Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Common name | Scientific name |
| alders | Alnus spp. |
| alligator, American | Alligator mississippiensis |
| ash, Carolina | Fraxinus caroliniana |
| aspens | Populus spp. |
| Asteraceae (composite family) | Asteraceae = Compositae |
| baldcypress | Taxodium distichum |
| barnyardgrasses | Echinochloa spp. |
| barnyardgrass, coast bay (= sweetbay, swampbay, loblolly-bay) |
Echinochloa walteri |
| bear, black | Ursus americanus |
| beaver | Castor canadensis |
| bison | Bison bison |
| black-mangrove | Avicennia germinans |
| bluestems | Andropogon spp. |
| bobwhite, northern | Colinus virginianus |
| brome, smooth | Bromus inermis |
| bulrushes | Scirpus spp. |
| bulrush, alkali | Scirpus maritimus |
| bulrush, American | Scirpus americanus |
| bulrush, hardstem | Scirpus lacustris |
| bulrush, Olney | Scirpus olneyi |
| bulrush, river | Scirpus fluviatilis |
| bulrush, saltmarsh | Scirpus robustus |
| bulrush, softstem | Scirpus validus |
| bulrush, tule | Scirpus acutus |
| burreed | Sparganium spp. |
| burreed, giant | Sparganium eurycarpum |
| button-mangrove | Conocarpus erectus |
| cajeput tree | Melaleuca quinquenervia |
| cane | Arundinaria |
| cane, giant | Arundinaria gigantea |
| canvasback | Aythya valisineria |
| caribou | Rangifer tarandus |
| cattails | Typha spp. |
| cattail, common | Typha latifolia |
| cattail, narrowleaf | Typha angustifolia |
| cattle (domestic) | Bos taurus |
| cestodes | Cestoidea (Cestoda) |
| chipmunk, least | Tamius minimus |
| cladonia (lichen) | Cladonia spp. |
| coot, American | Fulica americana |
| cordgrasses | Spartina spp. |
| cordgrass,big | Spartina cynosuroides |
| cordgrass, gulf | Spartina spartinae |
| cordgrass, marshhay | Spartina patens |
| cordgrass, smooth | Spartina alterniflora |
| cotton rat, hispid | Sigmodon hispidus |
| cottonsedges | Eriophorum spp. |
| cottonsedge, sheathed | Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum |
| crane, sanclhill | Grus canadensis |
| crow, American | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| crowberryl black | Empetrum nigrum |
| curlew, long-billed | Numenius americanus |
| cutgrass, rice | Leersia oryzoides |
| Cyperaceae (sedge family) | Cyperaceae |
| cypresses | Taxodium spp. |
| deer | Odocoileus spp. |
| deer, white-tailed | Odocoileus virginianus |
| dove, mourning | Zenaida macroura |
| Drepanocladus (moss) | Drepanocladus spp. |
| duck, mottled | Anas fulvigula |
| ducks | Anatinae |
| duckweeds | Lemna spp. |
| feathermoss, red-stemmed | Pleurozium schreberi |
| fetterbushes | Leucothoe spp. |
| fir, Douglas | Pseudotsuga menziesii |
| fish | Pisces |
| fisher | Martes pennanti |
| flatsedge, redroot | Cyperus erythrorhizos |
| foxtails | Alopecurus spp. |
| geese | Anserinae |
| goat, mountain | Oreamnos americanus |
| godwit, marbled | Limosa fedoa |
| goose, Canada | Branta canadensis |
| goose, snow | Chen caerulescens |
| grass | Poaceae |
| grasshoppers | Acrididae |
| greasewood, black | Sarcobatus vermiculatus |
| greenbriers | Smilax spp. |
| ground squirrel, thirteen-lined | Spermophilus tridecemlineatus |
| grouse, ruffed | Bonasa umbellus |
| grouse, sharp-tailed | Tympanuchus phasianellus |
| grouse,spruce | Dendragapus canadensis |
| hawk, white-tailed | Buteo albicaudatus |
| heath | Ericaceae |
| herons | Ardeidae |
| huisache | Acacia farnesiana |
| jumping mouse, meadow | Zapus hudsonius |
| katydids, meadow | Conocephalus spp. |
| killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| larch, tamarack | Larix laricina |
| leatherleaf, Cassandra | Chamaedaphne calyculata |
| lichen | Lichenes |
| loblolly-bay | Gordonia lasianthus |
| lyonia, fetterbush | Lyoina lucida |
| mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| mangrove | See red mangrove, black-mangrove, white-mangrove, button mangrove |
| mangrove, red | Rhizophora mangle |
| maple, red | Acer rubrum |
| marshpurslane, slimfruit | Ludwigia leptocarpa |
| marten | Martes americana |
| meadowlark, eastern | Sturnella magna |
| mints | Mentha spp. |
| mites | Acarina |
| moose | Alces alces |
| moss, mountain fern | Hylocomium splendens |
