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2006 BIOBLITZ

484 species
Sunnybrook Preserve
Saturday, June 3
Start: 8:05am, 16 degrees C,
winds calm, overcast
End: 15:30pm, 19.5 degrees C, light NW winds, mostly cloudy
Rainy and cool the previous day

Insects/Arthropods

  • Dragonflies
  • Damselflies
  • Common Baskettail
  • Azure Bluet (uncommon)
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Lancet Clubtail
  • Aurora Damsel (uncommon)
  • Eastern Red Damsel (rare)
  • Green Darner
  • Blue Dasher
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Calico Pennant
  • Eastern Pondhawk
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Spiketail (spp?) (uncommon)
  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Sedge Sprite (uncommon)
  • Common Whitetail
  • Dot-tailed Whiteface


Sedge Sprite (uncommon)

Butterflies, Skippers, Moths

  • Pearl Crescent
  • Little Wood Satyr
  • Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Red-Spotted Purple
  • Cabbage White
  • Eastern-tailed Blue
  • Spring Azure
  • Peck’s Skipper
  • Black Dash Skipper
  • Hobomok Skipper
  • False Crocus Geometer
  • Brown Geometer (caterpillar)
  • Thin-winged Owlet Moth
  • Eight-spotted Forester Moth
  • Promethea Moth (cocoon)
  • Grape Leaf Roller Moth
  • Sedge Sprite (uncommon)
  • Common Whitetail
  • Dot-tailed Whiteface

Spiders

  • Nursery Web Spider
  • Six-dotted Dolomedes
  • Orchard Orb Weaver
  • Long-jawed Orb Weaver
  • Black and White Jumper
  • Reckless Jumper
  • Transverse Banded Crab Spider

Aquatics

  • Crayfish (spp?)
  • Water Scavenger Beetle
  • Water Boatman
  • Oligochaete Worm
  • Water Strider
  • Mayfly nymphs

Fish

  • SunnyBrook Preserve
  • Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus)
  • Southern Redbelly Dace ( Phoxinus erythrogaster)
  • Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
  • Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
  • Central Stoneroller Minnow (Campostoma anomalum)
  • Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
  • White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni)
  • Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
  • Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)


Fish at top:Southern Redbelly Dace. Fish below: Redside Dace

Beetles

  • Cantharidae
  • Cantharis?
  • Chrysomelidae
  • Chrysochus auratus
  • Staphylinidae
  • rove beetle sp. 1
  • Carabidae
  • ground beetle sp. 1
  • 12-spotted Tiger beetle (Cicindela duodecimguttata)
  • Common Black Ground beetle (Pterostichus sp.)
  • Green metallic ground beetle (Chlaenius sericeus)
  • Striped Flea beetles (Disonycha sp.)
  • Lady Beetle eggs

True Bugs

  • Coreidae
  • leaf-footed bug sp. 1
  • Corixidae
  • Hesperocorixus?
  • Gerridae
  • Gerris remigis
  • Hoppers (Homoptera)
  • Membracidae
  • tree-hopper sp. 1

Other Insects

  • Daddy Longlegs Harvester
  • Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris)
  • Camel cricket (Ceuthophilus sp.)
  • Speckled Leg Stink bug (Euschistus sp.)
  • Pill bug (Porcellio sp. 1)
  • Centipede (Scolopendridae)
  • Millipede (Polydesmida)

