Wisconsin Plants
This plant has blueish purple flowers that turn downward in a bell shape
What are Bluebells
This tree releases fuzzy white seed pods throughout the spring
What is Cottonwood
A rodent type mammal with a wide flat tail known for building dams
What is a Beaver
A common hawk that has a distinctive red tail
What is the Red-tailed Hawk
An important pollinator that has a queen and lives in hives
A plant with three leaves known for creating an itchy red rash
What is poison ivy
This tree has a white bark that can will come off in sheets
What is the Paper Birch
A nocturnal animal that lives in packs and makes a distinctive howl
What is a Wolf
A large nocturnal bird of prey with almost silent flight and a distinctive hoot call
What is the Great Horned Owl
A tree often tapped in the spring to collect a sap that will boil down into a sweet syrup
What is the Sugar Maple
A plant that is important for Monarch butterflies
What is Milkweed
This tree has white bark and small round leaves that turn yellow in the fall
What is an Aspen
This animal is an omnivore with black fur with tan points above the eyes and around the nose that will hibernate during the winter
What is a Black Bear
A loud blue bird that can imitate the songs of other bird species
What is a Blue Jay
This bird typically arrives in the spring, and is known for its bright red belly and gray head
What is a Robin
This plant covers ponds with a layer of green, often eaten by waterfowl
What is duckweed
A tree, often used as Christmas trees, with large pinecones
What is the Balsam Fir
This is a nocturnal animal that is immune to rabies with gray fur and a pink tail
What is an Opossum
This bird is black all over aside from small patches of red and yellow on its shoulders
What is a Red-winged Blackbird
A fish that is very large and incredibly hard to catch
What is a Musky
This plant has seed pods that explode when touched
Touch-me-nots (Jewelweed)
A tree with large and wide leaves that have sharply pointed lobes and turn from green to red in the fall
What is a Red Oak
An animal without a true flying ability known for gliding through the air from tree to tree at night
What is a Flying Squirrel
A mostly black bird with a long beak and red feathers on the top of its head that will drill into the side of trees to look for food
What is a Pileated Woodpecker
An animal that is not native to Wisconsin, known for its digging ability
What is the Badger