South Mountain Reservation is the largest park in the Essex County Park System and encompasses diverse communities of plants and wildlife. The images below link to pages showing different types of plants and animals that have been observed in the Reservation, and recorded using the iNaturalist app.
(To see the Wildflower and Forest Preserve Plant Identification Maps, click HERE.)
Trees and Shrubs
Birds
Mammals
Amphibians
Invertebrates
Ferns
Fungi and Lichens
Reptiles
Invasive Plants
Invasive Insects