Flies

  • Tipulidae
  • Tipula abdominalis
  • Pedicia albovitta
  • Culicidae
  • Aedes sp.
  • Mycetophilidae
  • fungus gnat sp. 1
  • Chironomidae
  • many spp. of midges
  • Ptychopteridae
  • Bittacomorpha claviceps
  • Psychodidae
  • moth fly sp. 1
  • Empididae
  • Rhamphomyia ?
  • Bibionidae
  • Bibio sp. 1
  • Rhagionidae
  • Rhagio sp. 1
  • Chrysopilus ornatus
  • Lonchopteridae
  • Lonchoptera sp. 1
  • Sepsidae
  • Sepsis sp. 1
  • Syrphidae
  • Helophilus sp. 1
  • Sciomyzidae
  • Tetanocera plumosa
  • Sepedon gracillicornis
  • Pherbellia nana
  • Dryomyzidae
  • Dryomyza sp. 1
  • Opomyzidae
  • Opomyza petrei
  • Micropezidae
  • Compsobata univitta
  • Drosophilidae
  • Drosophila sp. 1
  • Chloropidae
  • Meromyza americana
  • Chlorops sp. 1
  • Elachiptera costata
  • Ephydridae
  • Parydra sp. 1
  • Notiphila nr. Aenigma
  • Discocerina obscurella
  • Hydrellia griseola
  • Muscidae
  • Cordillura sp. 1
  • Anthyomyiidae
  • anthomyiid fly sp. 1
  • Alderfly (Sialis sp.)
  • Stonefly (Agnetina sp.)
  • Eastern Dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus)
  • Robber fly - Bumblebee mimic - (Laphria sp.)
  • Common Scorpion fly (Panorpa sp.)
  • Marsh fly (Sepedon sp.)
  • Syrphid fly (Merodon sp.)
  • Syrphid fly (Melanostoma mellium)
  • Syrphid fly (Xylotini tribe)
  • Tachinid fly (Gymnosoma sp.)
  • Micropezid fly (Compsobata sp.)
  • Snipe fly (Chrysopilus sp.)
  • Gold-backed Snipe fly (Chrysopilus ornatus)
  • Long-legged fly – likely a dolichopodid - (Argyra sp.)
  • Phantom Crane Flies
  • Crane Fly spp.
  • Caddisflies
  • Lepidostomatidae
  • Lepidostoma sp. 1
  • Uenoidae
  • Neophylax sp. 1
  • Hydropsychidae
  • Hydropsyche sp. 1
  • Hangingflies
  • Bittacidae
  • Bittacomorpha sp. 1


Leopard Frog

Amphibians/Reptiles
Frogs & Toads

  • Wood Frog
  • Green Frog
  • Bull Frog
  • Northern Leopard Frog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • Gray Tree Frog
  • Spring Peeper
  • American Toad

Salamanders

  • Red-backed Salamander (lead and red backed phase)
  • Northern Dusky Salamander
  • Mountain Dusky Salamander
  • Northern Two-lined Salamander
  • Eastern Red-spotted Newt (Red Eft)

Snakes

  • Northern Brown Snake
  • Midland Brown Snake
  • Eastern Garter Snake
  • Eastern Milk Snake

Mammals

  • Woodland Jumping Mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)
  • Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
  • Woodchuck (Marmota monax)
  • Eastern Chipmunk (Tamius striatus)
  • Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
  • White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
  • Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculauis)
  • Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
  • Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
  • White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
  • Eastern Coyote (Canis latrans)
  • Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
  • Mink (Mustela vison)
  • Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
  • Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
  • Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)


Hoary Bat

Birds

  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Wild Turkey
  • House Wren
  • Carolina Wren
  • House Finch
  • American Goldfinch
  • Mourning Dove
  • Chimney Swift
  • Cedar Waxwing
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Gray Catbird
  • American Crow
  • Blue Jay
  • Tufted Titmouse
  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Eastern Kingbird
  • American Robin
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Eastern Wood-pewee
  • House Sparrow
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Wood Thrush
  • Veery
  • Eastern Towhee
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • American Redstart
  • Hooded Warbler
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Blue-winged Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Louisiana Waterthrush
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Ovenbird
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Acadian Flycatcher
  • Great-crested Flycatcher
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • Brown Creeper
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • White-breasted Nuthatch
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Wood Duck
  • Mallard (eggs)

