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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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In open woodland.
on top of fallen tree
forest and ash bog
on sandy ridge between lake, SW exposure
on white pine
In {Larix} swamp.
In jackpine woods and on open areas of gravelly soil.
{Larix} swamp.
In bog, with some old Thuja and ash.
In upland mixed hardwood forest
Parnassia palustris - smallflower grass of Parnassus
Cardellina canadensis - Canada Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Cardellina pusilla - Wilson's Warbler
Scrub, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (rare), fall (uncommon)
Geothlypis philadelphia - Mourning Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (uncommon)
Geothlypis trichas - Common Yellowthroat
Scrub, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Leiothlypis celata - Orange-crowned Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring: uncommon), summer (rare), fall (common)
Leiothlypis peregrina - Tennessee Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (occasional), fall (common)
Leiothlypis ruficapilla - Nashville Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Mniotilta varia - Black-and-white Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Oporornis agilis - Connecticut Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (occasional), fall (uncommon)
Protonotaria citrea - Prothonotary Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (occasional)
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Setophaga americana - Northern Parula
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (uncommon)
Setophaga caerulescens - Black-throated Blue Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (occasional), summer (rare), fall (occasional)
Setophaga castanea - Bay-breasted Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (occasional), fall (uncommon)
Setophaga citrina - Hooded Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (rare), summer (rare)
Setophaga coronata - Yellow-rumped Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Setophaga fusca - Blackburnian Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Setophaga magnolia - Magnolia Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Setophaga palmarum - Palm Warbler
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (occasional), fall (common)
Setophaga pensylvanica - Chestnut-sided Warbler
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Setophaga petechia - Yellow Warbler
Open woodlands, Ocurrence: spring (common), summer (uncommon), fall (common)
Setophaga pinus - pine warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Setophaga ruticilla - American Redstart
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Setophaga striata - Blackpoll Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (rare), fall (uncommon)
Setophaga tigrina - Cape May Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (occasional), fall (uncommon)
Setophaga virens - Black-throated Green Warbler
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Vermivora chrysoptera - Golden-winged Warbler
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Grasslands, Occurrence: summer (rare)
Junco hyemalis - Dark-eyed Junco
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (occasional), fall (common), winter (occasional)
Melospiza georgiana - Swamp Sparrow
Marshes, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Melospiza lincolnii - Lincoln's Sparrow
Scrub, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Melospiza melodia - Song Sparrow
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Passerculus sandwichensis - Savannah Sparrow
Grasslands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Passerella iliaca - Fox Sparrow
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), fall (common)
Pipilo erythrophthalmus - Spotted Towhee
Scrub, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Pooecetes gramineus - Vesper Sparrow
Grasslands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Spizella pallida - Clay-colored Sparrow
Scrub, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Spizella passerina - Chipping Sparrow
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Spizelloides arborea - American Tree Sparrow
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), fall (uncommon), winter (uncommon)
Zonotrichia albicollis - White-throated Sparrow
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common), winter (rare)
Zonotrichia leucophrys - White-crowned Sparrow
Scrub, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Zonotrichia querula - Harris's Sparrow
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Passer domesticus - House Sparrow
Urban areas, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon), winter (uncommon)
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - American White Pelican
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (rare), summer (uncommon)
In open woodland.
On sandy bank and in edge of jack pines
edge of spruce woods
On ground on mossy substrate.
In {Larix} swamp.
On moss-covered rotten conifer log
In gravel pit.
Etheostoma exile - Iowa darter
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Etheostoma nigrum - Johnny darter
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Perca flavescens - Yellow perch
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, and the Mississippi River
in area of red pines and hardwoods
on balsam fir
Nannopterum auritum - Double-crested Cormorant
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (occasional), summer (occasional), fall (uncommon)
Bonasa umbellus - Ruffed Grouse
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common), winter (common)
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon), winter (uncommon)
LaSalle Creek
on balsam fir
pine woods and wet area
Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Mimulus glabratus - Geyer's yellow monkey flower
Mimulus glabratus var. fremontii - Geyer's yellow monkey flower
Mimulus ringens - Allegheny monkey flower
Mimulus ringens var. ringens - blue monkey flower
Phryma leptostachya - American lopseed
in black ash bog
in Salix thicket
in river valley
mixed hardwood forest
In open woodland.
