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Wildlife in Fall Creek Falls State Park

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Fall Creek Falls right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

874
recent observations
30
species listed
23
plants
2
insects & arthropods
2
reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 874 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Fall Creek Falls. The most frequently seen is the mountain laurel, with 96 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (23 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (2).

Rarer finds confirmed in Fall Creek Falls include Bigleaf Magnolia and Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Bigleaf MagnoliaSpotted Wintergreen
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Most-observed species in Fall Creek Falls

mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
96 observations
bigleaf magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla
55 observations
eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
41 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
41 observations
partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
34 observations
crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
33 observations · iNaturalist
Snakewort
Conocephalum salebrosum
32 observations · iNaturalist
downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
30 observations
striped maple
Acer pensylvanicum
29 observations
American holly
Ilex opaca
29 observations
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
28 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
28 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
28 observations
Green Sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
27 observations
Rosy Maple Moth
Dryocampa rubicunda
26 observations · iNaturalist
flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
26 observations
trailing arbutus
Epigaea repens
25 observations
shaggy-stalked bolete
Aureoboletus betula
23 observations · iNaturalist
pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
22 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
22 observations
sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
22 observations
Eastern Copperhead
Agkistrodon contortrix
22 observations
Eastern Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens
21 observations
american witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
21 observations
orange-fringed orchid
Platanthera ciliaris
21 observations
common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
19 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
19 observations
white fringeless orchid
Platanthera integrilabia
19 observations · iNaturalist
Red-spotted Admiral
Limenitis arthemis
18 observations
cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
17 observations

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