Here you will find lists of the plant and animal life you might find during a visit to Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm.
Prarie Plant List
Big Trees
Dragonflies & Damselflies
Fourth of July Butterflies
Fishes of the Stillwater River
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Aullwood's Prairie Plant List
Taxonomy and nomenclature generally follow: Gleason, H.A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second ed. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y. 910 pp. Based on a list compiled by Jeff Knoop, 1981; revised November 1997.
29 Families, 104 Species (98 Native Species, 6 Non-Native Species)
Angiosperms Dicotyledons
Ranunculaceae - Buttercup Family
Anemone canadensis - Canada Anemone
Anemone virginiana - Thimble Flower
Fagaceae - Oak Family
Quercus macrocarpa - Bur Oak
Caryophyllaceae - Pink Family
Silene noctiflora - Night Flowering Catchfly*
Dianthus armeria - Deptford Pink*
Lychnis alba - White Campion* (not in Gleason and Cronquist)
Clusiaceae - St. John's Wort Family
Hypericum perforatum - Common St. John's Wort*
Hypericum punctatum - Spotted St. John's Wort
Primulaceae - Ebony Family
Dodecatheon media - Shooting Star
Mimosacea Mimosa Family
Desmanthus illinoensis - Prairie Mimosa
Caesalpiniaceae Caesalpinia Family
Chaemaecrista fasiculata - Partridge Pea
Fabaceae - Pea Family
Baptisia bracteata - Creamy False Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria - False Wild Indigo+
Baptisia leucantha (alba?) - White False Indigo
Lupinus perennis - Wild Lupine
Desmodium illinoense - Illinois Tick Trefoil
Desmodium canescens - Hoary Tick Trefoil
Lespedeza virginica - Slender-leaved Bush Clover
Lespedeza capitata - Round-headed Bush Clover
Amorpha canescens - Lead Plant
Dacea purpureum - Purple Prairie Clover
Dacea candidum - White Prairie Clover
Amphicarpa bracteata - Hog Peanut
Onagraceae - Evening Primrose Family
Gaura biennis - Biennial Gaura
Santalaceae - Sandlewood Family
Comandra umbellata - Star Toadflax
Euphorbiaceae - Spurge Family
Euphorbia corollata - Flowering Spurge
Rutaceae - Rue Family
Ptelea trifoliata - Hop Tree
Apiaceae - Carrot Family
Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake Master
Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders
Thaspium trifoliatum - Purple Meadow Parsnip
Gentianaceae - Gentain Family
Sabatia angularius - Rose Pink
Gentiana villosa - Sampson's Snakeroot
Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed Family
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Weed
Asclepias verticillata - Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed
Convolvulaceae - Morning Glory Family
Ipomoea pandurata - Wild Potato Vine
Polemoniaceae - Phlox Family
Phlox glaberrimma - Smooth Phlox
Boraginaceae - Borage Family
Lithospermum canescens - Hoary Puccoon
Verbenaceae - Vervain Family
Verbena hastata - Blue Vervain
Campanulaceae - Lobelia Family
Lobelia spicata - Pale-spiked Lobelia
Lamiaceae - Mint Family
Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. pilosum - Hairy Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum - Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint
Physotegia virginiana - Obedient Plant
Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot
Blephilia ciliata - Downy Woodmint
Linaria vulgaris - Butter and Eggs*
Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family
Leucospora multifida - Sand Figwort
Penstemon hirsutus - Hairy Beardstongue
Penstemon digitalis - Fox-glove Beardstongue
Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's Root
Asteraceae - Sunflower Family
Helianthus annuus - Common Sunflower
Helianthus mollis - Hairy Sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis - Few-leaved Sunflower
Helianthus giganteus - Giant Sunflower
Helianthus grosseserratus - Saw Toothed Sunflower
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba - Brown-eyed Susan
