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

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
white sweet clover 21
Melilotus albus
White Avens 8
Geum canadense
Stiff-leaved Goldenrod 2
Solidago rigida
fringed puccoon 33
Lithospermum incisum
fringed puccoon 37
Lithospermum incisum
small white lady's-slipper 38
Cypripedium candidum
garlic mustard 39
Alliaria petiolata
foxglove beardtongue 40
Penstemon digitalis
Greater celandine 41
Chelidonium majus
large beardtongue 42
Penstemon grandiflorus
red columbine 43
Aquilegia canadensis

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