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Learn the wildlife of Shenandoah National Park

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3,387 species have research-grade observations inside Shenandoah 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. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis239
  2. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus223
  3. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo191
  4. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla155
  5. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina145
  6. Barred Owl Strix varia138
  7. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea129
  8. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea110
  9. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis102
  10. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis89

Plants

  1. Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia1,024
  2. Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca866
  3. Red columbine Aquilegia canadensis840
  4. Canadian lousewort Pedicularis canadensis807
  5. Fly poison Amianthium muscitoxicum772
  6. Allegheny stonecrop Hylotelephium telephioides751
  7. Wild geranium Geranium maculatum720
  8. American cancer-root Conopholis americana668
  9. Purple-flowered raspberry Rubus odoratus655
  10. Large white trillium Trillium grandiflorum645

Mammals

  1. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus1,153
  2. American Black Bear Ursus americanus289
  3. Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus138
  4. Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus90
  5. Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis66

Insects

  1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus722
  2. Monarch Danaus plexippus486
  3. Spotted Lanternfly Lycorma delicatula442
  4. Spongy Moth Lymantria dispar418
  5. Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens393
  6. Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus344
  7. Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus316
  8. Eastern Comma Polygonia comma260
  9. Hickory Tussock Moth Lophocampa caryae253
  10. Milkweed Tussock Moth Euchaetes egle239

Spiders and kin

  1. Marbled Orbweaver Araneus marmoreus89
  2. Dark Fishing Spider Dolomedes tenebrosus38
  3. Orchard Orbweaver Leucauge venusta32

Reptiles

  1. Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis273
  2. Common Watersnake Nerodia sipedon253
  3. Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus235
  4. Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus217
  5. Central Ratsnake Pantherophis alleghaniensis213
  6. Eastern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix171
  7. Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus94
  8. Common Box Turtle Terrapene carolina87
  9. Red-bellied Snake Storeria occipitomaculata61
  10. Smooth Greensnake Opheodrys vernalis31

Amphibians

  1. Eastern Red-backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus1,284
  2. Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens261
  3. Seal Salamander Desmognathus monticola260
  4. Northern Two-lined Salamander Eurycea bislineata256
  5. American Toad Anaxyrus americanus255
  6. Shenandoah Salamander Plethodon shenandoah231
  7. White-spotted Slimy Salamander Plethodon cylindraceus161
  8. Northern Dusky Salamander Desmognathus fuscus154
  9. Spring Salamander Gyrinophilus porphyriticus88
  10. Pickerel Frog Lithobates palustris75

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.