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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
northern maidenhair fern 5
Adiantum pedatum
eastern skunk cabbage 6
Symplocarpus foetidus
American beech 7
Fagus grandifolia
Indian pipe 8
Monotropa uniflora
Virginia creeper 9
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
bloodroot 10
Sanguinaria canadensis
false Solomon's seal 3
Maianthemum racemosum
buttonbush 11
Cephalanthus occidentalis
common yarrow 2
Achillea millefolium
Sweet Pepperbush 1
Clethra alnifolia
Carolina horsenettle 12
Solanum carolinense
sheep laurel 13
Kalmia angustifolia
upright yellow woodsorrel 14
Oxalis stricta
Christmas fern 15
Polystichum acrostichoides
bittersweet nightshade 16
Solanum dulcamara
thyme-leaved speedwell 17
Veronica serpyllifolia
Greater celandine 18
Chelidonium majus
ground-ivy 19
Glechoma hederacea
alder buckthorn 20
Frangula alnus
garlic mustard 21
Alliaria petiolata
Canadian wild ginger 22
Asarum canadense
poison ivy 23
Toxicodendron radicans
great mullein 24
Verbascum thapsus
American wintergreen 22
Pyrola americana
American holly 25
Ilex opaca
purple-flowered raspberry 26
Rubus odoratus
fringed loosestrife 27
Lysimachia ciliata
Oriental bittersweet 28
Celastrus orbiculatus
Canada mayflower 29
Maianthemum canadense
Japanese honeysuckle 30
Lonicera japonica
bulbous buttercup 31
Ranunculus bulbosus
swamp rose 32
Rosa palustris
spotted wintergreen 33
Chimaphila maculata
marsh fern 34
Thelypteris palustris
sensitive fern 35
Onoclea sensibilis
partridgeberry 22
Mitchella repens
umbrella magnolia 36
Magnolia tripetala
white avens 37
Geum canadense
white meadowsweet 38
Spiraea alba
heath speedwell 39
Veronica officinalis
New Jersey tea 40
Ceanothus americanus
aniseroot 41
Osmorhiza longistylis
Japanese pachysandra 42
Pachysandra terminalis
bigleaf magnolia 43
Magnolia macrophylla
Eastern American marsh fern 44
Thelypteris palustris pubescens
flat-branched tree-clubmoss 7
Dendrolycopodium obscurum
broadleaf enchanter's nightshade 45
Circaea canadensis

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