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Wildlife in Hocking Hills State Park

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

3,442
recent observations
30
species listed
18
plants
7
insects & arthropods
4
reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 3,442 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Hocking Hills. The most frequently seen is the Snakewort, with 232 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 Hocking Hills include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Spotted Wintergreen
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Most-observed species in Hocking Hills

Snakewort
Conocephalum salebrosum
232 observations · iNaturalist
eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
220 observations
partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
208 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
186 observations
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
176 observations
Eastern Red-backed Salamander
Plethodon cinereus
168 observations
intermediate wood fern
Dryopteris intermedia
145 observations · iNaturalist
mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
134 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
112 observations
sharp-lobed hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
111 observations · iNaturalist
Cucumber Root
Medeola virginiana
103 observations
Swift Setwing
Dythemis velox
103 observations · iNaturalist
Slaty Skimmer
Libellula incesta
96 observations · iNaturalist
Red-spotted Admiral
Limenitis arthemis
95 observations
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
94 observations
large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
94 observations
Banded Tussock Moth
Halysidota tessellaris
93 observations
maidenhair spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes
89 observations
lobed spleenwort
Asplenium pinnatifidum
88 observations · iNaturalist
Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio troilus
86 observations
Ebony Jewelwing
Calopteryx maculata
85 observations
sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
85 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
83 observations
Black-and-gold Flat Millipede
Apheloria virginiensis
82 observations · iNaturalist
pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
81 observations
Northern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus fuscus
80 observations
Southern Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea cirrigera
79 observations
shining firmoss
Huperzia lucidula
79 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
78 observations
American beech
Fagus grandifolia
77 observations

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