Plantae

  • Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)
  • Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
  • Cucumber Magnolia (Magnolia acuminata)
  • Basswood (Tilia americana)
  • Hornbeam (Carpinus
    caroliniana)
  • Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
  • Hawthorne (Crataegus crus-galli.)
  • Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
  • American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
  • Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
  • Black Birch (Betula lenta)
  • River Birch (Betula nigra)
  • Iron wood (Carpinus
    caroliniana)
  • American Chestnut (Castanea dentate)
  • Asian Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
  • Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
  • Striped Wintergreen
    (Chimaphila maculata)
  • Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
  • Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum)
  • Red Osier Dogwood (cornus stolinifera)
  • Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
  • Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
  • Black Maple (Acer saccharum var. nigrum)
  • Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
  • Arrow wood Viburnum
    (Viburnum recognitum)
  • Nannyberry Viburnum
    (Viburnum lentago)
  • Maple-leaved Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)
  • American Cranberrybush Viburnum (Viburnum trilobum) – STATE ENDANGERED (only the 2nd record of this plant in Geauga County)
  • Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)
  • Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
  • Speckled Alder (Alnus incana)
  • Alder-leaved Buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia)
  • Downy Serviceberry (Amelaanchier arborea)
  • Amelanchier sp.
  • Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
  • Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)
  • Hearts-a-bursting (euonymus americanus)
  • White Ash (Fraxinus
    americana)
  • Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)
  • Pumpkin Ash (Fraxinus profunda)
  • Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
  • Juniper (Juniperus sp.)
  • Tamarack (Larix laricina)
  • Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
  • Crab Apple (Malus sp.)
  • Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens)
  • Norway Spruce (Picea abies)
  • Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra)
  • Pinus sp.
  • White Pine (Pinus strobus)
  • Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
  • Sycamore (Plantanis accidentalis)
  • Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
  • Big-tooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata)
  • Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
  • Choke Cherry (Prunus
    virginiana)
  • Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
  • Wild Black Current (Ribes americanum)
  • Gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)
  • Wild Gooseberry (Ribes oxyacanthoides)
  • Pasture Rose (Rosa carolina)
  • Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)
  • Common Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)
  • Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
  • Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
  • Willows (Salix sp.)
  • Red Elder (Sambucus pubens)
  • Common Greenbriar (Smilax rotundifolia)
  • European Mountain Ash
    (Sorbus aucuparia)
  • Yew (Taxus cuspidata)
  • Basswood (Tilia americana)
  • Poison Sumac (Toxicodendron vernix)
  • Canada Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
  • American Elm (Ulmus americana)
  • Red Elm (Ulmus rubra)
  • Summer Grape (Vitis aestivalis)
  • Path Rush (Juncus tenuis)
  • Scouring Rush (Equisetum hyemale)
  • Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
  • Deer-Tongue grass (Panicum clandestinum)
  • Carex vulpinoidea
  • Juncus sp.
  • Luzula sp.
  • Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)
  • Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
  • Skunk Cabbage
    (Symplocarpus foetidus)
  • Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
  • Golden Ragwort (Senecio aureus)
  • False Solomon’s Seal (Similacina racemosa)
  • Swamp Beggar-tick (Bidens discoidea)
  • Blue Flag Iris (Iris Similacina racemosa versicolor)
  • Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
  • Wide-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
  • Running Strawberry (Euonymus obovatus)
  • Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum polygamum)
  • Common Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
  • Spotted Touch-me-Not (Impatiens capensis)
  • Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
  • Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
  • Great White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
  • Red Trillium - Toadshade (Trillium sessile)
  • Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)
  • Creeping Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
  • Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
  • Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea quadrisulcata)
  • Tall White Lettuce (Prenanthes altissima)
  • Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
  • Curled Dock (Rumex crispus)
  • Broad-leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
  • Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
  • Heal-All (Prunella vulgaris)
  • White Wood Aster (Aster divaricatus)
  • Large-leaved Aster (Aster macrophyllus)
  • Crooked-stemmed Aster (Aster prenanthoides)
  • Aster sp.
  • Common Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris)
  • Bird’s Eye Primrose (Primula laurentiana)
  • Hairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsuta)
  • False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)
  • Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
  • Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
  • Broad Leaved Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
