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Biodiversity of Itasca State Park

Includes taxa from following child checklists:
Plants of Itasca State Park
Birds of Itasca State Park
Mammals of Itasca State Park
Amphibians and Reptiles of Itasca State Park
Fishes of Itasca State Park
Grasses of Itasca State Park
Dragonflies of Itasca State Park
Butterflies of Itasca State Park
Fungi of Itasca State Park
Lichens of Itasca State Park
Mosses of Itasca State Park
Caddisflies of Itasca State Park
Bees of Itasca State Park
Authors: Victoria Simons

Families: 385.
Genera: 1024.
Species: 2268.
Total Taxa: 2293.

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Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek
LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek
LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek
LaSalle Creek
LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
Hyla chrysoscelis - Cope's Gray Treefrog
Hyla versicolor - Gray Treefrog
Pseudacris crucifer - Spring Peeper
Pseudacris maculata - Boreal Chorus Frog
Hypericum majus - large St. Johnswort
Triadenum fraseri - Fraser's marsh St. Johnswort
In {Larix} swamp.
Ameiurus melas - Black bullhead
Occasional, Present in LaSalle Creek
Ameiurus nebulosus - Brown bullhead
Occasional, Present in Lake Itasca, Elk Lake, and the Mississippi River
Noturus gyrinus - Tadpole madtom
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Elk Lake, and the Mississippi River
Agelaius phoeniceus - Red-winged Blackbird
Marshes, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Grasslands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (uncommon)
Euphagus carolinus - Rusty Blackbird
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), fall (uncommon), winter (rare)
Euphagus cyanocephalus - Brewer's Blackbird
Urban areas, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Icterus galbula - Baltimore Oriole
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (uncommon)
Molothrus ater - Brown-headed Cowbird
Grasslands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (uncommon)
Quiscalus quiscula - Common Grackle
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Sturnella magna - Eastern Meadowlark
Grasslands, Occurrence: spring (occasional), summer (uncommon), fall (occasional)
Sturnella neglecta - Western Meadowlark
Grasslands, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus - Yellow-headed Blackbird
Marshes, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Iris versicolor - northern blue flag
Sisyrinchium montanum - strict blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium montanum var. montanum - strict blue-eyed grass
In Clearwater and Hubbard county. Rare
Juncus arcticus - arctic rush
Juncus brevicaudatus - narrowpanicle rush
Juncus bufonius - seaside rush
Juncus canadensis - Canadian rush
Juncus dudleyi - Dudley's rush
Juncus nodosus - knotty rush
Juncus pelocarpus - brownfruit rush
Juncus tenuis - path rush
Juncus vaseyi - Vasey's rush
Luzula acuminata - hairy woodrush
Luzula multiflora - field woodrush
Luzula multiflora subsp. multiflora - many flowered wood rush
Triglochin maritima - common arrowgrass
Sedge and marshes. Floating Bog Bay; 0.5 mile s.e. Mary Lake; Iron Springs. Common
Agastache foeniculum - fragrant giant hyssop
Meadows and forest openings. Common
Dracocephalum parviflorum - American dragonhead
Weed in disturbed soil.Occasional
Galeopsis tetrahit - split lip hemp nettle
Weed in disturbed Soil.Occasional
Glechoma hederacea - creeping charlie
Disturbe sites, often near dwellings. Douglas Lodge. Common
Hedeoma hispida - rough false pennyroyal
Lycopus americanus - cut leaved bugleweed
Bogs and Sedge mats. De Soto Lake. Common.
Lycopus uniflorus - northern water horehound
Bogs and Sedge meadows. Common.
Mentha arvensis - common mint
Meadows and shores. Common
Monarda fistulosa - wild bergamot
Pasture and open woods. Occasional.
Weed in disturbed soil, often near dwellings. Occasional.
Physostegia virginiana - false dragonhead
Prunella vulgaris - common selfheal
Weed in lawns and along roadways. Occasional.
