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Learn the wildlife of Congaree National Park

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1,606 species have research-grade observations inside Congaree National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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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. Barred Owl Strix varia252
  2. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus205
  3. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus131
  4. Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea115
  5. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus96
  6. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus91
  7. White Ibis Eudocimus albus85
  8. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius78
  9. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra71
  10. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor71

Plants

  1. Dwarf Palmetto Sabal minor283
  2. American holly Ilex opaca265
  3. Common pawpaw Asimina triloba199
  4. Baldcypress Taxodium distichum184
  5. Butterweed Packera glabella160
  6. Lizard's tail Saururus cernuus145
  7. Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis143
  8. Cross vine Bignonia capreolata136
  9. American sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua122
  10. Sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis120

Mammals

  1. Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis259
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa222
  3. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus110
  4. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor80
  5. Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger65
  6. Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus mexicanus42
  7. North American River Otter Lontra canadensis35
  8. Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana17
  9. Coyote Canis latrans8
  10. American Beaver Castor canadensis7

Insects

  1. Great Blue Skimmer Libellula vibrans174
  2. Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria134
  3. Southern Pearly-eye Lethe portlandia106
  4. Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos99
  5. Clouded Skipper Lerema accius88
  6. Red-spotted Admiral Limenitis arthemis87
  7. Banded Tussock Moth Halysidota tessellaris85
  8. Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius73
  9. Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus73
  10. Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea73

Spiders and kin

  1. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes429
  2. Red-femured Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona domiciliorum117
  3. Dark Fishing Spider Dolomedes tenebrosus63
  4. Spined Micrathena Micrathena gracilis42
  5. White-banded Fishing Spider Dolomedes albineus42
  6. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis36
  7. Yellow Garden Spider Argiope aurantia35
  8. Georgia Wolf Spider Tigrosa georgicola33
  9. Magnolia Green Jumping Spider Lyssomanes viridis30
  10. Marbled Orbweaver Araneus marmoreus25

Reptiles

  1. Plain-bellied Watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster262
  2. Green Anole Anolis carolinensis240
  3. Northern Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus229
  4. Brown Watersnake Nerodia taxispilota203
  5. Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus201
  6. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta142
  7. Banded Watersnake Nerodia fasciata139
  8. Broad-headed Skink Plestiodon laticeps138
  9. American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis132
  10. Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina93

Amphibians

  1. Southern Toad Anaxyrus terrestris123
  2. Three-lined Salamander Eurycea guttolineata73
  3. Marbled Salamander Ambystoma opacum69
  4. Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus56
  5. Green Treefrog Dryophytes cinereus56
  6. Squirrel Tree Frog Dryophytes squirellus56
  7. Cope's Gray Tree Frog Dryophytes chrysoscelis51
  8. Green Frog Lithobates clamitans34
  9. Wolf Dusky Salamander Desmognathus lycos22
  10. Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer16

Fish

  1. Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki30
  2. Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus26
  3. Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus21
  4. Ruddy Bowfin Amia calva12
  5. Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus8
  6. Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides7
  7. American Pickerel Esox americanus7
  8. Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas6
  9. Warmouth Lepomis gulosus6

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 National Park Service. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.