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Wildlife in Sewee Visitor Center

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

130
recent observations
30
species listed
13
plants
8
reptiles & amphibians
8
insects & arthropods

Naturalists have logged 130 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in the Sewee Visitor Center. The most frequently seen is the American Alligator, with 16 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (13 of the species listed here), followed by reptiles & amphibians (8).

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Most-observed species in the Sewee Visitor Center

American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
16 observations
Golden Silk Spider
Trichonephila clavipes
8 observations · iNaturalist
Southern Toad
Anaxyrus terrestris
6 observations
Great Blue Skimmer
Libellula vibrans
6 observations · iNaturalist
Green Anole
Anolis carolinensis
5 observations
Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia
5 observations
Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
5 observations
Rough Greensnake
Opheodrys aestivus
4 observations
Pond Slider
Trachemys scripta
4 observations
Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
4 observations
Florida Bass
Micropterus salmoides
4 observations
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
4 observations
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
4 observations
Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus proteus
4 observations
Palamedes Swallowtail
Papilio palamedes
4 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Coral Bean
Erythrina herbacea
4 observations · iNaturalist
White beggarticks
Bidens alba
4 observations · iNaturalist
orange milkwort
Senega lutea
4 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
Gastrophryne carolinensis
3 observations
butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
3 observations
baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
3 observations
common bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
3 observations
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
3 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
3 observations
Green Frog
Lithobates clamitans
3 observations
longleaf pine
Pinus palustris
3 observations
southern blue flag
Iris virginica
3 observations · iNaturalist
bristle thistle
Cirsium horridulum
3 observations · iNaturalist
cinnamon fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
3 observations
North American Racer
Coluber constrictor
2 observations

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