Along shore and edge of swamp
Around tamarack swamp and in hardwoods at margin
In mixed woodland.
mixed hardwood forest
on balsam poplar
Tamarack swamp with some ash along the edge.
on dead alder branch
on quaking aspen
In upland mixed hardwood forest.
on amelanchier, det sheard
in the woodpile area
Colaptes auratus - Northern Flicker
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Dryobates pubescens - Downy Woodpecker
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common), winter (common)
Dryobates villosus - Hairy Woodpecker
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common), winter (common)
Dryocopus pileatus - Pileated Woodpecker
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon), winter (uncommon)
Melanerpes carolinus - Red-bellied Woodpecker
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon), winter (occasional)
Melanerpes erythrocephalus - Red-headed Woodpecker
Open woodlands, Occurrence: spring (occasional), summer (occasional), fall (occasional)
Picoides arcticus - Black-backed Woodpecker
Forests, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon), winter (uncommon)
Picoides dorsalis - American Three-toed Woodpecker
Forests, Occurrence: spring (rare), summer (rare), fall (rare), winter (rare)
Forests, Occurrence: spring (rare)
Sphyrapicus varius - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common)
Recorded in Clearwater, Hubbard, or Becker counties as of 1986, but has not been seen during butterfly counts from 1993 through 2022
Pieris napi - Green-veined White
Pieris rapae - Cabbage Butterfly
in gravel pit
Abies balsamea - balsam fir
In clearwater county inside the park. common
Larix laricina - eastern larch
In clearwater county inside the park. Very common
Picea glauca - white spruce
In Clearwater and Hubbard county. Common
Picea mariana - black spruce
In Clearwater and Hubbard county. Common
Pinus banksiana - jack pine
In clearwater county both inside and outside the park. Uncommon
Pinus resinosa - Norway pine
In clearwater county outside the park. Common
Pinus strobus - eastern white pine
well drained soils, moraines, etc. Common
Callitriche palustris - spring water starwort
In clearwater county both inside and outside the park. Occasional
Chelone glabra - white turtlehead
In clearwater county within Itasca State Park, Uncommon
Linaria vulgaris - butter and eggs
Penstemon gracilis - slender beardtongue
Plantago lanceolata - English plantain
Plantago major - great plantain
Veronica americana - American brooklime
Veronica peregrina - hairy purslane speedwell
Veronica scutellata - marsh speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia - thymeleaf speedwell
mixed upland woods at edge of swamp
introduced in Itasca State Park
Agropyron cristatum - crested wheatgrass
In clearwater county inside the park within gravel soil, Uncommon
Agrostis gigantea - black bent
In clearwater county inside the park within loam soil in Alder Groves, meadows, and pine forests, Common
Agrostis perennans - autumn bent
In clearwater county inside the park along a hillside, Uncommon
Agrostis scabra - ticklegrass
In clearwater county inside the park within bogs, Jack pine forests, sandy soils, and gravel lake shores,, Common
Alopecurus aequalis - short-awn foxtail
Along the edges of ponds within sedge swale growing in peat, Occasional
Andropogon gerardii - big bluestem
Central rich dry pine woodland, Occasional
Avena sativa - cultivated oats
In clearwater county within Itasca State Park, Uncommon
Bouteloua curtipendula - sideoats gramma
Bouteloua hirsuta - hairy grama
Brachyelytrum aristosum - bearded shorthusk
Populus-Betula forest, sandy loam soils, Occasional
Brachyelytrum erectum - southern shorthusk
Along roadside, gravel soils, Uncommon
Bromus ciliatus - fringed brome
Poplar Forest, Common
Bromus inermis - Hungarian brome
Northern Dry-Mesic Mixed woodland, sandy soil, Occasional
Bromus japonicus - Japanese brome
Along roadside, gravel soils, Occasional
Sandy openings in red-pine forest, Uncommon
Bromus latiglumis - broad glume brome
Along the lakeshore, Uncommon
Bromus pubescens - hairy brome
Central Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen Forest, Uncommon
Bromus tectorum - downy chess
Along lakeshore, gravel soils, Occasional
Northern Wet Meadow/Carr, Common
Northern Wet Meadow/Carr, Common
Calamagrostis stricta - slimstem reedgrass
In clearwater county within Itasca State Park, Rare
In clearwater county within Itasca State Park, Rare
Large shallow ponds, Uncommon
Calamovilfa longifolia - prairie sand reed
Dry hillside, sand, Uncommon
Cinna latifolia - slender wood reed
Aspen grove, loam soil, Common
Danthonia spicata - wild oat grass
