The Wilderness Center: Flora, Fauna and Fungi (Stark County, Ohio)

The Wilderness Center, a nonprofit organization founded in 1964, is dedicated to educating and connecting visitors with nature, conserving natural resources and practicing environmental stewardship. The Wilderness Center covers over 3,000 acres of forest, prairie, lake, ponds and rivers and is ...more ↓

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Giant Water Bug ¹
Lethocerus americanus

Great St. Johnswort ²
Hypericum ascyron pyramidatum

Common Blackberry ²
Rubus alleghaniensis

Milkweed Tussock Moth ³
Euchaetes egle

Spotted Salamander ⁴
Ambystoma maculatum

Northern Slimy Salamander ⁵
Plethodon glutinosus

Dusky Salamander ⁶
Desmognathus fuscus

Northern Watersnake ⁷
Nerodia sipedon

Widow Skimmer ⁸
Libellula luctuosa

Common Buckeye ⁹
Junonia coenia

North American Ratsnakes
Pantherophis

Eastern Amberwing ¹⁰
Perithemis tenera

Elongate Stilt Spider ¹¹
Tetragnatha elongata

Green Frog ¹²
Lithobates clamitans

Ebony Jewelwing ¹³
Calopteryx maculata

Common Whitetail ¹⁴
Plathemis lydia

Northern Green Frog ¹⁵
Lithobates clamitans melanota

Brown-hooded Owlet ¹⁶
Cucullia convexipennis

White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba

Rhyssomatus lineaticollis

Monarch ¹⁰
Danaus plexippus

Large Milkweed Bug ¹⁷
Oncopeltus fasciatus

Common Milkweed Bug ¹⁸
Lygaeus kalmii

Pigeon Tremex ¹⁹
Tremex columba

Azure Bluet ²⁰
Enallagma aspersum

Virginia spring beauty ²¹
Claytonia virginica

Catchweed Bedstraw ²²
Galium aparine

Virginia Bluebells ²³
Mertensia virginica

American holly
Ilex opaca

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma americanum

Goldenrod Gall Fly ²⁴
Eurosta solidaginis

Ebony Spleenwort ²⁵
Asplenium platyneuron

Gypsy Moth ²⁶
Lymantria dispar

Common Greenshield Lichen ²⁷
Flavoparmelia caperata

Red Milkweed Beetle ²⁸
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Hooded Rosette Lichen ²⁹
Physcia adscendens

Asian Lady Beetle ³⁰
Harmonia axyridis

Eastern Boxelder Bug ³¹
Boisea trivittata

Eastern Comma ²⁸
Polygonia comma

Autumn Meadowhawk ³²
Sympetrum vicinum

Intermediate Wood Fern ³³
Dryopteris intermedia

toadshade ³⁴
Trillium sessile

Dense Blazing Star ³⁵
Liatris spicata

Usnea strigosa ³⁶

Gray's sedge ³⁷
Carex grayi

Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth ³⁸
Saucrobotys futilalis

Hairy Beardtongue ³⁹
Penstemon hirsutus

Ruby-throated Hummingbird ⁴⁰
Archilochus colubris

Canada Goose ⁴¹
Branta canadensis

White-crowned Sparrow ⁴²
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Eastern Towhee ⁴³
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Common Yellowthroat ¹⁴
Geothlypis trichas

Red-winged Blackbird ⁴⁴
Agelaius phoeniceus

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ⁴⁵
Pheucticus ludovicianus

Barn Swallow ⁴⁶
Hirundo rustica

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁴⁷
Sitta canadensis

Northern Mockingbird ⁴⁸
Mimus polyglottos

Eastern Phoebe ⁴⁹
Sayornis phoebe

Red-bellied Woodpecker ⁵⁰
Melanerpes carolinus

Northern Ravine Salamander ⁵¹
Plethodon electromorphus

Eastern Red-backed Salamander ⁵²
Plethodon cinereus

Common Snapping Turtle ⁵³
Chelydra serpentina

White-tailed Deer ⁵⁴
Odocoileus virginianus

Eastern Chipmunk ⁵⁵
Tamias striatus

American Red Squirrel ⁵⁶
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

yellow trout lily ⁵⁷
Erythronium americanum

Red Admiral ⁵⁸
Vanessa atalanta

Indian pipe ⁵⁹
Monotropa uniflora

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle ⁶⁰
Cicindela sexguttata

Eastern Carpenter Bee ⁶¹
Xylocopa virginica

American Dog Tick ⁶²
Dermacentor variabilis

field horsetail ⁶³
Equisetum arvense

Two-spotted Bumble Bee ⁶⁴
Bombus bimaculatus

Carolina horsenettle ⁶⁵
Solanum carolinense

White-striped Black ⁶⁶
Trichodezia albovittata

turkey-tail ⁶⁷
Trametes versicolor

Christmas fern ⁶⁸
Polystichum acrostichoides

sassafras ²⁵
Sassafras albidum

Cabbage White ⁶⁹
Pieris rapae

American Bumble Bee ⁷⁰
Bombus pensylvanicus

Black Swallowtail ⁷¹
Papilio polyxenes

American Snout ⁷²
Libytheana carinenta

Red-spotted Purple ⁷³
Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Little Wood Satyr ⁷⁴
Megisto cymela

