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Key Places for biodiversity

Learn the wildlife of the Longleaf Pine Savanna

Southeastern United States

Lhe Longleaf Pine Savanna is one of E.O. Wilson's Key Places, irreplaceable for life on Earth. 29,341 species have research-grade observations there on iNaturalist, and KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias60,141
  2. White Ibis Eudocimus albus57,257
  3. Great Egret Ardea alba50,365
  4. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis46,505
  5. Anhinga Anhinga anhinga45,497
  6. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos41,325
  7. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus38,834
  8. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea35,625
  9. Osprey Pandion haliaetus33,667
  10. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla31,548

Plants

  1. White beggarticks Bidens alba40,124
  2. American beautyberry Callicarpa americana37,576
  3. Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides26,695
  4. Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia23,426
  5. Muscadine Vitis rotundifolia23,274
  6. American sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua22,779
  7. Resurrection fern Pleopeltis michauxiana21,766
  8. Cabbage palmetto Sabal palmetto17,991
  9. Saw palmetto Serenoa repens15,909
  10. American pokeweed Phytolacca americana15,533

Mammals

  1. Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis55,869
  2. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus27,907
  3. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor17,156
  4. Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus mexicanus10,859
  5. Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris10,608
  6. West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus10,103
  7. Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus9,779
  8. Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana7,471
  9. Domestic Cat Felis catus5,742
  10. Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger4,141

Insects

  1. Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae53,279
  2. Eastern Lubber Grasshopper Romalea microptera28,972
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera28,925
  4. Monarch Danaus plexippus28,528
  5. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis28,139
  6. Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis23,717
  7. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus23,687
  8. Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis21,567
  9. Common Buckeye Junonia coenia19,403
  10. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae19,082

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes22,888
  2. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis18,480
  3. Yellow Garden Spider Argiope aurantia15,016
  4. Joro Spider Trichonephila clavata13,605
  5. Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans10,136
  6. Mabel Orchard Orbweaver Leucauge argyrobapta9,166
  7. Twin-flagged Jumping Spider Anasaitis canosus9,078
  8. Magnolia Green Jumping Spider Lyssomanes viridis8,016
  9. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus5,684
  10. Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona crucifera5,195

Reptiles

  1. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei109,025
  2. American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis72,577
  3. Green Anole Anolis carolinensis62,788
  4. Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus32,154
  5. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta25,591
  6. North American Racer Coluber constrictor23,413
  7. Green Iguana Iguana iguana23,212
  8. Common Box Turtle Terrapene carolina22,437
  9. Northern Curly-tailed Lizard Leiocephalus carinatus17,713
  10. Florida Softshell Turtle Apalone ferox16,053

Amphibians

  1. Southern Toad Anaxyrus terrestris29,037
  2. Cuban Tree Frog Osteopilus septentrionalis26,782
  3. Green Treefrog Dryophytes cinereus23,037
  4. Squirrel Tree Frog Dryophytes squirellus14,509
  5. Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus10,221
  6. Cope's Gray Tree Frog Dryophytes chrysoscelis7,501
  7. Greenhouse Frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris7,219
  8. American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus7,139
  9. Southern Cricket Frog Acris gryllus5,684
  10. Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne carolinensis5,546

Fish

  1. Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus9,860
  2. Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki6,309
  3. Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus4,516
  4. Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides4,323

Mollusks

  1. Cuban Brown Snail Zachrysia provisoria4,794
  2. Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica4,152
  3. Ghost Bulimulus Bulimulus bonariensis4,043
  4. Fighting Conch Strombus pugilis4,019

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. KnowKi is not affiliated with the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.