Echinacea purpurea - Eastern Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida - Western Purple Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata - Yellow Coneflower
Heliopsis helianthoides - False Sunflower
Coreopsis tripteris - Tall Tickseed
Coreopsis palmata - Stiff Tickweed
Silphium integrefolium - Western Rosinweed
Silphium trifoliatum - Eastern Rosinweed
Silphium laciniatum - Compass Plant
Silphium terebinthenaceum - Prairie Dock
Silphium terebinthenaceum var. lucy-brauniae - Cut-leaved Prairie Dock
Parthenium integrifolium - Wild Quinine
Solidago canadensis - Canada Goldenrod
Solidago rigida - Stiff Goldenrod
Aster laevis - Smooth Aster
Aster dumosus - Rice Button Aster
Aster ericoides - White Heath Aster
Aster novae - angliae - New England Aster
Aster multiflorus - Dense Flowered Aster (not in Gleason and Cronquist)
Boltonia asteroides - Aster-like Boltonia
Gnaphalium obtusifolium - Sweet Everlasting
Eupatorium altissimum - Tall Boneset
Liatris aspera - Rough Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa - Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris spicata - Dense Blazing Star
Veronia gigantea - Aster-like Boltonia (orignally listed as V. altissima)
Cirsium discolor - Old Field Thistle
Prenanthes aspera - Rough White Lettuce
Angiosperms Monocotyledons
Commelinaceae - Spiderwort Family
Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio Spiderwort
Poaceae - Grass Family
Elymus villosus - Nodding Wild Rye
Sorghastrum nutans - Indian Grass
Chasmantium latifolia - Broad-leaved Uniola
Sporobolus asper - Rough Dropseed (under propagation)+
Spartina pectinata - Prairie Cord Grass
Panicum virgatum - Switch Grass
Andropogon gerardi - Big Blue Stem
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Blue Stem
Lilaceae - Lily Family
Allium vineale - Field Garlic*
Allium canadense - Wild Garlic
Lilium philidelphicum var. andinum - Western Wood Lily
Smilacina stellata - Starry False Solomon's Seal
Hypoxis hirsuta - Yellow Star Grass
Agave virginica - American Aloe
Iridaceae - Iris Family
Sisyrinchium albidum - White-eye Grass
Orchidaceae - Orchid Family
Spiranthes cernua - Nodding Lady Tresses
* Introduced Species - Adventive or naturalized plants of dry soil, fields and roadsides, but not prairie indicative.
+ Species not found on original Knoop list.
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Aullwood's Big Trees
The 100 Inch Trees
This is part of a list of big trees generated by Jim and Pat Steffen. Their list is made up of 392 trees in Montgomery County parks and public areas exceeding 100 inches in circumference at breast height. In December of 1995, after measuring over a thousand trees in the county they distributed the list. Aullwood is the location of one fourth of these ancient trees. Here are Aullwood's Big Trees.
(100 inches is approximately equal to 2.54 meters)
197" American Sycamore, Wildflower Trail
170" White Oak, Farmhouse
164" Chinquapin Oak, Center-Farm Trail near Center
162" American Sycamore, Discovery Trail
162" White Oak, Center-Farm Trail near Center
157" White Oak, Center-Farm Trail near Center
156" American Sycamore, North of Center Prairie
153" White Ash, Center-Farm Trail near stream crossing
147" Ohio Buckeye, Near Center Prairie Tower
140" White Oak, Center-Farm Trail near Center
140" White Ash, Shawnee Trail
140" Cottonwood, Farmhouse
135" Red Oak, In North Woods
135" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
131" American Sycamore, Blue Gill Pond
131" Ohio Buckeye, Blue Gill Pond
131" Red Oak, Blue Gill Pond
131" White Ash, In North Woods
131" American Sycamore, Discovery Trail
130" Bur Oak, Shawnee Trail
129" Sugar Maple, Intern House
129" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
129" American Beech, Sugar Bush
128" American Sycamore, Farm Cropland
128" Chinquapin Oak, Center-Farm Trail near Center
128" Black Walnut, Discovery Trail
128" White Oak, Shawnee Trail