Blue Dasher ¹⁷
Pachydiplax longipennis

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ⁷⁵
Papilio glaucus

Red-spotted Admiral ¹⁷
Limenitis arthemis

roundleaf greenbrier ⁷⁶
Smilax rotundifolia

Dusky Slug ⁷⁷
Arion subfuscus

Beechdrops ⁷⁸
Epifagus virginiana

crimson clover ⁷⁹
Trifolium incarnatum

American Toad ⁸⁰
Anaxyrus americanus

American Bullfrog ⁸¹
Lithobates catesbeianus

Gray Ratsnake ⁸²
Pantherophis spiloides

American trumpet vine ⁸³
Campsis radicans

Green Arrow Arum ⁶
Peltandra virginica

bluejacket ⁸⁴
Tradescantia ohiensis

Silver-spotted Skipper ⁸⁵
Epargyreus clarus

foxglove beardtongue ⁸⁶
Penstemon digitalis

Summer Azure ⁸⁷
Celastrina neglecta

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The Wilderness Center: Flora, Fauna and Fungi (Stark County, Ohio)

Giant Water Bug 1 Lethocerus americanus

Great St. Johnswort 2 Hypericum ascyron pyramidatum

Common Blackberry 2 Rubus alleghaniensis

Milkweed Tussock Moth 3 Euchaetes egle

Spotted Salamander 4 Ambystoma maculatum

Northern Slimy Salamander 5 Plethodon glutinosus

Dusky Salamander 6 Desmognathus fuscus

Northern Watersnake 7 Nerodia sipedon

Widow Skimmer 8 Libellula luctuosa

Common Buckeye 9 Junonia coenia

North American Ratsnakes Pantherophis

Eastern Amberwing 10 Perithemis tenera

Elongate Stilt Spider 11 Tetragnatha elongata

Green Frog 12 Lithobates clamitans

Ebony Jewelwing 13 Calopteryx maculata

Common Whitetail 14 Plathemis lydia

Northern Green Frog 15 Lithobates clamitans melanota

Brown-hooded Owlet 16 Cucullia convexipennis

White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba

Rhyssomatus lineaticollis

Monarch 10 Danaus plexippus

Large Milkweed Bug 17 Oncopeltus fasciatus

Common Milkweed Bug 18 Lygaeus kalmii

Pigeon Tremex 19 Tremex columba

Azure Bluet 20 Enallagma aspersum

Virginia spring beauty 21 Claytonia virginica

Catchweed Bedstraw 22 Galium aparine

Virginia Bluebells 23 Mertensia virginica

American holly Ilex opaca

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma americanum

Goldenrod Gall Fly 24 Eurosta solidaginis

Ebony Spleenwort 25 Asplenium platyneuron

Gypsy Moth 26 Lymantria dispar

Common Greenshield Lichen 27 Flavoparmelia caperata

Red Milkweed Beetle 28 Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Hooded Rosette Lichen 29 Physcia adscendens

Asian Lady Beetle 30 Harmonia axyridis

Eastern Boxelder Bug 31 Boisea trivittata

Eastern Comma 28 Polygonia comma

Autumn Meadowhawk 32 Sympetrum vicinum

Intermediate Wood Fern 33 Dryopteris intermedia

toadshade 34 Trillium sessile

Dense Blazing Star 35 Liatris spicata

Usnea strigosa 36

Gray's sedge 37 Carex grayi

Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth 38 Saucrobotys futilalis

Hairy Beardtongue 39 Penstemon hirsutus

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 40 Archilochus colubris

Canada Goose 41 Branta canadensis

White-crowned Sparrow 42 Zonotrichia leucophrys

Eastern Towhee 43 Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Common Yellowthroat 14 Geothlypis trichas

Red-winged Blackbird 44 Agelaius phoeniceus

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 45 Pheucticus ludovicianus

Barn Swallow 46 Hirundo rustica

Red-breasted Nuthatch 47 Sitta canadensis

Northern Mockingbird 48 Mimus polyglottos

Eastern Phoebe 49 Sayornis phoebe

Red-bellied Woodpecker 50 Melanerpes carolinus

Northern Ravine Salamander 51 Plethodon electromorphus

Eastern Red-backed Salamander 52 Plethodon cinereus

Common Snapping Turtle 53 Chelydra serpentina

White-tailed Deer 54 Odocoileus virginianus

Eastern Chipmunk 55 Tamias striatus

American Red Squirrel 56 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

yellow trout lily 57 Erythronium americanum

Red Admiral 58 Vanessa atalanta

Indian pipe 59 Monotropa uniflora

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 60 Cicindela sexguttata

Eastern Carpenter Bee 61 Xylocopa virginica

American Dog Tick 62 Dermacentor variabilis

field horsetail 63 Equisetum arvense

Two-spotted Bumble Bee 64 Bombus bimaculatus

Carolina horsenettle 65 Solanum carolinense

White-striped Black 66 Trichodezia albovittata

turkey-tail 67 Trametes versicolor

Christmas fern 68 Polystichum acrostichoides

sassafras 25 Sassafras albidum

Cabbage White 69 Pieris rapae