Assateague Island, MD

All life forms -- plants, animals, fungi and lower kingdoms* -- found on the Assateague Island National Seashore and Assateague State Park, Maryland and the public access areas around the mainland Visitor Center and boat launch at the west end of the Varrazano Bridge. For visitor information, see the website http://www.nps.gov/asis/index.htm and facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AssateagueNPS for the national seashore and http://dnr2.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/eastern/assateague.aspx for the state park. [disclaimer: The boundary shown on the map is for iNaturalist purposes only and is not politically accurate.]
The Virginia portion of Assateague Island (not included in this project) is technically part of Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, although the National Park Service does maintain and staff the Tom's Cove Visitor Center near the beach.
*A sample of the island and bay biota includes algae, lichens, mushrooms, mosses, ferns, sedges, rushes, grasses, wildflowers, shrubs, trees, protozoa, insects (bugs, beetles, dragonflies, butterflies, moths, etc.), numerous other invertebrates (sponges, jellyfish, worms, bryozoans, echinoderms, crabs, crayfish, mollusks, spiders, millipedes, miscellaneous arthropods, etc.), fish, amphibians (frogs), reptiles (snakes and turtles), birds, and mammals (deer, foxes, marine mammals, etc.). less ↑