126" American Sycamore, North Woods
125" Red Oak, North Woods
124" White Ash, edge of Wet Woods
124" Black Walnut, North of Center Prairie
124" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
122" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
122" Sugar Maple, North Woods
120" Red Oak, North Woods
119" Osage Orange, North of Center Prairie
119" Hackberry, Shawnee Trail
118" Chinquapin Oak, North Woods
118" Tulip Tree, Shawnee Trail
118" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
117" White Oak, Blue Gill Pond
117" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
117" American Beech, Sugar Bush
117" American Beech, Sugar Bush
117" Black Cherry, Farm Cropland
116" Red Oak, North Woods
116" American Sycamore, North Woods
116" American Beech, Sugar Bush
115" Sugar Maple, Shawnee Trail
114" Red Oak, North Woods
114" Bur Oak, Sugar Bush
113" White Ash, North Woods
113" Black Walnut, North Woods
113" Black Walnut, Farm
113" American Sycamore, Sugar Bush
112" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
111" Red Oak, North Woods
111" Sugar Maple, North Woods
111" Black Walnut, near Honeybee Meadow
111" White Ash, Center-Farm Trail near stream crossing
110" Sugar Maple, Shawnee Trail
110" Black Walnut, Shawnee Trail
110" Honey Locust, Center-Farm Trail near Center
110" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
110" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
109" Black Walnut, near Honeybee Meadow
109" American Beech, Sugar Bush
109" American Beech, Sugar Bush
109" Black Cherry, Farm
108" American Sycamore, North Woods
108" White Ash, North Woods
108" Black Walnut, Sugar Bush
107" White Ash, North Woods
106" Sugar Maple, North Woods
106" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
106" American Beech, Sugar Bush
106" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
105" Sugar Maple, Shawnee Trail
104" Hackberry, near Honeybee Meadow
104" Red Oak, Blue Gill Pond
104" American Beech, Sugar Bush
104" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
102" White Ash, North Woods
102" Black Locust, north of Center Prairie
102" American Sycamore, North Woods
102" American Beech, Sugar Bush
102" Black Cherry, Farm
101" Black Walnut, Wet Woods
101" Hackberry, Farm
100" Tulip Tree, North Woods
100" American Beech, North Woods
100" White Ash, North Woods
100" Chinquapin Oak, North Woods
100" Tulip Tree, North Woods
100" Black Walnut, Wet Woods
100" Tulip Tree, North Woods
100" White Ash, Shawnee Trail
100" Black Walnut, North Woods
100" Sugar Maple, Sugar Bush
100" Black Gum (Tupelo), Sugar Bush
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Aullwood's Dragonflies & Damselflies
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) found at Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm
Suborder Anisoptera (dragonflies)
Superfamily Aeshnoidea
Family Aeshnidae
Anax junius - Common green darner Family Gomphidae
Gomphus fraternus - Brotherly clubtail
Gomphus graslinellus - Common clubtail
Gomphus ventricosus - Wide-tailed clubtail
Gomphus quadricolor - Four-colored clubtail Superfamily Libelluloidea
Family Macromiidae
Macromia illinoiensis - Illinois River cruiser
Macromia pacifica - Pacific River cruiser Family Corduliidae
Epitheca cynosura - Dogtail skimmer
Epitheca princeps - Royal skimmer Family Libellulidae
Celithemis elisa - Elisa spotted skimmer
Celithemis eponina - Brown spotted yellow wing
Erythemis simplicicollis - Green jacket skimmer
Libellula luctuosa - Widow skimmer
Libellula lydia - White-tailed skimmer
Libellula pulchella - Ten-spot skimmer
Libellula semifasciata - Brown & gold skimmer
Pachydiplax longipennis - Blue pirate
Pantala flavescens - Common globe skimmer
Pantala hymenaea - Brown-spotted globe skimmer
Perithemis tenera - Common amber-wing
Sympetrum vicinum - Little red skimmer
Tramea carolina - Carolina raggedy skimmer
Tramea lacerata - Common raggedy skimmer
