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14,190 species in Iowa

Indiangrass

Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans

Canada wild rye

Canada wild rye

Elymus canadensis

common hackberry

common hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Red Milkweed Beetle

🦀 Exoskeleton 🦋 Metamorphosis

Red Milkweed Beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Hornyhead Chub

Hornyhead Chub

Nocomis biguttatus

Isabella Tiger Moth

🦀 Exoskeleton 🦋 Metamorphosis

Isabella Tiger Moth

Pyrrharctia isabella

purple crownvetch

Nitrogen-fixing

purple crownvetch

Securigera varia

Common Whitetail

🐸 Aquatic larva 🦀 Exoskeleton

Common Whitetail

Plathemis lydia

eastern poison ivy

eastern poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

rattlesnake master

rattlesnake master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Northern Paper Wasp

🐜 Eusocial 🦀 Exoskeleton

Northern Paper Wasp

Polistes fuscatus

common ragweed

🐝 Pollinator

common ragweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Eastern Pondhawk

🐸 Aquatic larva 🦀 Exoskeleton

Eastern Pondhawk

Erythemis simplicicollis

northern maidenhair fern

northern maidenhair fern

Adiantum pedatum

box elder

box elder

Acer negundo

Smooth Brome

Smooth Brome

Bromus inermis

Common Tern

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Mapleleaf

🐋 Filter feeder 🐚 Shell-bearing

Mapleleaf

Quadrula quadrula

bur oak

bur oak

Quercus macrocarpa

DeKay's Brownsnake

DeKay's Brownsnake

Storeria dekayi

Glaucous Gull

Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

sharp-lobed hepatica

sharp-lobed hepatica

Hepatica acutiloba

Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

Ictinia mississippiensis

common blue violet

common blue violet

Viola sororia