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Acer
Acer negundo—(box elder)
Acer rubrum—(red maple)
Acer saccharinum—(silver maple)
Aculops rhois—(poison ivy gall mite)
Aix sponsa—(wood duck)
Alder—(Alnus incana rugosa)
Allodus podophylli—(mayapple rust)
Alnus incana rugosa—(speckled alder)
American beech—(Fagus grandifolia)
American columbo—(Frasera caroliniensis)
American lady—(Vanessa virginiensis)
American robin—(Turdus migratorius)
Aphis nerii—(oleander aphid)
Apocynum cannabinum—(dogbane)
Arisaema
Arisaema dracontium—(green dragon)
Arisaema triphyllum—(Jack-in-the-pulpit)
Asclepias
Asclepias syriaca—(common milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa—(butterfly milkweed / butterfly weed)
Asimina triloba—(pawpaw)
Beech—(Fagus grandifolia)
Black cherry—(Prunus serotina)
Black swallowtail—(Papilio polyxenes)
Boisea trivittata—(box elder bug)
Box elder—(Acer negundo)
Box elder bug—(Boisea trivittata)
Box turtle—(Terrapene carolina)
Brown-headed cowbird—(Molothrus ater)
Bundleflower:
Illinois bundleflower—(Desmanthus illinoensis)
Butterfly milkweed / butterfly weed—(Asclepias tuberosa)
Cancer root—(Conopholis americana)
Cedar:
eastern redcedar—(Juniperus virginiana)
Cedar-apple rust—(Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa—(coral slime mold)
Cherry:
black cherry—(Prunus serotina)
Chocolate tube slime mold—(Stemonitis spp.)
Chrysemys picta—(painted turtle)
Chrysochus auratus—(dogbane beetle)
Cirsium pitcheri—(dune thistle)
Columbo, American—(Frasera caroliniensis)
Conium maculatum—(poison hemlock)
Conopholis americana—(cancer root)
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Coral slime mold—(Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa)
Cormorant:
double-crested cormorant—(Phalacrocorax auritus)
Cornus
Cornus drummondii—(rough-leaved dogwood)
Cornus florida—(flowering dogwood)
Cottonwood—(Populus deltoides)
Creeping Charlie—(Glechoma hederacea)
Cycnia inopinatus—(unexpected Cycnia)
Danaus plexippus—(monarch butterfly)
Daucus carota—(Queen Anne's lace)
Desmanthus illinoensis—(Illinois bundleflower)
Dicentra cucullaria—(Dutchman's breeches)
Dog vomit slime mold—(Fuligo septica)
Dogbane—(Apocynum cannabinum)
Dogbane beetle—(Chrysochus auratus)
Dogwood:
flowering dogwood—(Cornus florida)
rough-leaved dogwood—(Cornus drummondii)
Dune thistle—(Cirsium pitcheri)
Dutchman's breeches—(Dicentra cucullaria)
Eastern box turtle—(Terrapene carolina)
Eastern larch—(Larix laricina)
Eastern phoebe—(Sayornis phoebe)
Eastern white pine—(Pinus strobus)
Euchaetes egle—(milkweed tiger moth)
Fagus grandifolia—(American beech)
Frasera
Frasera caroliniensis—(American columbo)
Frasera speciosa—(monument plant))
Fuligo spetica—(dog vomit slime mold)
Glechoma hederacea—(creeping Charlie)
Green dragon—(Arisaema dracontium)
Green gentian—(Frasera speciosa)
Grape:
riverbank grape—(Vitis riparia)
Gull:
ring-billed gull—(Larus delawarensis)
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae—(cedar-apple rust)
Henbit—(Lamium amplexicaule)
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Illinois bundleflower—(Desmanthus illinoensis)
Indian pipes—(Monotropa uniflora)
Jack-in-the-pulpit—(Arisaema triphyllum)
Jack-in-the-pulpit rust—(Uromyces ari-triphylli)
Juniperus virginiana—(eastern redcedar)
Lamium amplexicaule—(henbit)
Lamium purpureum—(purple deadnettle)