Gravel-sandy and disturbed soils, Common
Dichanthelium aciculare - needleleaf rosette grass
In clearwater county within Itasca State Park
Dichanthelium acuminatum - hairy panicgrass
Gravel-Loam soils, Common
Dichanthelium depauperatum - poor panic grass
Aspen grove, loam-sandy soil, Occasional
Dichanthelium leibergii - Leiberg's panicgrass
Jack pine woods, sandy soils, Occasional
Dichanthelium linearifolium - linear leaf panicgrass
Jack pine woods, sandy soils, Common
Dichanthelium ovale - Columbian panicgrass
Grassy fields in dry soils, Occasional
Dichanthelium perlongum - long stalk panicgrass
Dry sandy slopes under Pine canopies, Uncommon
Dichanthelium xanthophysum - yellow panicgrass
Jack pine woods, sandy soils, Common
Digitaria ischaemum - smooth crabgrass
Dry sandy soils alongside a road, Uncommon
Digitaria sanguinalis - northern crabgrass
Elymus canadensis - Canada wildrye
Elymus curvatus - awnless wildrye
Elymus diversiglumis - Minnesota wildrye
Elymus hystrix - eastern bottlebrush grass
Elymus repens - quackgrass
Elymus riparius - riverbank wildrye
Elymus trachycaulus - slender wildrye
Elymus villosus - downy wildrye
Elymus virginicus - Virginia wildrye
Eragrostis pectinacea - tufted lovegrass
Festuca rubra - red fescue
Festuca saximontana - sheep fescue
Festuca subverticillata - nodding fescue
Festuca trachyphylla - long leaved fescue
Glyceria borealis - boreal mannagrass
Glyceria canadensis - rattlesnake mannagrass
Glyceria grandis - American mannagrass
Glyceria striata - waterfowl mannagrass
Hesperostipa spartea - porcupinegrass
Hordeum jubatum - foxtail barley
Hystrix patula - eastern bottlebrush grass
Koeleria cristata - prairie Koeler's grass
Koeleria macrantha - prairie Koeler's grass
Leersia oryzoides - rice cutgrass
Lolium multiflorum - annual ryegrass
Lolium perenne - English ryegrass
Milium effusum - American milletgrass
Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum - woodland millet grass
Muhlenbergia foliosa - Mexican muhly
Muhlenbergia glomerata - clustered muhly grass
Muhlenbergia mexicana - wirestem muhly
Panicum capillare - witchgrass
Panicum virgatum - switchgrass
Pascopyrum smithii - western wheatgrass
Phalaris arundinacea - reed canarygrass
Piptatherum pungens - sharp pointed ricegrass
Piptatherum racemosum - black fruited ricegrass
Poa annua - speargrass
Poa compressa - flat stem bluegrass
Poa palustris - meadow bluegrass
Poa pratensis - Kentucky bluegrass
Poa saltuensis - pasture bluegrass
Poa saltuensis subsp. languida - oldpasture bluegrass
Schizachne purpurascens - false melicgrass
Schizachyrium scoparium - little bluestem
Secale cereale - cultivated rye
Setaria pumila - pearl millet
Setaria viridis - green foxtail
status: not endemic; distribution: PNG; growth habit: herbaceous; life form: not reported; verified by: R. Camara Leret; reference: Veldkamp: Setaria version July 2017; expert comment: none; basionym published: 1759
Spartina pectinata - prairie cordgrass
Sphenopholis intermedia - slender wedgescale
Sporobolus neglectus - annual dropseed
Torreyochloa pallida - pale false mannagrass
Zizania palustris - northern wild rice
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (rare), summer (rare)
Podiceps auritus - Horned Grebe
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (occasional), fall (occasional)
Podiceps grisegena - Red-necked Grebe
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (occasional), summer (occasional), fall (occasional)
Podilymbus podiceps - Pied-billed Grebe
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Collomia linearis - linear leaved collomia
Along roadside, gravel soils, Uncommon
Polioptila caerulea - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Forests, Occurrence: spring (rare), summer (occasional), fall (occasional)
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek
LaSalle Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, Sucker Creek
LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek, Beaver Lake
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek, Sucker Creek
Polygala senega - Seneca milkwort
Fallopia cilinodis - fringed false buckwheat
Fallopia convolvulus - false wild buckwheat
Fallopia scandens - climbing knotweed
Persicaria amphibia - water knotweed
Persicaria hydropiper - common smartweed
Persicaria lapathifolia - nodding smartweed
status: not endemic; distribution: Indonesia; growth habit: herbaceous; life form: not reported; verified by: R. Camara Leret; reference: Henty 1978; expert comment: none; basionym published: 1753
Persicaria punctata - water knotweed
Persicaria sagittata - arrowleaf tearthumb
Polygonum achoreum - blue knotweed
