Appendix A - Scientific names of plants and birds cited in Wetland Habitat Accounts

Plants a
Common Name Scientific Name
American Bugseed Corispermum americanum
American Lotus-lily Nelumbo lutea
American Sea Rocket Cakile edentula
American Water-horehound Lycopus americanus
American White Water-lily Nymphaea odorata
Arrowhead Sagittaria spp
Arrow-leaved Tear-thumb Polygonum sagittatum
Balsam Fir Abies balsamea
Balsam Poplar Populus balsamifera
Beach Pea Lathyrus japonicus
Beaked Sedge Carex rostrata
Beggarticks Bidens spp.
Black Bulrush Scirpus atrovirens
Black Spruce Picea mariana
Bladderwort Utricularia spp
Bluejoint Grass Calamagrostis canadensis
Bog-laurel Kalmia polifolia
Boreal Bog Sedge Carex magellanica
Broad-fruit Bur-reed Sparganium eurycarpum
Broad-leaved Cat-tail Typha latifolia
Bulblet Water-hemlock Cicuta bulbifera
Canadian Waterweed Elodea canadensis
Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis
Common Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica
Common Evening-primrose Oenothera biennis
Common Flat-topped Goldenrod Euthamia graminifolia
Common Juniper Juniperus communis
Common Lake Sedge Carex lacustris
Common Reed Phragmites australis
Common Water-Milfoil Myriophyllum sibiricum
Common Yellow Lake Sedge Carex utriculata
Coon’s-tail Ceratophyllum demersum
Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis
Creeping-snowberry Gaultheria hispidula
Crinkled Hair Grass Deschampsia flexuosa
Curly Pondweed Potamogeton crispus
Duckweed Lemna spp.
Dune Grass Ammophila breviligulata
Dune Willow Salix cordata
Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides
Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus
Elliptic Spike-rush Eleocharis elliptica
Eurasian Honeysuckles Lonicera spp
Eurasian Water-milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum
Few-seeded Sedge Carex oligosperma
Floating Pondweed Potamogeton natans
Fringed Brome Bromus ciliatus
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Glossy Buckthorn Rhamnus frangula
Gray Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis
Hard-stem Bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus
Hill’s Oak Quercus ellipsoidalis
Hybrid Cat-tail Typha X glauca
Jack Pine Pinus banksiana
Labrador-tea Ledum groenlandicum
Leather-leaf Chamaedaphne calyculata
Lesser Panicled Sedge Carex diandra
Low-bush Blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium
Lyme Grass Leymus arenarius
Meadow Willow Salix petiolaris
Narrow-leaved Cat-tail Typha angustifolia
Narrow-leaved Woolly Sedge Carex lasiocarpa
Nodding Waternymph Najas flexilis
Northern Blue Flag Iris versicolor
Northern Bugleweed Lycopus uniflorus
Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra
Northern White-Cedar Thuja occidentalis
Northern Wild Rice Zizania palustris
Paper Birch Betula papyrifera
Prairie Sand-reed Calamovilfa longifolia
Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Purple-stem Aster Symphyotrichum puniceum
Rattlesnake Grass Glyceria canadensis
Red Oak Quercus rubra
Red Pine Pinus resinosa
Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea
River Bulrush Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
Rough Bedstraw Galium asprellum
Sago Pondweed Stuckenia pectinata
Sandbar Willow Salix exigua
Sartwell’s Sedge Carex sartwellii
Saw-tooth Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus
Seaside Spurge Chamaesyce polygonifolia
Sedge Carex spp.
Shining Willow Salix lucida
Silverweed Argentina anserina
Small Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos
Smartweed Polygonum spp.
Soft-stem Bulrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Southern Wild Rice Zizania aquatica
Sphagnum Moss Sphagnum spp.
Spike-rush Eleocharis spp.
Spotted Joe-pye-weed Eupatoriadelphus maculatus
Spotted Knapweed Centaurea biebersteinii
Star Sedge Carex pauciflora
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Tamarack Larix laricina
Thick-spike Wheat Grass Elytrigia dasystachya
Three-seeded Sedge Carex trisperma
Tussock Cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatum
Tussock Sedge Carex stricta
Virginia Iris Iris virginica
Water Sedge Carex aquatilis
Water-shield Brasenia schreberi
Water-willow Justicia americana
White Spruce Picea glauca
Wild-celery Vallisneria americana
Wild Rose Rosa blanda
Yellow Water-lily Nuphar advena


Birds b
Common Name Scientific Name
Canada Goose – Mississippi Valley Population Branta canadensis interior
Canada Goose – Giant Population Branta canadensis maxima
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Gadwall Anas strepera
American Wigeon Anas americana
American Black Duck Anas rubripes
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Redhead Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup Aythyamarila
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
Spruce Grouse Dendragapus canadensis
Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
Common Loon Gavia immer
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
Merlin Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
King Rail Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
Sora Porzana Carolina
American Coot Fulica americana
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
Whooping Crane Grus americana
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata
American Woodcock Scolopax minor
Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca
Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Boreal Owl Aegolius funerus
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonica
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
Veery Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla
Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Henslow’s Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii
Le Conte’s Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis

a Species are listed in alphabetical order by common name. Taxonomy follows that in the Wisconsin State Herbarium – University of Wisconsin-Madison: http://www.botany.wisc.edu/wisflora/

b Species are listed in taxonomic order following the 7th edition, 48th supplement of the American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) check-list of North American Birds: http://www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3

Kreitinger, K., Y. Steele and A. Paulios, editors. 2013.
The Wisconsin All-bird Conservation Plan, Version 2.0. Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Madison, WI.

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