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14,190 species in Iowa

fox sedge

fox sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Higgins' Eye Pearly Mussel

🐋 Filter feeder 🐚 Shell-bearing

Higgins' Eye Pearly Mussel

Lampsilis higginsii

Fawnsfoot

🐋 Filter feeder 🐚 Shell-bearing

Fawnsfoot

Truncilla donaciformis

Lucerne Moth

🦀 Exoskeleton 🦋 Metamorphosis

Lucerne Moth

Nomophila nearctica

American Beaver

🫡 National symbol

American Beaver

Castor canadensis

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

🦀 Exoskeleton 🦋 Metamorphosis

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

Cicindela sexguttata

Canada bluegrass

Canada bluegrass

Poa compressa

Reddish-brown Stag Beetle

🦀 Exoskeleton 🦋 Metamorphosis

Reddish-brown Stag Beetle

Lucanus capreolus

Eastern Tiger Salamander

🐸 Aquatic larva 🦋 Metamorphosis

Eastern Tiger Salamander

Ambystoma tigrinum

shagbark hickory

shagbark hickory

Carya ovata

reed canary grass

reed canary grass

Phalaris arundinacea

Black Saddlebags

🐸 Aquatic larva 🦀 Exoskeleton

Black Saddlebags

Tramea lacerata

Pacific Loon

Pacific Loon

Gavia pacifica

Gray Hairstreak

🦀 Exoskeleton 🦋 Metamorphosis

Gray Hairstreak

Strymon melinus

white campion

white campion

Silene latifolia

Greylag Goose

🌿 Herbivore 🌍 Migratory

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

rue anemone

rue anemone

Thalictrum thalictroides

purple loosestrife

purple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Prairie Vole

Prairie Vole

Microtus ochrogaster

spotted horsemint

🐝 Pollinator

spotted horsemint

Monarda punctata

redtop

redtop

Agrostis gigantea

American bladdernut

American bladdernut

Staphylea trifolia

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil

Nitrogen-fixing

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil

Hylodesmum glutinosum

Aunt Lucy

Aunt Lucy

Ellisia nyctelea