Spring Bioblitz 2020

RUSS PITMAN PARK SPRING 2020 BIOBLITZ (4/24 – 5/5)

 ALL SPECIES: (278)

ANIMALS: (142)

VERTEBRATES: (78)

INVERTEBRATES: (64)

FUNGI: (24)

PLANTS: (112)

Mammals: (3)

Gray Squirrel – Sciurus carolinensis

Fox Squirrel – S. niger

Virginia Opossum – Didelphis virginiana

Birds: (67)

Downy Woodpecker – Picoides pubescens

Cooper’s Hawk – Accipiter cooperii

Chimney Swift – Chaetura pelagica

Northern Cardinal – Cardinalis cardinalis

Blue Jay – Cyanocitta cristata

Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus

Eastern Screech Owl – Megascops asio

Carolina Wren – Thryothorus ludovicianus

White-winged Dove – Zenaida asiatica

Carolina Chickadee – Poecile carolinensis

American Robin – Turdus migratorius

Great –tailed Grackle – Quiscalus mexicanus

Ruby-throated Hummingbird – Archilochus colubris

American Redstart – Setophaga ruticilla

Black-bellied Whistling Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis

Mourning Dove – Zenaida macroura

Yellow-billed Cuckoo – Coccyzus americanus

Chuck-will’s-widow – Antrostomus carolinensis

Yellow-crowned Night Heron – Nyctanassa violacea

Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis

Broad-winged Hawk – Buteo platypterus

Red-tailed Hawk – Buteo jamaicensis

Monk Parakeet – Myiopsitta monachus

Eastern Wood-Peewee – Contopus virens

Acadian Flycatcher – Empidonax virescens

Great-crested Flycatcher – Myiarchus crinitus

Alder/Willow Flycatcher – Empidonax sp.

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher – Empidonax flaviventris

Yellow-throated Vireo – Vireo flavifrons

Red-eyed Vireo – Vireo olivaceus

Blue-headed Vireo – Vireo solitarius

Warbling Vireo – Vireo gilvus

Purple Martin – Progne subis

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – Regulus calendula

Carolina Wren – Thryothorus ludovicianus

European Starling – Sturnus vulgaris

Gray Catbird – Dumetella carolinensis

Northern Mockingbird – Mimus polyglottos

Gray-cheeked Thrush – Catharus minimus

Swainson’s Thrush – Catharus ustulatus

Wood Thrush – Hylocichla mustelina

American Robin – Turdus migratorius

Cedar Waxwing – Bombycilla cedrorum

House Sparrow – Passer domesticus

Yellow-breasted Chat – Icteria virens

Baltimore Oriole – Icterus galbula

Great-tailed Grackle – Quiscalus mexicanus

Ovenbird – Seiurus aurocapilla

Worm-eating Warbler – Helmitheros vermivorum

Golden-winged Warbler – Vermivora chrysoptera

Blue-winged Warbler – Vermivora cyanoptera

Black-and-white Warbler – Mniotilta varia

Tennessee Warbler – Leiothlypis peregrina

Orange-crowned Warbler – Vermivora celata

Nashville Warbler – Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Common Yellowthroat – Geothlypis trichas

Cerulean Warbler – Setophaga cerulea

Northern Parula – Setophaga americana

Magnolia Warbler – Setophaga magnolia

Bay-breasted Warbler – Setophaga castanea

Blackburnian Warbler – Setophaga fusca

Chestnut-sided Warbler – Setophaga pensylvanica

Black-throated Green Warbler – Setophaga virens

Summer Tanager – Piranga rubra

Scarlet Tanager – Piranga olivacea

Rose-breasted Grosbeak – Pheucticus ludovicianus

Indigo Bunting – Passerina cyanea

Reptiles: (5)

Red-eared Slider – Trachemys scripta

Three-toed Box turtle – Terrapene Carolina triunguis

Green Anole – Anolis carolinensis

Cuban Brown Anole – Anolis sagrei

Ground Skink – Scincella lateralis

Amphibians: (1)

Gulf Coast Toad – Incilius nebulifer

Bony Fish: (2)

Mosquitofish – Gambusia affinis

Tilapia – Tilapia sp.
(introduced)

INVERTEBRATES (Non-insects):  (15)

Mollusks: (3)

Asian Tramp Snail – Bradybaena similaris

Globular Drop – Oligyra orbiculata

Dome Snail – Ventridens sp.

Segmented Worms: (1)

Common Earthworm – Lumbricus terrestris

Arachnids: (8)

Woodland Giant Wolf Spider – Tigrosa aspersa

Orchard Orbweaver – Leucage venusta

Mabel Orbweaver – L. argyrobapta

Common House Spider – Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Spinybacked Orbweaver – Gasteracantha cancriformis

Arabesque Orbweaver – Neoscona arabesca

South American Toothed Hacklemesh Weaver Metaltella simoni

Velvet Mite – Trombidium sp.

