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14,190 species in Iowa

Pear-shaped Puffball

🍂 Decomposer

Pear-shaped Puffball

Apioperdon pyriforme

fall phlox

🐸 Aquatic larva

fall phlox

Phlox paniculata

Sharp Hornsnail

🐚 Shell-bearing

Sharp Hornsnail

Pleurocera acuta

Banded Hairstreak

🦀 Exoskeleton 🦋 Metamorphosis

Banded Hairstreak

Satyrium calanus

crown-tipped coral fungus

crown-tipped coral fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus

Elktoe

🐋 Filter feeder 🐚 Shell-bearing

Elktoe

Alasmidonta marginata

Tundra Bean Goose

🌿 Herbivore 🌍 Migratory

Tundra Bean Goose

Anser serrirostris

cutleaf teasel

cutleaf teasel

Dipsacus laciniatus

late boneset

🐝 Pollinator

late boneset

Eupatorium serotinum

Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Prairie Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Setophaga discolor

bird's foot violet

bird's foot violet

Viola pedata

Pond Slider

🐚 Shell-bearing

Pond Slider

Trachemys scripta

Eastern Willowfly

🦀 Exoskeleton

Eastern Willowfly

Taeniopteryx burksi

Common True Katydid

🦀 Exoskeleton

Common True Katydid

Pterophylla camellifolia

Spiny Softshell

🐚 Shell-bearing

Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera

Flat-headed Baldcypress Sapwood Beetle

🦀 Exoskeleton 🦋 Metamorphosis

Flat-headed Baldcypress Sapwood Beetle

Acmaeodera pulchella

Longnose Dace

Longnose Dace

Rhinichthys cataractae

ostrich fern

ostrich fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Sand Dropseed

Sand Dropseed

Sporobolus cryptandrus

bur reed sedge

bur reed sedge

Carex sparganioides

False Milkweed Bug

🦀 Exoskeleton

False Milkweed Bug

Lygaeus turcicus

pinkweed

pinkweed

Persicaria pensylvanica

white prairie clover

Nitrogen-fixing

white prairie clover

Dalea candida

prairie rose

prairie rose

Rosa arkansana