  • Spring Cress (Cardamine bulbosa)
  • Woodland Sedge (Carex sp)
  • Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
  • Turtle Head (Chelone glabra)
  • Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
  • Common Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)
  • Swamp Thistle (Cirsium muticum)
  • Virgin’s Bower (Clematis virginiana)
  • Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
  • Honewart (Crypototaenia canadensis)
  • Dodder (Cuscuta sp.)
  • Trefoil (Desmodium)
  • Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
  • Beech Drops (Epifagus viginiana)
  • Willow Herb (Epilobium sp.)
  • Flea Bane (Erigeron annuus)
  • Trout Lilly (Erythronium americanum)
  • Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum)
  • Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
  • Grass-leaved Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
  • Cleavers (Galium aparine)
  • Rough Bedstraw (Galium asprellum)
  • Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum)
  • Sweet-scented Bedstraw (Galium triflorum)
  • Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
  • White Avens (Geum canadense)
  • Water Avens (Geum rivale) POTENTIALLY THREATENED
  • Flattened Oat Grass (Danthonia compressa)
  • Swamp Wedge Scale (Sphenopholis pensylvanica)- POTENTIALLY THREATENED
  • Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
  • Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
  • Velvet Grass (Holcus lanatus)
  • Orange Jewel Weed (Impatiens carpensis)
  • Yellow Jewel Weed (Impatiens pallida)
  • Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
  • Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
  • Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
  • Miterwort (Mitella diphylla)
  • Forget-me-nots (Myosotis scorpiodes)
  • Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)
  • Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza claytoni)
  • Oxalis sp.
  • Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis)
  • English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
  • Common Plantain (Plantago major)
  • Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
  • Arrow-leaved Tearthumb (Polygonum sagittatum)
  • Polygonum sp.
  • Jump Seed (Polygonum virginianum)
  • Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
  • White Lettuce (Prenanthes alba)
  • Lion’s Foot (Prenanthes serpentaria)
  • Primrose sp.
  • Yellow Mandarin (Prosartes lanuginosa)
  • Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthmum verticillatum)
  • Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)
  • Tall Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
  • Crowfoot Buttercup (Ranunculus arborvitus)
  • Swamp Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidis)
  • Coneflower (Ruddeckia lanciniata)
  • Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
  • Bloodroot (Sanguinera canadensis)
  • Snakeroot (Sanicula trifoliata)
  • Swamp Saxifrage (Saxifraga pensylvanica)
  • Golden Ragwort (Senecio aureus)
  • Deadly Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
  • Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
  • Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
  • Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
  • Wrinkled-leaf Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
  • Bog Goldenrod (Solidago ulignosa)
  • Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
  • Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
  • Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
  • White Clover (Trifolium repens)
  • Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
  • Common Cattail (Typha latfolia)
  • Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica)
  • American Brooklime (Veronica americana)
  • Bird’s Eye Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
  • Common Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)
  • Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)
  • Vinca (Vinca minor)
  • Canada Violet (Viola canadensis)
  • Marsh Violet (Viola cucullata)
  • Halberd-leaved Violet (Viola hastata)
  • Long Spurred Violet (Viola rostrata)
  • Round-leaved Yellow Violet (Viola rotundifolia)
  • Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
  • Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)
  • Spinulose Wood Fern (Dryopteris spinulosa)
  • Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
  • Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
  • Sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
  • Lady Fern (Athyrium filix –femina)
  • Silvery Glade Fern (Deparia acrostichoides)
  • Crested Wood Fern (Dryopteris cristata)
  • Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia )
  • Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
  • Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
  • Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytoniana)
  • New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
  • Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
  • Common Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)

Invasive Plants

  • Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
  • Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
  • Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
  • Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
  • Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
  • Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
  • Garlic Mustard (Allaria petiolata)
  • Common Reed Grass (Phragmites australis)

Fungi

  • Crown coral (Clavicorona pyxidata)
  • Gem-studded Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)
  • Orange Sac fungus (Scutellinia setosa)
  • Artist’s Cork (Ganoderma applanatum)
  • Matchstick Lichen (Cladonia bacillaris)
  • Pixie-Cup Lichen (Cladonia chlorophaea)
  • Candlestick Lichen (Cladonia coniocraea)
  • Wall Lichen (Lecanora muralis)
  • Dotted-shield Lichen (Parmelia hypoleucites)
  • Yellow-green Shield Lichen (Parmelia ulophyllodes)