Flora & Fauna of Southern Illinois
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Transcript of Flora & Fauna of Southern Illinois
Flora and Fauna of Southern Illinois
September 16th, 2013all photos & maps by presenter
except where noted
Camel Rock at Garden of the Gods Wilderness
Christopher D. Benda – Regional EcologistIllinois Natural Areas Inventory Update
Degognia Canyon – Jackson County
Photo credit – Randy Nyboer
Statewide Project5 Regional Ecologists
Illinois Native Plant SocietySouthern Chapter
www.facebook.com/southernillinoisplants
Technical Expert
Consultant
The Flora of Southern IllinoisPLB 451 – Plant Biology Dept.
Southern Illinois University
Chigger PoemOh why oh why do there have to be chiggers for a reaction in me they sure do triggerThe many little red bites feel like BrailleAnd when they itch they make me want to wail!
If you like evolution, then you must love the chiggerFor they would not be as bad if they happened to be biggerBut an invisible invertebrate has all the advantageAnd leaves me with little else than to put on a bandage.
I guess I could prevent them by staying on the trailOr if I took more time to scratch them with my nailI could spray myself with nasty chemicals and deetOr stay inside all together and beat the summer heat!
But that is not my style, I was born to exploreTo see the nature and learn from it more Plus if there were less chiggers there’d be more touristsAnd it would be impossible to be a nature purist.
Chigger Myths
1. If you can see the chigger, it is not a chigger!(they are invisible to the naked eye)
2.Fingernail polish may help the itching, but the chigger is long gone!
Binomial Nomenclature
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their rightful names.”
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
Animalia Cordata Reptilia Testudines Emydidae Emydoidea E. blandingii
Shawnee Hills & Shawnee Nat’l Forest
Japanese Stiltgrass – Microstegium vimineum
Camp Ondessonk – Packentuck Falls
Camp Ondessonk – Packentuck Falls
Camp Ondessonk – Pakentuck
Blue Curls - Trichostema dichotomum
Prickly Pear – Opuntia humifusa
Farkleberry – Vaccinium arboreum
Cardinal Flower – Lobelia cardinalis
Netted Chain Fern – Woodwardia areolata
Fence Lizard – Sceloporus undulatus
Cricket Frog – Acris crepitans
Spring Peeper – Pseudacris crucifer
Lichen Grasshopper – Trimerotropis saxatilis
Camp Ondessonk – Pakentuck
Phantoms Canyon
Phantoms Canyon
Phantoms Canyon
Phantoms Canyon
Bobcats Den
Shooting Star – Dodecatheon frenchii
Adam & Eve Orchid – Aplectrum hyemaleCranefly Orchid -Tipularia discolor
Goldenseal – Hydrastis canadensis
Blue-eyed Mary – Collinsia verna
Miami Mist – Phacelia purshii
Gray Treefrog – Hyla chrysoscelis
Gray Treefrog – Hyla versicolor
Green Treefrog – Hyla cinerea
Little Grand Canyon – Jackson County
Bishop’s Cap - Mitella diphylla
Partraige-berry – Mitchella repens
Shining Clubmoss – Huperzia lucidula
Sphagnum Moss – Sphagnum compactum
Forbe’s Saxifrage – Saxifraga forbesii
Marbled Salamander – Ambystoma opacum
LaRue Pine Hills
Wild Azalea - Rhododendron prinophyllum
Cleft Phlox – Phlox bifida
Dwarf Larkspur– Delphinium tricorne
Broadhead Skink – Eumeces laticeps
Cricket Frog – Acris crepitans
Zigzag Salamander – Plethodon dorsalis
Cave Salamander – Eurycea lucifuga
Southern two-lined Salamander – Eurycea cirrigera
American Toad – Bufo americanus
Fowler’s Toad – Bufo fowleri
Cottonmouth – Agkistrodon piscivorus
Timber Rattlesnake – Crotalus horridus
Timber Rattlesnakesnumber seen: 8
More Timber Rattlesnakes
Copperhead – Agkistrodon contortrix
Northern Watersnake – Nerodia sipedon
Boss Island – Little Black Slough
Boss Island – Little Black Slough
Buttonland Swamp – Lower Cache
Copper Iris – Iris fulva
Purple Fringeless Orchid – Platanthera peramoena
White Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias perennis
Azolla Fern – Azolla mexicana
Sensitive Fern – Onoclea sensibilis
Eastern Newt – Notophthalmus viridescens
Eastern Spadefoot Toad– Scaphiopus holbrookii
Crayfish Frog– Rana areolata
Stinkpot – Sternothorus odoratus
Copperbelly Watersnake - Nerodia eurythrogaster ssp. flavigaster X neglecta
Cave Creek Glade – Limestone Glade
Hoary Puccoon – Lithospermum canescens
Wild Hyacinth – Camassia scilloides
Blue-eyed Grass - Sisrhynchium albidum
False Garlic – Nothoscordum bivalve
Butterfly Milkweed - Asclepias tuberosa
Blue Sage – Salvia azurea var. grandiflora
Cave Creek Glade – June 2010
Cave Creek Glade – June 2011Full Glorious Bloom
Pale Purple Coneflower - Echinacea simulata
Pale Purple Coneflower - Echinacea simulata
Greater Spangled Fritillary - Speyeria cybele
13-year Periodical Cicada – Magicicada sp.
Bell Smith Springs
Natural Bridge
Wild Ginger – Asarum canadense
Fence Lizard – Sceloporus undulatus
Eastern Box Turtle – Terrapene carolina
Northern Slimy Salamander Plethodon glutinosus
Burden Falls
Burden Falls
Sandstone Glade - Garden of the Gods
Liesegang Banding
Spider Lily – Hymenocallis caroliniana
Indian Pink - Spigelia marilandica
Bellwort – Uvularia grandiflora
Starry Campion – Silene stellata
Walking Fern – Asplenium rhizophyllum
Milk Snake – Lampropeltis triangulum
Eastern Hognose Snake – Heterodon platirhinos
Racer – Coluber constrictor
Spicebush Swallowtail – Papilio troilus
Flying Squirrel – Glaucomys volans
Female Widow Skimmer – Libellula lactuosa
Male Widow Skimmer – Libellula lactuosa
Lusk Creek – Indian Kitchen
Cretaceous Hills
Whorled Pagonia Orchid – Isotria verticillata
Questions?