ES 395: Field Studies in Wisconsin Ecoregions, Spring 2011 SPECIES OBSERVED by SITE * = Non-Native ** = Invasive

ES 395: Field Studies in Wisconsin Ecoregions, Spring 2011 SPECIES OBSERVED BY SITE * = non-native ** = invasive OBSERVATORY HILL Forbs Garlic Mustard** Trillium Jack in the Pulpit Trees Basswood Shagbark Hickory Eastern Red Cedar Sugar Maple Red Oak Black Oak Pin Oak UW MADISON ARBORETUM Forbs Golden Alexander Blueberry Skunk Cabbage Cattail Columbine Water Cress Crinkle Root (Broad-leaved Toothwort) Duckweed Garlic Mustard** Goldenrod spp. Jack in the Pulpit Jewel Weed Mayapple Poison Ivy Ragwort Wild Rose Silphium spp. Solomon’s Seal Barren Strawberry Virginia Creeper Other herbaceous plants Interrupted Fern Turkey Tail Fungus Horsetail Shrubs Dogwood spp. Honeysuckle** Juniper Staghorn Sumac Trees Quaking Aspen American Beech Paper Birch Box Elder Buckeye* Black Cherry Choke Cherry Cottonwood Bald Cyprus* Ginko Hackberry Tulip Tree* Northern White-Cedar Wildlife Mountain Ants Redwing Blackbird Sandhill Crane Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Peninsula State Park BEECH FOREST (NORTHERN MESIC FOREST) Forbs Wood Anemone Basswood Dandelion* Nodding Trillium Trees White Ash American Beech Paper Birch Eastern Hemlock Sugar Maple Red Oak Red Pine Wildlife Rose Breasted Grosbeak Red-tail Squirrel Black-Throated Green Warbler Ovenbird Red-Bellied Woodpecker WEBER POINT (NORTHERN WET-MESIC FOREST) Bloodroot Forget Me Not Garlic Mustard** Downy Yellow Violet Trees Scotch Pine* Northern White-Cedar Wildlife Mourning Dove Mute Swan** Yellow-Rumped Warbler Pileated Woodpecker CATTAIL MARSH Forbs Cinquefoil Dwarf Lake Iris Poison Ivy Arctic Primrose Other herbaceous plants Cattail Baltic Rush Oak Sedge Tussock Sedge Shrubs Creeping Juniper Trees Balsam Fir Balsam Poplar White Spruce Wildlife Midges (Lake Fly) White Pelican Brown Snake American Toad EAGLE TRAIL Trees Balsam Fir Hemlock Mountain Maple Wildlife Blacked Capped Chickadee Winter Wren Ridges Sanctuary BOREAL FOREST Forbs Trailing Arbutus Dwarf Lake Iris Ram's-Head Lady's-Slipper Showy Lady’s-Slipper Marsh Marigold Rock-Cress spp. Trees White Ash Balsam Fir Tamarack White Spruce Northern White-Cedar Wildlife Ovenbird Robin Black and White Warbler SEDGE MEADOW Forbs Purple Pitcher Plant Garlic Mustard** Other herbaceous plants Common Reed Grass** (Phragmites australis subsp. australis) Shrubs Common Juniper Creeping Juniper Trees Balsam Fir Eastern Hemlock Red Pine Wildlife Ant Lion Redwing Blackbird BEACH Forbs Grass-of-Parnassus Indian Paintbrush Arctic Primrose Wild Strawberry Trees Balsam Poplar Tamarack Willow spp. Terrel’s Island SEDGE MEADOW Forbs Common Bladderwort Other herbaceous plants Narrow-leaved Cattail** Broad-leaved Cattail Reed Canary Grass** Wildlife Cormorant Wood Duck Great Egret Tern White Pelican Roche-a-Cri State Park Trees White Ash Basswood Black Cherry Sugar Maple Northern Pin Oak (Hill’s Oak) Red Oak White Oak Eastern White Pine Jack Pine Scotch Pine* Sandhill Sanctuary Forbs Poison Ivy Prairie Smoke Wildlife Bison Necedah National Wildlife Refuge PRAIRIE Forbs Lupine Hoary Puccoon Wood Sage Birds foot Violet Other herbaceous plants Switch Grass Wildlife Karner Blue Butterfly Whooping Crane Wood Duck Rose Breasted Grosbeak Eastern Kingbird Trumpeter Swan Blue-Winged Teal Redheaded Woodpecker SEDGE MEADOW Forbs Lady’s-Slipper Strawberry Shrubs Blackberry Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) Dewberry Hazel Trees Willow spp. (Salix spp.) Wire grass (Poa compressa) Wildlife Wood Tick SAVANNA Forbs Spotted Knap Weed** Other herbaceous plants Pennsylvania Sedge Trees Bur Oak Northern Pin Oak (Hill’s Oak) Red Oak White Oak Jack Pine Wildlife Redheaded Woodpecker BOG Forbs Lupine Wildlife Whooping Crane Bog Hunter Dragonfly Great Blue Heron Trumpeter Swan Devils Lake NORTH OF EAST BLUFF (SOUTHERN MESIC FOREST) Forbs Bedstraw spp. Bloodroot Creeping Charlie Virginia Creeper Wild Geranium Jack-in-the-Pulpit Garlic Mustard** Tall Meadow Rue Common Blue Violet Trees