Suborder Zygoptera (damselflies)
Family Calopterygidae
Calopteryx maculatum - Black-winged damselfly
Hetaerina americana - American ruby-spot
Lestes rectangularis - Slender spread-wing Family Lestidae
Lestes vigilax - Alert spread-wing Family Coenagrionidae
Amphiagrion saucium - Bicolored Damsel
Argia apicalis - Narrow-lined dancer
Argia fumipennis violacea - Violet dancer
Argia moesta - Common dancer
Enallagma basidens - Tooth-tailed bluet
Enallagma exsulans - Stream bluet
Enallagma signatum - Brown-bodied bluet
Enallagma vesperum - Vesper bluet
Ischnura posita - Exclamation fork-tail
Ischnura verticalis -Common fork-tail
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Aullwood's Fourth of July Butterflies
Species Recorded on Butterfly Censuses at Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm
[Censuses conducted on 22 July 89; 24 July 90; 20 July 91; 18 July 92; 17 July 93; 23 July 94; 22 July 95; 20 July 96; 19 July 97]
Papilionidae (swallowtails)
Battus philenor --- pipevine swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes asterius--- black swallowtail
Papilio cresphontes---- giant swallowtail
Papilio glaucus---- tiger swallowtail
Papilio troilus---- spicebush swallowtail
Pieridae (whites and sulphurs)
Pieris rapae --- cabbage white
Colias philodice --- clouded sulphur
Colias eurytheme --- orange alfalfa sulphur
Eurema lisa --- little sulphur
Lycaenidae (coppers, hairstreaks, blues)
Satyrium calanus falacer --- banded hairstreak
Satyrium caryaevorum --- hickory hairstreak
Satyrium liparops strigosum --- striped hairstreak
Mitoura grynea --- olive hairstreak
Mitoura m-alba --- white-m hairstreak
Everes comyntas --- eastern tailed blue
Celastrina ladon --- spring azure
Riodinidae (metalmarks)
Calephelis borealis --- northern metalmark
Libytheidae (snouts)
Libytheana carinenta --- American snout
Nymphalidae (brushfoots)
Speyeria cybele --- great spangled fritillary
Boloria bellona --- meadow fritillary
Phycoides tharos --- pearl crescent
Polygonia interrogationis --- question mark
Polygonia comma --- comma
Vanessa virginiensis --- American painted lady
Vanessa cardui --- painted lady
Nymphalis antiopa --- mourning cloak
Vanessa atalanta rubria --- red admiral
Junonia coenia --- buckeye
Limenitis arthemis astyanax --- red spotted purple
Limenitis archippus --- viceroy
Asterocampa celtis --- hackberry butterfly
Asterocampa clyton --- tawny emperor
Enodia anthedon --- northern pearly eye
Megisto cymela --- little wood satyr
Cercyonis pegala --- common wood nymph
Danaidae (milkweed butterflies)
Danaus plexippus --- monarch
Hesperiidae (skippers)
Epargyreus clarus --- silver spotted skipper
Thorybes bathyllus --- southern cloudy wing
Thorybes pylades --- northern cloudy wing
Erynnis icelus --- dreamy dusky wing
Erynnis horatius --- Horace's duskywing
Erynnis baptisiae --- wild indigo dusky wing
Pholisora cattulus --- common sooty wing
Nastra lherminier --- swarthy skipper
Ancyloxypha numitor --- least skipper
Thymelicus lineola --- European skipper
Hylephila phyleus --- fiery skipper
Polites coras --- yellowpatch skipper
Polites themistocles --- tawny-edged skipper
Polites origenes --- cross line skipper
Wallengrenia egeremet --- northern broken dash
Pompeius verna --- little glassy wing
Atalopedes campestris --- satchem
Atrytone logan --- Delaware skipper
Poanes zabulon --- southern golden skipper
Euphyes vestris metacomet --- dun skipper
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Fishes of the Stillwater River
In 1971 Charles C. Conn, Assistant Ecologist with the Miami Conservancy District, published results of a study he did of life in the river. At the end of the publication, he gave a list of the fish he encountered with their frequency of occurrence at the 29 sampling stations he used along a 56 mile stretch of the river. He found 39 species. The following are the 11 most commonly encountered in order of their occurrence.
