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A Biodiversity Walk with Peter Alden at Fresh Pond Reservation
June 6, 2007
Species List

 

Birds
Rock Pigeon
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Grackle
European Starling
Ring-billed Gull
American Goldfinch
Warbling Vireo
Herring Gull
Canada Goose
Downy Woodpecker
Cedar Waxwing
Baltimore Oriole
Gray Catbird
Yellow Warbler
Barn Swallow
Eastern Kingbird
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
Tree Swallow
House Sparrow
Mallard

Mammals
Eastern Cottontail

Insects
Cranefly
Spittlebug
Millipede
Mayfly

Mushrooms
Dryad's Saddle

Vines
Black Swallowwort
Cow Vetch
Riverbank Grape
Bindweed
Oriental Bittersweet
Poison Ivy
Bittersweet Nightshade
Wild Cucumber Vine
Blackberry
Virginia Creeper
Purple-flowering Raspberry
Ground Ivy

 

Trees
Eastern Cottonwood
Silver Maple
Common Buckthorn
American Elm
Norway Maple
Shagbark Hickory
Glossy Buckthorn
River Birch
Ailanthus
Staghorn Sumac
American Beech
Red Oak
Red Mulberry
Box Elder
White Pine
Basswood
Red Maple
Shadbush
Black Cherry
Hackberry
Black Walnut
Black Locust
Sycamore
Gray Birch
Apple
Aspen
Autumn Olive
Hawthorn
Pin Oak

Shrubs
Morris's Honeysuckle
Multiflora Rose
Meadowsweet
Silky Dogwood
Japanese Barberry
Privet
Highbush Cranberry
Elder
Witch Hazel
Rugosa Rose
Spice Bush
Highbush Blueberry
Pasture Rose

Ferns
Sensitive Fern
Royal Fern

 

Herbaceous Plants
Mugwort
Tansy
Burdock
Heart-leaved Aster
Common Plantain
Yellow Avens
Yellow Wood Sorrel
Japanese Knotweed
Jerusalem Artichoke
Rough-fruited Cinquefoil
Daisy Fleabane
Queen Anne's Lace
Solomon's Seal
Red Clover
Bull Thistle
Common Milkweed
Wild Blue Lettuce
Wild Geranium
Birdsfoot Trefoil
St. Johnswort
White Clover
Tiarella (Foamflower)
Beggar Ticks
Garlic Mustard
Lamb's Quarters
Pokeweed
Bittersweet Nightshade
Smartweed
Jewelweed
Common Violet
Curly Dock
Pepperweed
Shepherd's Purse
Wild Mustard
False Solomon's Seal
May apple
Bladder Campion
Blue Vervain
Hairy Solomon's Seal
Oxeye Daisy
Yellow Iris
Creeping Buttercup
Enchanter's Nightshade
Yarrow
Rough-stemmed Goldenrod
Yellow Pond Lily
Greater Celandine

Grasses
Timothy