Crustaceans: (3)

Common Pillbug – Armadillidium vulgare

Common Striped Woodlouse – Philoscia muscorum

Lawn Shrimp (Amphipod/hopper) – Talitridae

INSECTS/Hexapods: ()

Dragonflies/Damselflies: (2)

Blue Dasher – Pachydiplax longipennis

Great Blue Skimmer – Libellula vibrans

Butterflies and Moths: (12)

Monarch – Danaus plexipus

Spicebush Swallowtail – Papilio troilus

Gulf Fritillary – Agraulis vanillae

Black swallowtail – Papilio polyxenes

American Snout – Libytheana carinenta

Reakirt’s Blue – Echinargus isola

Horace’s Duskywing – Erynnis horatius

Clouded Skipper – Lerema accius

Fiery Skipper – Hylephila phyleus

Tropical Checkered-Skipper – Burnsius oileus

Green Cutworm Moth – Anicla infecta

Eupithecia sp.

Flies: (9)

Flesh fly – Sarcophagidae

Common Greenbottle Fly – Lucilia sericata

Long-legged fly – Condylostylus sp.

Leaf-miner Fly – Ophiomyia sp.

Lantana Leaf Miner – Calycomyza lantanae

Cherypie Leafminer – Ophiomyia camarae

Thin-lined Calligrapher – Toxomerus boscii

Aclyptrate fly – Sapromyza sp.

Goldenrod Gall Fly – Eurosta solidaginis

Bees, Wasps, Sawflies, Ants: (12)

Eastern Carpenter Bee – ‎Xylocopa virginica

Southern Carpenter Bee – Xylocopa micans

Western Honeybee – Apis mellifera

Carpenter Mimic Leafcutter Bee – Megachile xylocopoides

Red imported Fire Ant- Solenopsis invicta

Black Crazy Ant – Paratrechina longicornis

Carpenter Ant – Camponotus sp. (subgenus Myrmentoma)

Dark Rover Ant – Brachymyrmex patagonensis

Paper Wasp – Polistes sp.

Metric Paper Wasp – Polistes metricus

Spider wasp – Calopompilus maculipennis

Hackberry Petiole Gall Wasp – Pachypsylla venusta

Beetles: (4)

Asian Ladybird Beetle – Harmonia axyridis

Spotless Ladybird Beetle – Cycloneda sanguinea

Spotted Cucumber Beetle –

Elm Calligrapher Beetle –

True Bugs: (6)

Black Stinbug – Proxys punctulatus

Broken-backed Bug – Taylorilygus apicalis

Assassin Bug – Coreinae

Planthopper – Empoasca sp.

Leafhopper – Erythroneura aclys

Leafhopper – Hymetta kansasensis

Cockroaches: (3)

Surinam Roach – Pycnoscelus surinamensis

American Cockroach – Periplaneta americana

Smoky Brown Cockroach – Periplaneta fuliginosa

Earwigs: (1)

Ring-legged Earwig – Euborellia annulipes

FUNGI: (24)

Candlesnuff Fungus – Xylaria hypoxylon

Wood Ear – Auricularia angiospermarum

Amber jelly Fungus – Exidia recisa

Hairy Hexagonia – Hexagonia hydnoides

Artist’s Bracket – Ganoderma applanatum

False Turkey Tail – Stereum ostrea

Oyster Mushroom – Pleurotus ostreatus

Bracket Fungus – Ganoderma sessile

Firerug Inkcap – Coprinellus domesticus

Turkey Tail Fungus – Trametes versicolor

Common Tarcrust – Diatrype stigma

Hypoxylon sp.

Ceramic Parchment fungus – Xylobolus frustulatus

Splitgill Muchroom – Schizophyllum commune

Crowded Parchment Fungus – Stereum complicatum

Honeycomb Bracket fungus – Favolus sp.

Hoof Fungus – Fomes fomentarius

Orange Hobnail Canker – Endothia gyrosa

Pore lichen – Pertusaria sp.

Speckled Greenshield Lichen – Flavopunctelia flaventior

Common Greenshield Lichen – Flavoparmelia caperata

Farinose Cartilage Lichen – Ramalina farinacea

Common Button Lichen – Buellia erubescens

Common Script Lichen – Graphis scripta

PLANTS: (112)

There are of course way more than ___ plants in Russ Pitman Park.

The Nature Discovery Center, however, already has a rather voluminous and exhaustive plant list for the park. Thus, the naturalists who participated in the first Bio-blitz did not attempt to document all or even most of the plants in the park. Participants simply noted plants they found interesting, observed fruiting or blooming, or thought may not already be on the official park list of plants.

During future Bio-blitzes, we will invite plant specialists to help us survey more systematically, for a more thorough accounting of plants present in the park.

Ferns: (1)

Resurrection Fern – Pleopeltis michauxiana

Palms: (1)

Dwarf Palmetto – Sabal minor

Grasses/Sedges/Rushes: (10)

Eastern Gamagrass – Tripsacum dactyloides

Cherokee Sedge – Carex cherokeensis

True sedge – Carex sp.

Flatsedge – Cyperus sp.