placement
1st
1st (tie)
3rd
3rd (tie)
5th
6th
7th
8th
8th (tie)
11th
11th (tie) |
species
central common shiner
spotfin shiner
silver shiner
Ohio rosefin shiner
greenside darter
stoneroller minnow
rainbow darter
bluntnose minnow
northern smallmouth bass
golden redhorse
northern rockbass |
percentage of sites
84
84
76
76
72
68
56
52
52
44
44 |
Stillwater River Fish List
Recorded for Stillwater River - Darke, Miami and Montgomery Co. - (pre-1900-1980) (70 species)
Clupeidae - Herrings (1)
Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur) - Eastern Gizzard Shad -
Umbidae - Mudminnows (1)
Umra limi (Kirtland) - Central Mudminnow -
Esocidae - Pikes (3)
Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur - Grass Pickerel -
Esox niger Lesueur - Chain Pickerel -
Esox lucius Linnaeus - Northern Pike - (State Stocked)
Cyprinidae - Carps and Native Minnows (25)
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus - Common Carp -
Carassius auratus (Linnaeus) - Goldfish -
Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill) - Golden Shiner -
Nocomis biguttatus (Kirtland) - Hornyhead Chub -
Nocomis micropogon (Cope) - River Chub -
Hybopsis amblops amblops (Rafinesque) - Northern Bigeye Chub - (DNAP-S)
Hybopsis dissimilis dissimilis (Kirtland) - Ohio Streamline Chub - (DNAP-S)
Hybopsis x-punctata trautmani (Hubbs and Crowe) - Eastern Gravel Chub -
Rhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz - Western Blacknose Dace -
Semotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill) - Northern Creek Chub -
Exoglossum laurae hubbsi Trautman - Western Tonguetied Minnow - (E)
Phoximux erythrogaster (Rafinesque) - Southern Redbelly Dace -
Notropis photogenis (Cope) - Silver Shiner -
Notropis rubellus (Agassiz) - Rosyface Shiner -
Notropis ardens (Cope) - Rosefin Shiner -
Notropis chrysocephalus chrysocephalus (Rafinesque) - Central Striped Shiner -
Notropis boops Gilbert - Bigeye Shiner - (E)
Notropis spilopterus (Cope) - Spotfin Shiner -
Notropis stramineus stramineus (Cope) - Sand Shiner -
Notropis volucellus volucellus (Cope) - Northern Mimic Shiner -
Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann and Eigenmann - Blacknose Shiner - (E)
Ericymba buccata Cope - Silverjaw Minnow -
Pimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque - Northern Fathead Minnow -
Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque) - Bluntnose Minnow -
Campostoma anomalum anomalum (Rafinesque) - Ohio Stoneroller Minnow -
Catostomidae - Suckers (7)
Carpiodes cyprinus hinei Trautman - Central Quillback Carpsucker -
Moxostoma duquesnei (Lesueur) - Black Redhorse -
Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque) - Golden Redhorse -
Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur) - Northern Hog Sucker -
Catostomus commersoni commersoni (Lacepede) - Common White Sucker -
Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque) - Spotted Sucker -
Erimyzon oblongus claviformis (Girard) - Western Creek Chubsucker -
Ictaluridae - Catfishes (7)
Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) - Channel Catfish -
Ictalurus natalis (Lesueur) - Yellow Bullhead -
Ictalurus nebulosus (Lesueur) - Brown Bullhead -
Ictalurus melas (Rafinesque) - Black Bullhead -
Noturus flavus Rafinesque - Stonecat Madtom -
Noturus miurus Jordan - Brindled Madtom -
Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill) - Tadpole Madtom -
Gadidae - Burbots (1)
Lota lota lacustris (Walbaum) - Eastern Burbot - (May 11, 1968) (DNAP-S)
Cyprinodontidae - killifishes (1)
Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque) - Blackstripe Topminnow -
Atherinidae - Silverside (1)
Labidesthes sicculus (Cope) - Brook Silverside -
Centrarchidae - Sunfishes and Blackbasses (10)
Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque - White Crappie -
Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur) - Black Crappie -
Ambloplites rupestris rupestris (Rafinesque) - Northern Rockbass -
Micropterus dolomieui dolomieui Lacepede - Northern Smallmouth Blackbass -
Micropterus salmoides salmoides (Lacepede) - Northern Largemouth Blackbass -
Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque - Green Sunfish -
Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus Rafinesque - Northern Bluegill Sunfish -
