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Wildlife in High Point State Park

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

1,144
recent observations
30
species listed
18
plants
7
insects & arthropods
4
reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 1,144 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in High Point. The most frequently seen is the Eastern Newt, with 80 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (18 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (7).

Rarer finds confirmed in High Point include American Chestnut - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

American Chestnut
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Most-observed species in High Point

Eastern Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens
80 observations
viper's-bugloss
Echium vulgare
68 observations · iNaturalist
Spongy Moth
Lymantria dispar
67 observations
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Ladona julia
57 observations · iNaturalist
marsh calla
Calla palustris
51 observations · iNaturalist
wild sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
44 observations
American chestnut
Castanea dentata
43 observations
Biting Stonecrop
Sedum acre
42 observations · iNaturalist
striped maple
Acer pensylvanicum
40 observations
pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
39 observations
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
38 observations
Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris
37 observations
Widow Skimmer
Libellula luctuosa
35 observations
great rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
35 observations
Eastern Forktail
Ischnura verticalis
35 observations
sweetfern
Comptonia peregrina
35 observations
common bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
32 observations
northern starflower
Lysimachia borealis
31 observations · iNaturalist
Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
30 observations
sheep laurel
Kalmia angustifolia
30 observations
bladder campion
Silene vulgaris
30 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Pondhawk
Erythemis simplicicollis
29 observations
Green Frog
Lithobates clamitans
29 observations
azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
29 observations · iNaturalist
Variable Dancer
Argia fumipennis
28 observations
Slaty Skimmer
Libellula incesta
28 observations · iNaturalist
Common Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis
26 observations
Golden Moonglow Lichen
Dimelaena oreina
26 observations · iNaturalist
hay-scented fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
25 observations
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
25 observations

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