Scutellaria galericulata - hooded skullcap
Scutellaria lateriflora - mad dog skullcap
Bogs and Marshes. Common.
Stachys pilosa - hairy hedgenettle
Stachys pilosa var. pilosa - hairy hedge-nettle
Shores and Marshes. Common.
Lanius borealis - Northern Shrike
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), fall (uncommon), winter (uncommon)
Lanius ludovicianus - Loggerhead Shrike
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (rare)
Chlidonias niger - Black Tern
Marshes, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (occasional)
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (occasional), fall (uncommon)
Hydroprogne caspia - Caspian Tern
Shorelines, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (rare), fall (occasional)
Larus delawarensis - Ring-billed Gull
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Larus smithsonianus - American Herring Gull
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncomon)
Leucophaeus pipixcan - Franklin's Gull
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), fall (occasional)
Sterna forsteri - Forster's Tern
Marshes, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (occasional), fall (occasional)
Sterna hirundo - Common Tern
Shorelines, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (rare)
In bog with some old Thuja and ash.
In spruce tamarack swamp.
Conifer forest.
Along shore and edge of swamp
In bog with some old Thuja and ash
on flavopunctelia soredica
At the base of a white birch
in old hardwood forest
Swampy area with tamarack, balsam fir and alder.
by the water
in Salix thicket
Disturbed hole, in spruce-fir forest.
Utricularia gibba - creeping bladderwort
status: not endemic; distribution: PNG & Indonesia; growth habit: herbaceous; life form: not reported; verified by: R. Camara Leret; reference: none; expert comment: none; basionym published: 1753
Utricularia intermedia - northern bladderwort
Openings in sedge mats. Floating Bog Bay; Schoolcraft island. Occasional.
Utricularia minor - lesser bladderwort
status: not endemic; distribution: PNG & Indonesia; growth habit: herbaceous; life form: aquatic; verified by: R. Camara Leret; reference: FM5; expert comment: none; basionym published: 1753
Utricularia vulgaris - greater bladderwort
Shallow woodland pools; protected bays. Common.
Nicollet Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
Lepus americanus - Snowshoe Hare
Coniferous forests, Common
Sylvilagus floridanus - Eastern Cottontail
Deciduous and coniferous forests, grasslands, Rare
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek
LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
Nicollet Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Sucker Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek
LaSalle Creek
LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
on flavopunctelia flaventior
Jack Pine Forests. Common.
Streptopus lanceolatus - rosy twisted stalk
Nicollet Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, Sucker Creek
Nicollet Creek
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Linnaea borealis - twinflower
In clearwater county inside the park. Common
Common and abundant in boggy areas.
Sandy Shores marshy prairies. Morrison Lake. Occasional.
Lobelia siphilitica - great lobelia
Sandy Shores. De Soto Lake; Morrison Lake; Squaw Lake. Rare
Recorded in Clearwater, Hubbard, or Becker counties as of 1986, but has not been seen during butterfly counts from 1993 through 2022
Recorded in Clearwater, Hubbard, or Becker counties as of 1986, but has not been seen during butterfly counts from 1993 through 2022
Recorded in Clearwater, Hubbard, or Becker counties as of 1986, but has not been seen during butterfly counts from 1993 through 2022
Northern Dry-Mesic Mixed woodland, sandy soil, Common
Northern Dry-Mesic Mixed woodland, sandy soil, Common
Diphasiastrum x habereri - Haberer's groundcedar
In clearwater county within Itasca State Park, Uncommon
No Location Information
Huperzia lucidula - shining fir moss
Clearwater County. Coniferous woods.
Lycopodium clavatum - common clubmoss
status: not endemic; distribution: PNG & Indonesia; growth habit: herbaceous; life form: not reported; verified by: W. Testo; reference: Field & Bostock, 2012; Ollgaard 1987; GBIF; IPNI; expert comment: none; basionym published: 1753
Lycopodium dendroideum - round branched groundpine
Malva rotundifolia - round leaf mallow
Weed in disturbed soil. Biol. Sta. Rare.