Lepomis humilis (Girard) - Orangespotted Sunfish -
Lepomis megalotis megalotis (Rafinesque) - Central Longear Sunfish -
Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus) - Pumpkinseed Sunfish -
Percidae - Walleye, Perch, Darters (12)
Stizostedion canadense (Smith) - Sauger -
Perca flavescens (Mitchill) - Yellow Perch -
Percina maculata (Girard) - Blackside Darter -
Percina caprodes caprodes (Rafinesque) - Ohio Logperch Darter -
Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam) - Eastern Sand Darter - (S - U.S.2)
Etheostoma nigrum nigrum (Rafinesque) - Central Johnny Darter -
Etheostoma blennioides blennioides (Rafinesque) - Eastern Greenside Darter -
Etheostoma zonale zonale (Cope) - Eastern Banded Darter -
Etheostoma camurum (Cope) - Bluebreast Darter - (T)
Etheostoma caeruleum Storer - Rainbow Darter -
Etheostoma spectabile spectabile (Agassiz) - Northern Orangethroat Darter -
Etheostoma flabellare flabellare Rafinesque - Barred Fantail Darter -
Etheostoma microperca Jordan and Gilbert - Least Darter -
Cottidae - Sculpins (1)
Cottus bairdi bairdi Girard - Central Mottled Sculpin -
Reference: The Fishes of Ohio, Milton B. Trautman, Ohio State University Press, 1981
Ohio Status: E = State endangered, T = Threatened (not a legal designation), S = Special interest (not a legal designation),
X = Extirpated (not a legal designation) Federal Status: F2 - FWS level of consideration
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Aullwood's Amphibian List
This list follows the taxonomy and nomenclature of A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern/Central North America, Roger Conant and Joseph T. Collins, Houghton and Mifflin, 1991.
Spotted salamander - Ambystoma maculatum
Redback salamander - Plethedon cinereus
Northern two-lined salamander - Eurycea bislineata
Longtail salamander - Eurycea longicauda
American toad - Bufo americanus
Northern cricket frog - Acris crepitans
Bullfrog - Rana catesbeiana
Green frog - Rana clamitans
Northern leopard frog - Rana pipiens
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Aullwood's Reptile List
This list follows the taxonomy and nomenclature of A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern/Central North America, Roger Conant and Joseph T. Collins, Houghton and Mifflin, 1991.
Snapping turtle - Chelydra serpentina
Common musk turtle - Sternotherus odoratus
Eastern box turtle - Terrapene carolina
Map turtle - Graptemys geographica
Midland painted turtle - Chrysemys picta
Eastern spiny softshell turtle - Apalone spiniferus
Northern water snake - Nerodia sipedon
Queen snake - Regina septemvittata
Eastern garter snake - Thamnopis sirtalis
Blue racer - Coluber constrictor
Eastern milk snake - Lampropeltis triangularum
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Aullwood's Bird List
This list was collected over many years. Included are birds that have been seen at or very near Aullwood. The list includes some which are seen only every other year or so. There are also many that are seen year 'round.
Ciconiiformes
Great blue heron
Green heron
Black-crowned night heron
Anseriformes
Canada goose
Mallard
Blue-winged teal
Wood duck
Falconiformes
Turkey vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned hawk
Cooper's hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Red-shouldered hawk
Broad-winged hawk
Rough-legged hawk
Marsh hawk
American kestrel
Galliformes
Bobwhite
Ring-necked pheasant
Gruiformes
Sandhill crane
American coot
Charadriformes
Killdeer
American woodcock
Common snipe
Spotted sandpiper
Solitary sandpiper
Ring-billed gull
Columbiformes
Rock dove
Mourning dove
Cuculiformes
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Strigiformes
Screech owl
Great horned owl
Barred owl
Saw-whet owl
Caprimulgiformes
Common nighthawk
Apodiformes
Chimney swift
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Coraciformes
Belted kinghisher
Piciformes
Common flicker
Pileated woodpecker
Red-bellied woodpecker
Red-headed woodpecker
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Hairy woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Passeriformes
Eastern kingbird
Great crested flycatcher
Eastern phoebe
Yellow-bellied flycatcher
