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Nature Lives!
A Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation Inventory
of Living Things Observed on the Reservation
March 14, 2009

Led by Tom Murray, Julie Lisk, Larry Millman, and Elizabeth Wylde

Arthropods observed during the walk
(Photos taken by Tom Murray
)

Birds
Northern Mockingbird
White-breasted Nuthatch
Black-capped Chickadee
House Finch
Northern cardinal
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Redwing Blackbird
Common Merganser
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Redtailed Hawks
Downy Woodpecker
Common Grackle
Hooded Merganser

Mammals
Gray Squirrel

Arthropods, Annelids and Mollusks
Firefly (Ellychnia corrusca)
Soil Centipede (Geophilomorpha)
Stone Centipede (Lithobiomorpha)
Earthworm (Annelid)
Little Brown Beetle (Mioptachys flavicauda)
Wolf Spider (Pardosa sp.)
Mite (Pergamasus sp. )
Tawny Cockroach (Ectobius lapponicus )
Diplura - Campodeidae
Isotomid Springtail (Isotomidae Family)
Fly Larva (Tipula sp.)
Millipede (Blaniulus guttulatus & Ophyiulus pilosus)
Fire-colored Beetle Larva (Pyrochroidae)
Longhorn Beetle - Ribbed Pine Borer (Rhagium           inquisitor)
Slug (Mollusk)
Snail (Mollusk)
Coralus Beetle ( Carabus nemoralis)
Wood Louse (Isopoda)
Ground Beetles (Pterostichus caudicalis, Chlaenius
        tricolor, Platynus cincticollis, Agonum palustre,         and Agonum melanarium)
Click Beetle (Ampedus nigricollis)
Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae)
Flat-backed Millipede (Polydesmus sp.)
Skulleton Beetle
Weevil (Cossonus corticola)
Ant (Myrmica rubra)
Sixspotted Orbweaver Spider (Araniella displicata)

Fungi and Lichens
Camarops petersii
Cerrena unicolor (Mossy Maze Polypore)
Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Blue-Stain Fungus)
Daedaleopsis confragosa (Thin Maze Polypore)
Daldinia concentrica (Carbon Balls)
Hymenochaete olivaceum (Brown Toothed Crust)
Hypoxylon fragiforme (Beech Hypoxylon)
Irpex lacteus (Milk White Toothed Polypore)
Lachnelulla virgineus (Stalked Hairy Fairy Cup)
Mollisia cinerea
Panellus stipticus (Luninescent Panellus)
Stereum sp.
Xylaria sp.

Vascular Plants
Hackberry ( Celtis occidentalis)
Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Shadbush (Amelanchier canadensis)
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Crab Apple (Malsu p.)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia serotina)
Coneflower (Echinacea
Garlic Mustard (Allaria petiolata)