| mosses, peat | Sphagnum spp. |
| Sphagnum fuscum | |
| Sphagnum girgensohni | |
| moss, plume | Ptilum crista-castrensis |
| moss, Spanish | Tillandsia usneoides |
| mouse, deer | Peromyscus maniculatus |
| mud turtle, eastern | Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum |
| muskrat | Ondatra zibethicus |
| muskrat, round-tailed | Neofiber alleni |
| needle rush | Juncus roemerianus |
| nutria | Myocastor coypus |
| oaks | Quercus spp. |
| orchid | Orchidaceae |
| otter, river | Lutra canadensis |
| palmettos | Sabal spp. |
| panicums | Panicum spp. |
| panicum, maidencane | Panicum hemitomon |
| paspalum, knotgrass | Paspalum distichum |
| paspalum, seashore | Paspalum vaginatum |
| periwinkles | Littorina spp. |
| pickerelweed, lance | Pontederia lanceolata |
| pines | Pinus spp. |
| pine, longleaf | Pinus palustris |
| pine, pitch | Pinus rigida |
| pine, pond | Pinus serotina |
| pine, ponderosa | Pinus ponderosa |
| pine, slash | Pinus elliotti |
| pintail, northern | Anas acuta |
| pinyon | Pinus edulis |
| pitcherplants | Sarracenia spp. |
| pitcherplant, pale | Sarracenia alata |
| Poaceae (grass family) | Poaceae = Gramineae |
| pocket mice | Perognathus spp. |
| pondcypress | Taxodium distichum var. nutans |
| ptarmigans | Lagopus spp. |
| rabbits, (cottontails) | Sylvilagus spp. |
| rabbitbrush, rubber | Chrysothamnus nauseosus |
| raccoon | Procyon lotor |
| rails | Rallidae |
| redbay | Persea borbonia |
| redroot | Lacnanthes tinctoria |
| redwood, coast redwood | Sequoia sempervirens |
| reed, common | Phragmites australis (formerly Phragmites communis) |
| reedgrass, bluejoint | Calamagrostis canadensis |
| rivergrass. whitetop | Scolochloa festucacea |
| rush, Baltic | Juncus balticus |
| rush, needle | Juncus roemerianus |
| sacaton, big | Sporobolus wrightii |
| saltgrass, seashore | Distichlis spicata |
| sawgrass | Cladium jamaicense |
| sedges | Carex spp. |
| sedge, awned | Carex atherodes |
| sequoia, giant | Sequoiadendron giganteum |
| sesbania, hemp | Sesbania exaltata |
| sheep, bighorn | Ovis canadensis |
| shrews | Soricidae |
| shrew, masked | Sorex cinereus |
| shrew, northern short-tailed | Blarina brevicauda |
| smartweeds | Polygonum spp. |
| smartweed, swamp | Polygonm hydropiperoides |
| snail, salt marsh | Melampus bidentatus |
| snakes | Serpentes |
| snipe, common | Gallinago gaillinago |
| southem-wildrice, giant | Zizaniopsis miliacea |
| spwtow, LeConte's | Ammodramus leconteii |
| sparrow, Savannah | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| sphagnuin (peat moss) | Sphagnum spp. |
| spikerush, common | Eleocharis palustris |
| sprangletops | Leptochloa spp. |
| spruces | Picea spp. |
| spruce,black | Picea Mariana |
| squirrel, red | Tamiasciurus hudsonicus |
| squirrels, tree | Sciurus spp. |
| swampbay | Persea palustris |
| Persea borbonia var. pubescens | |
| sweetbay | Magnolia virginiana |
| sweetgum | Liquidambar styraciflua |
| tamarack larch | Larix laricina |
| teal, blue-winged | Anas discors |
| thistle, Canada | Cirsium arvense |
| threeawns | Aristida spp. |
| threeawn, pineland | Aristida stricta |
| treefrog, pine barrens | Hyla andersonii |
| trematodes | Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) |
| trumpet-leaf | Sarracenia flava |
| tupelos | Nyssa spp. |
| tupelo, black | Nyssa sylvatica |
| tupelo, swamp | Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora |
| tupelo, water | Nyssa aquatica |
| vole, meadow | Microtus pennsylvanicus |
| waterfowl | Anseriformes |
| white-cedar, Atlantic | Chamaecyparis thyoides |
| white-cedar, northern | Thuja occidentalis |
| white-mangrove | Laguncularia racemosa |
| widgeongrass | Ruppia maritima |
| wildrye, basin | Elymus cinereus |
| wildrye, creeping | Elymus triticoides |
| willows | Salix spp. |
| willow, coastal plain | Salix caroliniana |
| wintergrass, Texas | Stipa leucotricha |
| wren,sedge | Cistothorus platensis |
| yellowlegs, greater | Tringa melanoleuca |
| yellowlegs, lesser | Tringa flavipes |
| zenobia | Zonobia pulverulenta |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
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