Acadian flycatcher
Willow flycatcher
Least flycatcher
Eastern wood pewee
Olive-sided flycatcher
Tree swallow
Bank swallow
Rough-winged swallow
Barn swallow
Purple martin
Blue jay
Common crow
Black-capped chickadee
Carolina chickadee
Tufted titmouse
White-breasted nuthatch
Red-breasted nuthatch
Brown creeper
House wren
Winter wren
Carolina wren
Mockingbird
Gray catbird
Brown thrasher
Americna robin
Wood thrush
Hermit thrush
Gray-cheeked thrush
Veery
Eastern bluebird
Blue-grey gnatcatcher
Golden-crowned kinglet
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Cedar waxwing
Starling
White-eyed vireo
Yellow-throated vireo
Solitary vireo
Red-eyed vireo
Philadelphia vireo
Warbling vireo
Black and white warbler
Blue-winged warbler
Tennessee warbler
Nashville warbler
Northern parula
Yellow warbler
Magnolia warbler
Cape May warber
Black-throated blue warbler
Yellow-rumped warbler
Black-throated green warbler
Cerulean warbler
Blackburnian warbler
Yellow-throated warbler
Chelstnut-sided warbler
Bay-breasted warbler
Blackpoll warbler
Pine warbler
Prairie warbler
Palm warbler
Ovenbird
Northern waterthrush
Louisiana waterthrush
Kentucky warbler
Mourning warbler
Common yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted chat
Hooded warbler
Wilson's warbler
Canada warbler
American redstart
House sparrow
Eastern meadowlark
Red-winged blackbird
Baltimore oriole
Rusty blackbird
Common grackle
Brown-headed cowbird
Scarlet tanager
Summer tanager
Cardinal
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Evening grosbeak
Indigo bunting
Purple finch
House finch
Pine siskin
American goldfinch
Eastern towkhee
Savannah sparrow
Grasshopper sparrow
Dark-eyed junco
Tree sparrow
Chipping sparrow
Field sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
White-throated sparrow
Fox sparrow
Swamp sparrow
Song sparrow
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Aullwood's Mammal List
This list follows the taxonomy and nomenclature of A Guide to the Mammals of Ohio, Jack L.Gottschang, Ohio State University Press, 1981
Order Marsupialia - pouched mammals
Family Didelphidae
Opossum - Didelphis virginiana Order Insectivora - moles and shrews
Family Talpidae - moles
Eastern mole - Scalopus aquaticus Family Soricidae - shrews
Short tailed shrew - Blarina brevicauda Order Chiroptera - bats
Family Verspertillionidae - bats
Little brown bat - Myotis lucifugus
Indiana bat - Myotis sodalis
Keen myotis - Myotis keenii
Silver-haired bat - Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern pipistrel - Pipistrellus subflavus
Big brown bat - Eptesicus fuscus
Red bat - Lasiurus borealis
Hoary bat - Lasiurus cinereus
Order Lagomorpha - rabbits and hares
Family Leporidae - rabbits and hare
Eastern cottontail rabbit - Sylvilagus floridanus Order Rodentia - rodents
Family Sciuridae - woodchucks, squirrels, chipmunks, etc.
Woodchuck - Marmota monax
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Eastern chipmunk - Tamias striatus
Red squirrel - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Gray squirrel - Sciurus carolinenesis
Fox squirrel - Sciurus niger
Southern flying squirrel - Glaucomys volans
Family Castoridae - beaver
Beaver - Castor canadensis Family Cricetidae - native rats, mice,
voles and lemmings
Deer mouse - Peromyscus maniculatus
White-footed mouse - Peromyscus leucopus
Meadow vole - Microtus pennsylvanicus
Prairie vole - Microtus orchrogaster
Muskrat - Ondartra zibethica
Southern bog lemming - Synaptomys cooperi
Family Muridae - old world rats and mice
Norway rat - Rattus norvigecus
House mouse - Mus musculus
Family Zapodidae - jumping mice
Meadow jumping mouse - Zapus hudsonius Order Carnivora - meat eaters
Family Canidae - dogs, foxes and wolves
Coyote - Canis latrans
Red fox - Vulpes fulva
Gray fox - Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Family Procyonidae - racoons and allies
Racoon - Procyon lotor Family Mustelidae - weasels, skunk, mink, otter and badger
Longtail weasel - Mustela frenata
Least weasel - Mustela nivalis
Mink - Mustela vison
Badger - Taxidea taxus
Striped skunk - Mephitis mephitis
Order Artiodactyla - even toed hooved ungulates
Family Cervidae - deer
Whitetail deer - Odocoileus virginianus
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