American Basswood American Elm Sugar Maple Shagbark Hickory White Oak EAST BLUFF (DRY MESIC FOREST) Forbs Prairie Alumroot Columbine Dandelion* Smooth Solomon’s Seal Common Blue Violet Shrubs Elderberry Trees Pin Cherry Hawthorn spp. White Pine Red-Cedar Mountain Maple PYGMY FOREST Forbs False Solomon’s Seal Shooting Star Bird’s-foot Violet Other herbaceous plants Pennsylvania Sedge Trees White Ash Hawthorn spp. Shagbark Hickory Wildlife Black-Capped Chickadee Yellow Swallowtail Spring Green SAND PRAIRIE (“WISCONSIN’S DESERT”) Forbs Sand Cress Goat’s-beard Stiff Goldenrod White Sage Prairie Tickseed Bird’s-Foot Violet Stiff Sandwort Shrubs Prickly Pear Cactus Virginia Dwarf Dandelion Lead Plant Wild Rose Smooth Sumac Trees Northern Pin Oak (“scrub oak”) Box Elder Wildlife Killdeer Brown Snake Field Sparrow Brown Thrasher Aldo Leopold Legacy Center THE SHACK Forbs Draba spp. Lupine Japanese Hedge Parsley** Other herbaceous plants Big Bluestem Shrubs Honeysuckle** Trees River Birch Black Locust** Red Pine White Pine Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit SPRUCE LAKE BOG Forbs Broad-Leaved Arrowhead Bog Buckbean Moccasin Flower Canada Mayflower Pink Lady’-Slipper Purple Pitcher Plant Skunk Cabbage Sundew Other herbaceous plants Sphagnum Moss Shrubs Cranberry Huckleberry Labrador Tea Poison Sumac Trees Paper Birch Red Maple Black Spruce Tamarack Wildlife White-Throated Sparrow JERSEY FLATS (OUTWASH PLAIN PRAIRIE) Forbs Yellow Sweet Clover** Honeysuckle** Lupine Garlic Mustard** Pasque Flower Queen Anne’s Lace** Wild Indigo Spotted Knapweed** Trees Bur Oak Wildlife Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Grasshopper Sparrow Henslow’s Sparrow HASKELL NOYES WOODS (OLD GROWTH FOREST) Forbs Columbine Wild Geranium Mayapple Trillium Other herbaceous plants Maidenhair Fern Shrubs Common Prickly-Ash Trees Sugar Maple Wildlife Red-Eyed Vireo MAUTHE LAKE Forbs Marsh Marigold Other herbaceous plants Cinnamon Fern Horsetail Shrubs Glossy Buckthorn** Common Buckthorn** Honeysuckle** Trees Black Ash Paper Birch Black Cherry Choke Cherry Pin Cherry Slippery Elm Shagbark Hickory Red Maple Swamp White Oak White Oak Red Pine White Pine Tamarack Northern White-Cedar Wildlife Green Frog Swamp Sparrow Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Veery Yellow Warbler Eastern Wood-Peewee Common Yellowthroat UWM Field Station/Cedarburg Bog CONIFEROUS SWAMP Forbs Skunk Cabbage Water Hemlock Showy Lady’s-Slipper Yellow Lady’s-Slipper Marsh Marigold Prairie White-Fringed Orchid Shrubs Glossy Buckthorn** Poison Sumac Trees Yellow Birch Tamarack Northern White-Cedar SHRUB CAR Other herbaceous plants Horsetail Shrubs Speckled Alder Bog Birch Red-Osier Dogwood Limber Honeysuckle Willow spp. Trees Paper Birch Yellow Birch Black Ash Northern White-Cedar STREAM Forbs Water Lilies Cattail Shrubs Speckled Alder Bog Birch WEST ISLAND (MESIC FOREST) Forbs Columbine Mayapple Trillium Shrubs Canada Yew Trees Black Ash Green Ash White Ash Basswood American Beech Black Cherry Sugar Maple Wildlife Monarch Butterfly EAST ISLAND (MESIC FOREST) Forbs Baneberry (White or Red) Bloodroot Wild Geranium Jack-in-the-Pulpit Mayapple Star Flower Trillium Other herbaceous plants Sensitive Fern Trees White Ash Shagbark Hickory Sugar Maple STRING BOG Forbs Bladderwort Bog Buckbean Purple Pitcher Plant Sundew Shrubs Bog Rosemary Trees Tamarack Northern White-Cedar Common Reed Grass (Phragmites australis subsp. americanus) Common Reed Grass** (Phragmites australis subsp. australis) Kohler-Andrae State Park Sand Dunes Forbs Columbine Lily-of-the-Valley** Milkweed Mouse-Ear-Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) Other herbaceous plants Beach Grass Shrubs Creeping Juniper Common Juniper Lilac* Trees White Ash Paper Birch Black Cherry Red Maple Wild Plum Red Pine Scotch Pine* White Pine White Spruce Northern White-Cedar Wildlife Monarch Butterfly Northern Cardinal Chipmunk Great-Crested Flycatcher Easter Towhee Black Walnut Sand Reed Grass .

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