Bios 275 Final Project

Chelsea Gallatin

Ecological Community #1

City Park

Location:

Greenville, OH

HUMAN! :)

Homo sapiens

Animal #1

Animal #2

Eastern Grey Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Animal 3

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

Animal 4

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Animal 5

Mallard duck!

Anas platyrhynchos

Animal 6

Daddy long-leg!

Pholcus phalangioides

Animal 7

Chocolate Labrador Retriever

Canis familiaris

Animal 8

Rolly Polly

Armadillidium

Animal 9

Pavement ant

Tetramorium caespitum

Animal 10

House Fly

Musca domestica

Plant 1

Dandelion

Taraxacum

Plant 2

Smooth Meadow-grass

Poa pratensis

Plant 3

Pond scum

Algae

Plant 4

Tulips!

Tulipa

Plant 5

Three leaf clover (Running Buffalo

Clover) Trifolium

stoloniferum

Plant 6

Beard tongue

Penstemon alluvium

Plant 7

White oak

Quercus alba

Plant 8

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

Plant 9

Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Plant 10

Goat’s beard

Tragopogon dubius

Ecological Community #2

Freshwater LakeLake St. Mary’s

Location:Celina OH

Disclaimer:We did not catch all these fish. If we saw someone cleaning fish or catching one I asked to take a photo. I did catch a carp though! :)

Animal 1

Channel catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Animal 2

Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Animal 2

Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Animal 3

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Animal 4

Ring billed gull

Larus delawarensis

Animal 5

Night crawler

Larus delawarensis

Animal 6

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Animal 7

Small-mouth bass

Micropterus dolomieui

Animal 8

Wax worm

Achroia grisella orGalleria mellonella

(actually not a worm. They’re larve of the wax moth!)

Animal 9

Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Animal 10

Common snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina

I actually reeled him in thinking it was a fish! Silly turtle!

Plant 1

Yellow Water Lily:

Nuphar lutea

Plant 2

Crab grass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Plant 3

Ragweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Plant 4

Jimson weed

Datura stramonium

Plant 5

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Had to take this pic from the net mine wouldn’t load?!

Plant 6

Bittersweet Nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Plant 7

Cat tails

Typhaceae typha

Plant 8

Dandelion

taraxacum officinale

Plant 9

Field horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Plant 10

Ecological Community #3 E. Deciduous Forest

Wayne National Forest!

This was a very fun day! We went inside and got a brochure. After W.N.F. we went to old man’s cave. We also found out about Burr Oak. Free camping! We went camping that night!

Animal 1

Spider -

Achaearanea tepidariorum

Animal 2

fire flyorLightning bug

Photinus pyralis

Animal 3

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Animal 4

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Animal 5

Snail

Helix Aspersa

Animal 6

White tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Animal 7

Catipillar

Lymantria

Animal 8

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Animal 9

Pileated woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Animal 10

Brown centipede

Lithobius forficatus

Plant 1

White oak -

Quercus alba

Plant 2

Chestnut oak -

Quercus prinus

Plant 3

Eastern hemlock -

Tsuga Canadensis

Plant 4

Sugar maple -

Acer saccharum

Plant 5

American sycamore -

Platanus occidentalis

Plant 6

Poison Ivy -

Toxicodendron radicans

Plant 7

May apple -

Podophyllum peltatum