Tilia americana - American basswood
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater County
Megachile campanulae - Bellflower Resin Bee
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Hubbard County
Clearwater County
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Megachile relativa - Leaf Cutter Bee
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Clearwater and Hubbard County
Clearwater County
Clearwater County
Hubbard County
on quaking aspen, det harris
Trillium cernuum - nodding trillium
Moist woods. Hillsides along Lake Itasca near Douglas Lodge. Occasional.
Trillium grandiflorum - large flowered trillium trillium
Moist woods. Peace Pipe Springs. Occasional.
In mixed forest and around low areas with ash, balsam fir and black spruce
Clearwater County
Menispermum canadense - Canadian moonseed
Mephitis mephitis - Striped Skunk
Deciduous and coniferous forests, grasslands, Common
in old hardwood forest; on base of ash
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Toxostoma rufum - Brown Thrasher
Scrub, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Nicollet Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Clethrionomys gapperi - Southern Red-backed Vole
Coniferous forests, Abundant
Deciduous and coniferous forests, grasslands, Common
Mus musculus - House Mouse
Dwellings, Rare
Ondatra zibethicus - Common Muskrat
Deciduous and coniferous forests, grasslands, wetlands, Common
Peromyscus leucopus - White-footed Mouse
Deciduous and coniferous forests, Abundant
Deciduous and coniferous forests, grasslands, Common
Synaptomys cooperi - Southern Bog Lemming
Coniferous forests, wetlands, Rare
Lontra canadensis - North American River Otter
Deciduous and coniferous forests, rivers and streams, lakes, Common
Coniferous forests, Rare
Deciduous and coniferous forests, Rare
Mustela frenata - Long-tailed Weasel
Deciduous forests and grasslands, Rare
Mustela nivalis - Least Weasel
Deciduous and coniferous forests, grasslands, Rare
Mustela richardsonii - Short-tailed Weasel
Deciduous forests, grasslands, wetlands
Mustela vison - American Mink
Deciduous and coniferous forests, grasslands, rivers and streams, lakes, wetlands, Common
Taxidea taxus - American Badger
Grasslands, Rare
With ash, pines, spruce.
in black ash swamp
In upland mixed hardwood forest
on balsam poplar
Lysimachia ciliata - fringed loosestrife
Lysimachia thyrsiflora - swamp loosestrife
In ash bog on S side of road.
Nuphar variegata - yellow pond-lily
Nymphaea odorata - fragrant waterlily
Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata - American white waterlily
Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa - American white waterlily
Sub-family: Satyrs
Sub-family: Satyrs
Danaus plexippus - monarch butterfly
Sub-family: Milkweed Butterflies
Sub-family: Satyrs
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Satyrs
Nymphalis antiopa - Mourning Cloak
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Satyrs; Recorded in Clearwater, Hubbard, or Becker counties as of 1986, but has not been seen during butterfly counts from 1993 through 2022
Sub-family: Satyrs; Recorded in Clearwater, Hubbard, or Becker counties as of 1986, but has not been seen during butterfly counts from 1993 through 2022
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Satyrs
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
Sub-family: Brushfoots
on white birch
Fraxinus nigra - black ash
Syringa vulgaris - common lilac
Circaea alpina - small enchanter's nightshade
Circaea alpina subsp. alpina - alpine enchanter's nightshade
Fir-Tamarack swamp, peat soil, Common
Circaea lutetiana - broadleaf enchanter's nightshade
Circaea lutetiana var. canadensis - broadleaf enchanter's nightshade
Maple-birch forest, loam soil, Occasional
Epilobium ciliatum - American willowherb
Epilobium coloratum - eastern willowherb
Epilobium leptophyllum - linear leaved willowherb
Epilobium palustre - marsh willowherb
Epilobium strictum - downy willowherb
Oenothera biennis - common evening primrose
Oenothera biennis var. biennis - common evening primrose
