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Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada | Parc national du Canada des Hautes-Terres-du-Cap-Breton

A guide to potential species observed in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. For more information about Cape Breton Highlands National Park, please visit: ...more ↓

Narrowleaf Pinweed 1
Lechea intermedia
Ledum groenlandicum 2
Rhododendron groenlandicum
Snowshoe Hare
Lepus americanus
Emerald Spreadwing 3
Lestes dryas
Sweetflag Spreadwing 4
Lestes forcipatus
Frosted Whiteface 5
Leucorrhinia frigida
Crimson-ringed Whiteface 6
Leucorrhinia glacialis
Hudsonian Whiteface 7
Leucorrhinia hudsonica
Canada Whiteface 8
Leucorrhinia patricia
Belted Whiteface 3
Leucorrhinia proxima
Short-billed Dowitcher 9
Limnodromus griseus
Green Frog 10
Lithobates clamitans
Pickerel Frog 11
Lithobates palustris
Northern Leopard Frog 12
Lithobates pipiens
Mink Frog 13
Lithobates septentrionalis
Wood Frog 14
Lithobates sylvaticus
North American River Otter 15
Lontra canadensis
Small-flower Woodrush 16
Luzula parviflora
Canada Lynx 17
Lynx canadensis
Bobcat 18
Lynx rufus
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley 19
Maianthemum canadense
Freshwater Pearl Mussel 20
Margaritifera margaritifera
American Marten 21
Martes americana
Belted Kingfisher 22
Megaceryle alcyon
White-winged Scoter 23
Melanitta fusca
Common Scoter 24
Melanitta nigra
Surf Scoter 23
Melanitta perspicillata
Atlantic Silverside
Menidia menidia
Common Merganser 25
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 26
Mergus serrator
Oysterplant 27
Mertensia maritima
Atlantic Tomcod
Microgadus tomcod
Rock Vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus
Meadow Vole 28
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Greenland stitchwort 29
Minuartia groenlandica
White Perch
Morone americana
Striped Bass 30
Morone saxatilis
Northern Gannet 31
Morus bassanus
House Mouse 32
Mus musculus
Stoat 33
Mustela erminea
Southern Red-backed Vole
Myodes gapperi
Little Brown Bat 34
Myotis lucifugus
Bog Myrtle
Myrica gale
Woodland Jumping Mouse 35
Napaeozapus insignis
Sedge Sprite 4
Nehalennia irene
American Mink 22
Neovison vison
Eastern Newt 11
Notophthalmus viridescens
Whimbrel 36
Numenius phaeopus
Leach's Storm-Petrel 37
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
whorled wood aster 38
Oclemena acuminata
White-tailed Deer 39
Odocoileus virginianus
Rainbow Trout 40
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Muskrat 41
Ondatra zibethicus
Smooth Greensnake 42
Opheodrys vernalis
Riffle Snaketail 43
Ophiogomphus carolus
Rainbow Smelt 44
Osmerus mordax
blunt-fruited sweet-cicely 45
Osmorhiza depauperata
Aniseroot 4
Osmorhiza longistylis
Osmunda cinnamomea 46
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
American hophornbeam 47
Ostrya virginiana
Mountain Wood-sorrel 48
Oxalis montana
alpine sorrel 49
Oxyria digyna
Yellow Oxytropis 50
Oxytropis campestris
Balsam Ragwort 51
Packera paupercula
Osprey 52
Pandion haliaetus
Parnassia palustris var. parviflora
Parnassia palustris parviflora
Gray Jay 53
Perisoreus canadensis
Deer Mouse 54
Peromyscus maniculatus
Cliff Swallow 55
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Double-crested Cormorant 56
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Cormorant 56
Phalacrocorax carbo
Ring-necked Pheasant 57
Phasianus colchicus
Western Atlantic Harbor Seal 58
Phoca vitulina concolor
White Spruce 59
Picea glauca
Black Spruce 60
Picea mariana
Red Spruce 61
Picea rubens
Black-backed Woodpecker 62
Picoides arcticus
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Downy Woodpecker 63
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 64
Picoides villosus
Common Butterwort 65
Pinguicula vulgaris
Jack Pine 66
Pinus banksiana
Eastern White Pine 67
Pinus strobus
Eastern Red-backed Salamander 68
Plethodon cinereus
American Golden-Plover 5
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 69
Pluvialis squatarola
Grove Meadow Grass
Poa alsodes
Glaucous Meadow-grass
Poa glauca
Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis
Poa pratensis pratensis
Red-necked Grebe 70
Podiceps grisegena
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Boreal Chickadee 71
Poecile hudsonicus
Rock Polypody 72
Polypodium virginianum
Northern holly fern 45
Polystichum lonchitis
Ontario balsam poplar 73
Populus balsamifera
Bigtooth Aspen 74
Populus grandidentata
Trembling Aspen 75
Populus tremuloides
Sora 52
Porzana carolina
Spotted Pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher
Potentilla pensylvanica var. litoralis
Potentilla pensylvanica litoralis

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