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