River Bend Nature Center (MN) Plant and Animal Guide

Plants and animals you might see at River Bend Nature Center in Faribault, Minnesota. www.rbnc.org

All 228

Wild Parsnip ¹
Pastinaca sativa

White-flower Beardtongue ²
Penstemon albidus

Large Beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus

Jumpseed ³
Persicaria virginiana

Reed Canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea

Obedient Plant ⁴
Physostegia virginiana

Blue Phlox ⁵
Phlox divaricata

Rough Cinquefoil ⁶
Potentilla norvegica

Mayapple ⁷
Podophyllum peltatum

bristly buttercup ⁸
Ranunculus hispidus

common purslane ⁹
Portulaca oleracea

Yellow Coneflower ¹⁰
Ratibida pinnata

tall cinquefoil ¹
Drymocallis arguta

Common Buckthorn ¹¹
Rhamnus cathartica

Common Selfheal ¹²
Prunella vulgaris

Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum

Bur Oak ²
Quercus macrocarpa

Roses ¹³
Rosa

Black-eyed-Susan ¹⁴
Rudbeckia hirta

Common sorrel ¹⁵
Rumex acetosa

Smooth Gooseberry ¹⁶
Ribes hirtellum

Black Raspberry ¹
Rubus occidentalis

Curly Dock ¹⁷
Rumex crispus

Bloodroot ¹⁸
Sanguinaria canadensis

marsh skullcap ¹⁹
Scutellaria galericulata

Little Bluestem ²⁰
Schizachyrium scoparium

White Campion
Silene latifolia

Buffalo Bur ⁸
Solanum rostratum

Compass Plant ⁴
Silphium laciniatum

Canada Goldenrod ²¹
Solidago canadensis

bur-cucumber
Sicyos angulatus

Stiff-leaved Goldenrod ²
Solidago rigida

Indiangrass ²
Sorghastrum nutans

Showy Goldenrod ⁸
Solidago speciosa

Common Chickweed ²²
Stellaria media

New England Aster ²³
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Common Dandelion ²⁴
Taraxacum officinale

Tansy ²⁵
Tanacetum vulgare

American Germander ²⁶
Teucrium canadense

Field Penny-cress ¹⁹
Thlaspi arvense

Poison Ivy ²⁷
Toxicodendron radicans

Spiderworts ²⁸
Tradescantia

Yellow Salsify ²⁹
Tragopogon dubius

Red Clover ³⁰
Trifolium pratense

Nodding Trillium ¹
Trillium cernuum

Orangefruit Horse-Gentian ³¹
Triosteum aurantiacum

Stinging Nettle ³²
Urtica dioica

White Clover ⁶
Trifolium repens

Common Mullein ²¹
Verbascum thapsus

Blue Vervain ⁸
Verbena hastata

Hoary Vervain ³³
Verbena stricta

White Vervain ⁸
Verbena urticifolia

Smooth Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata

Culver's Root ³⁴
Veronicastrum virginicum

Canada Violet ³⁵
Viola canadensis

Downy Yellow Violet ¹
Viola pubescens

hookedspur violet ³⁶
Viola adunca

Golden Alexander ³³
Zizia aurea

River Bank Grape ¹⁶
Vitis riparia

Gray Tree Frog ³⁷
Hyla versicolor

Northern Leopard Frog ³⁸
Lithobates pipiens

Wood Frog ³⁹
Lithobates sylvaticus

American Bullfrog ⁴⁰
Lithobates catesbeianus

Spring Peeper ⁴¹
Pseudacris crucifer

Green Frog ⁴²
Lithobates clamitans

Western Chorus Frog ⁴¹
Pseudacris triseriata

Common Garter Snake ⁴³
Thamnophis sirtalis

Eastern Tiger Salamander ⁴⁴
Ambystoma tigrinum

DeKay's Brownsnake ⁴⁵
Storeria dekayi

American Toad ³
Anaxyrus americanus

Redbelly Snake ⁴¹
Storeria occipitomaculata

Prairie Skink ⁴⁶
Plestiodon septentrionalis

Eastern Foxsnake ⁴⁷
Pantherophis vulpinus

Milk Snake ⁴¹
Lampropeltis triangulum

Painted Turtle ⁴⁴
Chrysemys picta

Common Snapping Turtle ⁴⁸
Chelydra serpentina

Spiny Softshell ⁴⁹
Apalone spinifera

Wood Turtle ⁵⁰
Glyptemys insculpta

Monarch ⁵¹
Danaus plexippus

white sweet clover ²¹
Melilotus albus

White Avens ⁸
Geum canadense

Red Admiral ⁵²
Vanessa atalanta

Turkey Vulture ⁵³
Cathartes aura

Stiff-leaved Goldenrod ²
Solidago rigida

Belted Kingfisher ⁵⁴
Megaceryle alcyon

Wild Turkey ⁵⁵
Meleagris gallopavo

Cave Swallow ⁵⁶
Petrochelidon fulva

Osprey ⁵⁷
Pandion haliaetus

Eastern Bluebird ⁵⁸
Sialia sialis

Virginia Opossum ⁵⁹
Didelphis virginiana

White-tailed Deer ⁶⁰
Odocoileus virginianus

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel ²⁶
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Cedar Waxwing ⁶¹
Bombycilla cedrorum

American Red Squirrel ⁶²
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Common Raccoon ⁶³
Procyon lotor

Blue-winged Teal ⁶⁴
Anas discors

Eastern Gray Squirrel ⁶⁵
Sciurus carolinensis

Eastern Chipmunk ⁶²
Tamias striatus

Indigo Bunting ⁶⁶
Passerina cyanea

Canada Goose ⁶⁷
Branta canadensis

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