Welcome to Whiteshell Provincial Park
Welcome to Whiteshell Provincial Park, a new collection project for people using iNaturalist in Manitoba.
This project provides a way to see which organisms found in Whiteshell Provincial Park are being added to the iNaturalist database. In collection projects, observations are automatically added if they meet the set criteria. They do not require the observer to opt in to the project for their observations to count.
A total of 2,142 iNaturalist observations had been added to the project by January 1, 2020. These observations document 606 species found in the park from bunchberry to black bears.
| Grouping | # of species* | % of observations | Top two species (# of observations) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plants | 315 | 52.24% | Bunchberry (30) Bluebead lily (24) |
| Insects | 142 | 23.55% | Tricolored bumblebee (6) Willow Pinecone Gall (5) |
| Fungi | 58 | 9.62% | Map lichens and Birch polypore (6 each) British soldier lichen (3) |
| Birds | 38 | 6.30% | Common Loon (8) Ruffed Grouse (6) |
| Mammals | 18 | 2.99% | Black bear, White-tailed deer and Beaver (5 each) 4 species with 4 each |
| Arachnids | 11 | 1.82% | Dark fishing spider (3) 4 species with 2 each |
| Fishes | 8 | 1.33% | 5 species with 2 each 3 species with 1 each |
| Amphibians | 6 | 1.00 % | American toad(14) Leopard frog (12) |
| Molluscs | 4 | 0.66% | giant floater mussel (2) 3 species with 1 each |
| Reptiles | 3 | 0.50 % | Painted turtle (11) Garter snake (8) |
Whiteshell Provincial Park has the most observations in the umbrella project Manitoba Parks and Protected Areas on January 1, 2020.
Looking forward to the coming year full of both new observations and uploads from the past. :)