Large milkweed bug—(Oncopeltus fasciatus)
Larch—(Larix laricina)
Larix laricina—(tamarack, eastern larch)
Larus delawarensis—(ring-billed gull)
Libellula luctuosa—(widow skimmer)
Limenitis archippus—(viceroy butterfly)
Lycogala epidendrum—(wolf's milk slime mold)
Lycogala flavofuscum—(slime mold)
Maple:
red maple—(Acer rubrum)
silver maple—(Acer saccharinum)
Mayapple—(Podophyllum peltatum)
Mayapple rust—(Allodus podophylli)
Milkweed:
butterfly milkweed / butterfly weed—(Asclepias tuberosa)
common milkweed—(Asclepias syriaca)
Milkweed tiger moth—(Euchaetes egle)
Molothrus ater—(brown-headed cowbird)
Monarch butterfly—(Danaus plexippus)
Monotropa uniflora—(Indian pipes)
Monument plant—(Frasera speciosa)
Oak:
northern red oak—(Quercus rubra)
white oak—(Quercus alba)
Oleander aphid—(Aphis nerii)
Oncopeltus fasciatus—(large milkweed bug)
Painted lady—(Vanessa cardui)
Painted turtle—(Chrysemys picta ater)
Papilio polyxenes—(black swallowtail)
Pawpaw—(Asimina triloba)
Phalacrocorax auritus—(double-crested cormorant)
Phoebe—(Sayornis phoebe)
Phytolacca americana—(pokeweed)
Pine:
eastern white pine—(Pinus strobus)
red pine—(Pinus resinosa)
Pinus
Pinus resinosa—(red pine)
Pinus strobus—(eastern white pine)
Podophyllum peltatum—(mayapple)
Poison hemlock—(Conium maculatum)
Poison ivy—(Toxicodendron radicans)
Poison ivy gall mite—(Aculops rhois)
Pokeweed—(Phytolacca americana)
Populus deltoides—(eastern cottonwood)
Prunus serotina—(black cherry)
Purple deadnettle—(Lamium purpureum)
Queen Anne's lace—(Daucus carota)
Quercus
Quercus alba—(white oak)
Quercus rubra—(northern red oak)
Red admiral—(Vanessa atalanta)
Red milkweed beetle—(Tetraopes tertophthalmus)
Red pine—(Pinus resinosa)
References — List of resources consulted and/or cited
Rhytisma americanum—(tar spot of maple)
Ring-billed gull—(Larus_delawarensis)
Robin—(Turdus migratorius)
Rust:
cedar-apple rust—(Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
Jack-in-the-pulpit rust—(Uromyces ari-triphylli)
mayapple rust—(Allodus podophylli)
Sayornis phoebe—(eastern phoebe)
Slime mold:
chocolate tube slime mold—(Stemonitis spp.)
coral slime mold—(Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa)
dog vomit slime mold—(Fuligo septica)
(no common name)—(Lycogala flavofuscum)
wolf's milk slime mold—(Lycogala epidendrum)
Sonchus
Sonchus asper—(prickly sowthistle)
Sonchus oleraceus—(common sowthistle)
Sowthistle:
common sowthistle—(Sonchus oleraceus)
prickly sowthistle—(Sonchus asper)
Speckled alder—(Alnus incana rugosa)
Stemonitis spp.—(choclate tube slime mold)
Swallowtail:
black swallowtail—(Papilio_polyxenes)
Tamarack—(Larix laricina)
Tar spot of maple—(Rhytisma americanum)
Terrapene carolina—(eastern box turtle)
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus—(red milkweed beetle)
Three easily confused spring flowers
Toxicodendron radicans—(poison ivy)
Turdus migratorius—(American robin)
Turtle:
eastern box turtle—(Terrapene carolina)
painted turtle—(Chrysemys picta)
Unexpected Cycnia—(Cycnia inopinatus)
Uromyces ari-triphylli—(Jack-in-the-pulpit rust)
Vanessa
Vanessa atalanta—(red admiral)
Vanessa cardui—(painted lady)
Vanessa virginiensis—(American lady)
Viceroy butterfly—(Limenitis archippus)
Vitis riparia—(riverbank grape)
White pine—(Pinus strobus)
Widow skimmer—(Libellula luctuosa)
Wolf's milk slime mold—(Lycogala epidendrum)
Wood duck—(Aix sponsa)