Oenothera parviflora - small flowered evening primrose
Botrychium matricariifolium - matricary grape fern
Open swale in Birch, loam soil, Occasional
Botrychium minganense - Mingan moonwort
In clearwater county within Itasca State Park, Rare
Botrychium mormo - goblin fern
In clearwater county within Itasca State Park, Rare
Botrychium multifidum - leathery grape fern
Edge of marsh, Occasional
Botrychium simplex - least moonwort
In clearwater county within Itasca State Park, Rare
Botrychium virginianum - common grape fern
Mixed hardwood coniferous forests, the edge of bogs, Common
Ophioglossum pusillum - northern adder's tongue
on burned stump
Amerorchis rotundifolia - small round leaved orchis
Spruce swamps, Occasional
Calopogon tuberosus - tuberous grass-pink
Spruce-Tamarack Swamp, Occasional
Calypso bulbosa - fairy slipper
Sandy-clay soils, edges of densely shaded areas, Occasional
Coeloglossum viride - long bract orchid
Jack pine woods, sandy soils, Occasional
Corallorhiza maculata - spotted coralroot
Norway Pine habitat in Sandy loam soil, Uncommon
Norway Pine habitat in Sandy loam soil, Uncommon
Corallorhiza striata - hooded coralroot
Spruce-Tamarack, peat soil, Uncommon
Corallorhiza trifida - early coralroot
Bogs, Occasional
Cypripedium acaule - stemless lady slipper
In mature conifer swamp, Occasional
Cypripedium arietinum - ram's head lady's slipper
In clearwater county within Itasca State Park, Rare
Cypripedium parviflorum - greater yellow lady
Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin - greater yellow lady's slipper
Mixed pine forest and bogs, Occasional
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens - greater yellow lady's slipper
Mixed pine forest and bogs, Uncommon
Cypripedium reginae - showy lady's slipper
Bogs, Occasional
Goodyera repens - lesser rattlesnake orchid
Goodyera tesselata - tesselated rattlesnake plantain
Listera cordata - heartleaf twayblade
Listera cordata var. cordata - heartleaf twayblade
Malaxis monophyllos - adder's-mouth orchid
Malaxis monophyllos var. brachypoda - white adder's-mouth orchid
Malaxis paludosa - bog adder's-mouth orchid
Malaxis unifolia - green adder's-mouth orchid
Platanthera aquilonis - northern green orchid
Platanthera hookeri - Hooker's orchid
Platanthera huronensis - northern bog orchid
Platanthera obtusata - small northern bog orchid
Platanthera orbiculata - large round leaf orchid
Spiranthes lacera - northern slender lady
Spiranthes lacera var. lacera - northern slender lady's tresses
Spiranthes magnicamporum - Great Plains lady's tresses
Spiranthes romanzoffiana - hooded lady's tresses
Agalinis paupercula - smallflower false foxglove
In clearwater county inside the park along the lake shore in gravel soils, Uncommon
Agalinis tenuifolia - slenderleaf false foxglove
Agalinis tenuifolia var. parviflora - slenderleaf false foxglove
Within the park on the shore of a small island, Uncommon
Medium moisture, sunny exposure, sandy soil, Occasional
Melampyrum lineare - narrowleaf cowwheat
Osmunda claytoniana - interrupted fern
In clearwater county inside the park. Uncommon
In clearwater county inside the park. Uncommon
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Papilio canadensis - Tiger Swallowtail
Recorded in Clearwater, Hubbard, or Becker counties as of 1986, but has not been seen during butterfly counts from 1993 through 2022
Poecile atricapillus - Black-capped Chickadee
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common), winter (common)
Forests, Occurrence: spring (occasional), summer (occasional), fall (occasional), winter (uncommon)
Jackpine woods, second growth
on black spruce
In mixed woodland.
Conifer/hardwood forest.
on sandy bank and in edge of jack pines
In {Larix} swamp.
on balsam poplar
In birch-elm forest.
on white birch
Roadside mixed oak and poplar; on small oak
On balsam fir overhanging the water
Black Spruce growing out of Sphagnum hu flocks at edge of lake east of Main Park Drive
In open woodland.
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