Polygonum aviculare - yard knotweed
Rumex acetosella - red sorrel
Rumex britannica - British dock
Rumex crispus - yellow dock
Rumex fueginus - golden dock
Rumex triangulivalvis - triangle valve dock
Polypodium virginianum - common polypody
Heteranthera dubia - water stargrass
Heteranthera limosa - blue mudplantain
in upland jack pine area
Potamogeton alpinus - northern pondweed
Potamogeton epihydrus - ribbonleaf pondweed
Potamogeton foliosus - leafy pondweed
Potamogeton friesii - flat stalk pondweed
Potamogeton gramineus - grass leaved pondweed
Potamogeton illinoensis - Illinois pondweed
Potamogeton natans - floating pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus - American pondweed
status: not endemic; distribution: PNG; growth habit: herbaceous; life form: not reported; verified by: R. Camara Leret; reference: FM16; expert comment: none; basionym published: 1816
Potamogeton oakesianus - Oakes' pondweed
Potamogeton obtusifolius - bluntleaf pondweed
Potamogeton praelongus - whitestem pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher - spotted pondweed
Potamogeton pusillus - very small pondweed
Potamogeton richardsonii - red head pondweed
Potamogeton robbinsii - fern pondweed
Potamogeton strictifolius - straight leaf pondweed
Potamogeton vaseyi - Vasey's pondweed
Potamogeton zosteriformis - flatstem pondweed
Stuckenia filiformis - filiform pondweed
Stuckenia pectinata - fennel leaf pondweed
Zannichellia palustris - horned pondweed
Deciduous forests, grasslands, Common
Nicollet Creek
Nicollet Creek, LaSalle Creek
Adiantum pedatum - northern maidenhair
In clearwater county inside the park. Occasional
Marshes, Occurrence: spring (rare)
Fulica americana - American Coot
Lakes and ponds, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
Marshes, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (uncommon)
Rallus limicola - Virginia Rail
Marshes, Occurrence: spring (uncommon), summer (uncommon), fall (uncommon)
on quaking aspen
In deep shade in cedar bog
on base of balsam poplar
In and ariound swam; with ash, pines, spruce; on white birch
on quaking aspen
In open woodland.
along shore and edge of swamp
Lithobates pipiens - Leopard Frog
Actaea rubra - red baneberry
In clearwater county inside the park, Common
Northern Dry-Mesic woodlands, Very Common
Anemone canadensis - round leaf tumbleweed
Central Dry-Mesic Pine-Hardwood Forest, Common
Anemone cylindrica - long headed thimbleweed
Along the roadside and within Jack pine forests in sandy soils, Occasional
Anemone quinquefolia - two-leaf anemone
Northern Dry-Mesic Mixed woodland, sandy soil, Common
Anemone virginiana - tall thimbleweed
Aspen grove, loam soil, Common
Aspen grove, loam soil, Common
Aquilegia canadensis - red columbine
Spruce-Tamarack, sphagnum soil, Common
Coptis trifolia - threeleaf goldthread
Very boggy, shady, mucky, a lot of organic material, Common
Ranunculus abortivus - kidney leaf buttercup
Ranunculus acris - showy buttercup
Ranunculus aquatilis - white water crowfoot
Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus - limp white water buttercup
Ranunculus cymbalaria - seaside crowfoot
Ranunculus flabellaris - yellow water buttercup
Ranunculus flammula - creeping buttercup
Ranunculus flammula var. reptans - greater creeping spearwort
Ranunculus gmelinii - small yellow water crowfoot
Ranunculus hispidus - hispid buttercup
Ranunculus macounii - Macoun's buttercup
Ranunculus pensylvanicus - bristly buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus - cursed crowfoot
Thalictrum dasycarpum - tall meadow rue
Thalictrum dioicum - early meadow-rue
Thalictrum venulosum - veiny meadow-rue
Regulus satrapa - Golden-crowned Kinglet
Forests, Occurrence: spring (common), summer (common), fall (common), winter (rare)
Ceanothus herbaceus - narrow leaved New Jersey tea
Central Dry-Mesic Pine-Hardwood Forest, Uncommon
Rhamnus alnifolia - dwarf alder
on black ash
on bark of tilia
Agrimonia gryposepala - common hairy agrimony
In clearwater county inside the park within a Fir-birch habitat in loam/moist soils, Occasional
Amelanchier interior - Inland Serviceberry
Within Loam soil throughout the park, Common
Amelanchier laevis - smooth juneberry
Rich soil, mixed hardwood - coniferous forests, Common
Within sandy loam soil in Itasca State Park, Uncommon
Amelanchier sanguinea - Huron juneberry
Norway Pine habitat in Sandy loam soil, Common
Norway Pine habitat in Sandy loam soil, Common
Amelanchier spicata - spicate serviceberry
Jack pine - aspen forest, Occasional
Peat bog and aspen groves in sandy soil, Occasional
Wet soils, mixed forest, Occasional
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