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