia macrophylla
broadleaf enchanter's nightshade 40
Circaea canadensis

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