Discover the Species of Breaks Interstate Park!

A guide to the biota at this Virginia/Kentucky interstate park. Although published-this is a works in progress and more species are being added.

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striped maple ¹
Acer pensylvanicum

common puffball ²
Lycoperdon perlatum

Common Buckeye ³
Junonia coenia

Yellow Cosmos
Cosmos sulphureus

Coral tooth fungus ⁴
Hericium coralloides

American beech ⁵
Fagus grandifolia

Virginia pine ⁶
Pinus virginiana

Ghost Pipes ⁷
Monotropa uniflora

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle ⁸
Cicindela sexguttata

Blinded Sphinx ⁹
Paonias excaecata

pinkster flower ¹⁰
Rhododendron periclymenoides

Pipevine Swallowtail ³
Battus philenor

red trillium ¹¹
Trillium erectum

showy orchis ¹²
Galearis spectabilis

American witch-hazel ¹³
Hamamelis virginiana

common bracken ¹⁴
Pteridium aquilinum

Picture-winged Antlion ¹⁵
Glenurus gratus

catchweed bedstraw ¹⁶
Galium aparine

tulip tree ¹⁷
Liriodendron tulipifera

chicken of the woods ¹⁸
Laetiporus sulphureus

twoleaf miterwort ¹⁹
Mitella diphylla

marginal wood fern ²⁰
Dryopteris marginalis

bur oak ²¹
Quercus macrocarpa

northern spicebush ²²
Lindera benzoin

Indian Cucumber Root ²³
Medeola virginiana

bitter wintercress ²⁴
Barbarea vulgaris

colt's-foot ²⁵
Tussilago farfara

fire pink ²⁶
Silene virginica

Clouded Sulphur ²⁷
Colias philodice

Little Wood Satyr ²⁸
Megisto cymela

Smooth Rock Tripe ²⁹
Umbilicaria mammulata

Dallis grass ³⁰
Paspalum dilatatum

cut-leaved toothwort ³¹
Cardamine concatenata

American holly ³²
Ilex opaca

Carolina Satyr ³³
Hermeuptychia sosybius

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid ³⁴
Adelges tsugae

Indian tobacco ³⁵
Lobelia inflata

fringed loosestrife ³⁶
Lysimachia ciliata

Beechdrops ³⁷
Epifagus virginiana

black-eyed Susan ²⁰
Rudbeckia hirta

Silvery Checkerspot ³⁸
Chlosyne nycteis

mapleleaf viburnum ³⁹
Viburnum acerifolium

Calico Pennant ⁴⁰
Celithemis elisa

lyreleaf sage ⁴¹
Salvia lyrata

American Toad ⁴²
Anaxyrus americanus

Pickerel Frog ⁴³
Lithobates palustris

deerberry ⁴⁴
Vaccinium stamineum

rattlesnakeweed ⁴⁵
Hieracium venosum

Common Five-lined Skink ⁴⁶
Plestiodon fasciatus

wild carrot ⁴⁷
Daucus carota

Spiny Oakworm Moth ⁴⁸
Anisota stigma

Pale Beauty ⁴⁹
Campaea perlata

sawbrier ⁵⁰
Smilax glauca

Hummingbird Clearwing ⁷
Hemaris thysbe

shining clubmoss ⁵¹
Huperzia lucidula

intermediate wood fern ⁵²
Dryopteris intermedia

sensitive fern ⁵³
Onoclea sensibilis

downy yellow violet ⁵⁴
Viola pubescens

great rhododendron ⁵⁵
Rhododendron maximum

trailing arbutus ⁵⁶
Epigaea repens

partridgeberry ⁵⁷
Mitchella repens

Northern Walkingstick ¹¹
Diapheromera femorata

Ebony Jewelwing ⁵⁸
Calopteryx maculata

umbrella magnolia ⁵⁹
Magnolia tripetala

Swamp Spreadwing ⁶⁰
Lestes vigilax

Southern Sprite ⁶¹
Nehalennia integricollis

Common Eastern Bumble Bee ⁶²
Bombus impatiens

black cohosh ⁴¹
Actaea racemosa

Marbled Orbweaver ⁶³
Araneus marmoreus

Banded Tussock Moth ⁶⁴
Halysidota tessellaris

crane-fly orchid ⁴¹
Tipularia discolor

mountain spleenwort ⁶⁵
Asplenium montanum

broad beech fern ⁶⁶
Phegopteris hexagonoptera

fan clubmoss ⁷
Diphasiastrum digitatum

putty root ⁶⁷
Aplectrum hyemale

Red-spotted Newt ⁶⁸
Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens

White-flowered Red Trillium ⁶⁹
Trillium erectum album

star chickweed ⁷⁰
Stellaria pubera

largeflower bellwort ⁷¹
Uvularia grandiflora

Showy Emerald ⁷²
Dichorda iridaria

woodland stonecrop ³⁴
Sedum ternatum

Ilia Underwing ⁷³
Catocala ilia

common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod ⁴¹
Solidago rugosa

Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth ⁷⁴
Lycomorpha pholus

heath speedwell ⁴¹
Veronica officinalis

Pale Green Assassin Bug ⁷⁵
Zelus luridus

False Bombardier Beetle ⁷⁶
Galerita bicolor

panicled ticktrefoil ⁷⁷
Desmodium paniculatum

Goniops Horse Fly
Goniops chrysocoma

sourwood ⁷⁸
Oxydendrum arboreum

Pseudopolydesmus serratus ⁷⁶

Coral-pink Merulius ⁷⁹
Phlebia incarnata

Brown Prionid Beetle ⁸⁰
Orthosoma brunneum

American Goldfinch ⁸¹
Spinus tristis

Northern Black Widow
Latrodectus variolus

Manyflower Flatsedge ³¹
Cyperus lancastriensis

Fraser Magnolia ³⁴
Magnolia fraseri

Purple Phacelia ²³
Phacelia bipinnatifida

delicate fern moss ⁸²
Thuidium delicatulum

sharp-lobed hepatica ⁸³
Hepatica acutiloba

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