Umbrella Papyrus – Cyperus involucratus

Basketgrass – Oplismenus hirtellus

Big Bluestem – Andropogon gerardii

Wood Oats (Inland Sea Oats) – Chasmanthium latifolium

Virginia Wildrye – Elymus virginicus

Little Barley – Hordeum pusillium

Broadleaf Plants: (100)

Straggler Daisy – Calyptocarpus vialis

Turkey-tangle Frogfruit – Phyla nodiflora

Boxelder Maple – Acer negundo

Red Maple – Acer rubrum

Southern Sugar maple – Acer floridanum

Yard Aster – Symphotrichum divaricatum

Blue Mistflower – Conoclinium coelestinum

Climbing Hempvine – Mikania scandens

Tall Goldenrod – Solidago altissima

Seaside Goldenrod – Solidago sempervirens

Giant Goldenrod – Solidago canadensis

Tievine – Ipomoea cordatotriloba

Narrowleaf Sunflower – Helianthus angustifolius

Opposite-leaf Spotflower – Acmella repens

Mexican Plum – Prunus mexicanus

Painted Spurge – Euphorbia heterophylla

Cuban Jute – Sida rhombifolia

Frostweed – Verbesina virginica

Black Willow – Salix nigra

Aquatic Milkweed – Asclepias perennis

Creeping Buttercup – Ranunculus repens

Mexican Primrose-willow – Ludwigia octovalvis

Three-lobed False Mallow – Malvastrum coromandelianum

Loquat – Eriobotrya japonica

Three-seeded Mercury – Acalypha sp.

Arrowhead – Sagittaria latifolia

Lizard’s Tail – Saururus cernuus

Saw Greenbriar – Smilax bona-nox

Mustang Grape – Vitis mustangensis

Gum Bumelia – Sideroxylon langunosum

Carolina Snailseed – Cocculus carolinus

Catclaw Vine – Dolichandra unguis-cati

Hairy Crabweed – Fatoua villosa

Coralberry – Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Pickerelweed – Pontederia cordata

River Birch – Betula nigra

Sweetbay Magnolia – Magnolia virginiana

False Indigo – Amorpha fruticosa

Mulberry – Morus sp.

Parsley Hawthorn – Crataegus marshallii

Shummard Red Oak – Quercus shumardii

Cast Iron Plant – Aspidistra elatior

Buttonbush – Cephalanthus occidentalis

Elephant Ears – Colocasia sp.

Loblolly Pine – Pinus taeda

Monkey grass – Lirope sp.

Shrimp Plant – Justicia brandegeeana

Mexican Ruellia – Ruellia simplex

Yaupon Holly – Ilex vomitoria

American Black Elderberry – Sambucus canadensis

Southern Magnolia – Magnolia grandiflora

Sugarberry – Celtis laevigata

Green Ash – Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Southern Arrowwood – Viburnum dentatum

Southern Live Oak – Quercus virginiana

American Elm – Ulmus americana

Chinese Holly – Ilex cornuta

Roughleaf Dogwood – Cornus drummondii

Eastern Redbud – Cercis canadensis

Carolina Laurelcherry – Prunus caronliniana

Loquat-leaf Oak – Quercus rysophylla

Bur Oak – Quercus macrocarpa

Bald Cypress – Taxodium distichum

Turk’s Cap – Malvaviscus arboreus

Whitemouth Dayflower – Commelina erecta

Orchid Tree – Bauhinia variegata

Wild Petunia – Ruellia caerula

Poison Ivy – Toxicodendron redicans

Scarlet Sage – Salvia coccinea

American Beautyberry – Callicarpa americana

Virginia Creeper – Parthenocissus quinquefolia

American Persimmon – Diospyros virginiana

Texas Persimmon – Diospyros texana

Texas Ebony – Ebenopsis ebano

Mexican Buckeye – Ungnadia speciosa

Carolina Buckthorn – Frangula caroliniana

American Sweetgum – Liquidambar styraciflua

Illinois Bundleflower – Desmanthus illinoisensis

Texas Prairie Parsley – Polytaenia texana

Gulf Coast Penstemmon – Penstemon tenuis

Small Leaf Spiderwort – Tradescantia fluminensis

Goldenwave Tickseed – Coreopsis basalis

Spiderwort – Tradescantia sp.

White Clover – Trifolium repens

Virginia Pepperweed – Lepidium virginicum

Indian Blanket – Gaillardia pulchella

White Oak – Quercus alba

Japanese Honeysuckle – Lonicera japonica

Virginia Pepperweed – Lepidium viriginica

Large-flower Pink Wood Sorrel – Oxalis debilis

Showy Evening Primrose – Oenethera speciose

Prairie Rosinweed – Silphium integrifolium

Black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta

Pecan – Carya illinoisensis

Spearleaf Swampmallow – Pavonia hastata

Common Passionfruit – Passiflora sp.

Swamp Leatherflower – Clematis crispa

False Dandelion – Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus

Venus’s Looking-glass – Triodans biflora

Packera  sp.