Appendix B – Scientific and Common Species Names

Appendix B

Scientific and Common Species Names

Appendix B – Scientific and Common Species Names

Scientific and Common Species Names Scientific Name Common Name Abies spp. Fir Alnus spp. Alder Arabidopsis mollis Rockcress Arctostaphylos spp. Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Kinnikinnik Artemisia spp. Sagebrush/Wormwood Betula nana Dwarf Birch Betula papyrifera Paper Birch Betula spp. Birch Calamagrostis canadensis Bluejoint Calamagrostis purpurascens Purple Reedgrass Carex aquatilis Water Sedge Carex canescens Silvery Sedge Carex rostrata Beaked Sedge Carex spp. Sedge Chamaedaphne calyculata Leather-leaf Chamerion angustifolium Fireweed Chenopodium album Lambsquarter Cornus sericea Red-osier Dogwood Douglasia gormani Gorman’s Douglasia Drosera anglica English Sundew Drosera rotundifolia Roundleaf Sundew Dryas integrifolia Mountain Avens Equisetum spp. Horsetail Eriophorum spp. Cottongrass Glyceria pulchella MacKenzie Valley Mannagrass Hordeum jubatum Foxtail Barley Ledum palustre Labrador Tea Melilotus alba White Sweetclover Menyanthes trifoliata Buckbean Mertensia paniculata Bluebell Minuartia yukonensis Yukon Stitchwort Myrica gale Sweetgale Oxycoccus microcarpus Cranberry Pentstemon gormani Gorman Beardtongue Phlox hoodii Carpet Phlox Picea glauca White Spruce Picea mariana Black Spruce Poa pratensis Kentucky Bluegrass Poa spp. Grass

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Scientific and Common Species Names (Continued) Scientific Name Common Name PLANTS (Cont.) Polygonum spp. Smartweed/Knotweed Populus balsamifera Balsam Poplar Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen Potamogeton spp. Pondweed Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla pennsylvanica Pennsylvania Cinquefoil Ribes spp. Currant Rosa acicularis Prickly Rose Salix alaxensis Felt-leaf Willow Salix arbusculoides Littletree Willow Salix bebbiana Bebb Willow Salix lasiandra Pacific Willow Salix pulchra Tealeaf Willow Salix spp. Willow Scheuchzeria palustris Rannoch-rush Shepherdia canadensis Soapberry Sparganium spp. Bur-reed Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Vaccinium uliginosum Bog Blueberry Vaccinium -idaea Lowbush Cranberry Viburnum edule High Bush Cranberry FISH Catostomus catostomus Longnose Sucker Coregonus laurettae Bering Cisco Coregonus nasus Broad Whitefish Coregonus pidschian Humpback Whitefish Coregonus sardinella Least Cisco Cottus cognatus Slimy Sculpin Couesius plumbeus Lake Chub Dallia pectoralis Alaska Blackfish Esox lucius Northern Pike Lampetra camtschatica Arctic Lamprey Lota lota Burbot Oncorhynchus keta Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch Coho Salmon Oncorhyncus tshawytscha Chinook Salmon Percopsis omiscomaycus Trout-Perch Prosopium cylindraceum Round Whitefish Salvelinus malma Dolly Varden Char Stenodus leucichthys Sheefish Thymallus arcticus Arctic Grayling

B-2 February 2010 Yukon Flats Land Exchange Final EIS Appendix B – Scientific and Common Species Names

Scientific and Common Species Names (Continued) Scientific Name Common Name Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk Accipiter striatus Sharp-shinned Hawk Actitis macularia Spotted Sandpiper Aegolius funereus Boreal Owl Agelaius phoeniceus Red-winged Blackbird Anas acuta Northern Pintail Anas americana American Wigeon Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler Anas crecca Green-winged Teal Anas discors Blue-winged Teal Anas platyrhynchos Mallard Anas strepera Gadwall Anser albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose Anthus rubescens American Pipit Aphriza virgata Surfbird Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Aythya americana Redhead Aythya collaris Ring-necked Duck Aythya marila Greater Scaup Aythya valisineria Canvasback Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper Bombycilla garrulus Bohemian Waxwing Bonasa umbellus Ruffed Grouse Branta bernicla Brant Branta canadensis Canada Goose Bubo virginianus Great Horned Owl Bucephala albeola Bufflehead Bucephala clangula Common Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Barrow’s Goldeneye Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk Buteo lagopus Rough-legged Hawk Buteo swainsoni Swainson’s Hawk Calcarius lapponicus Lapland Longspur Calcarius pictus Smith’s Longspur Calidris alba Sanderling Calidris alpina Dunlin Calidris bairdii Baird’s Sandpiper

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Scientific and Common Species Names (Continued) Scientific Name Common Name BIRDS (Cont.) Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Least Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper Carduelis flammea Common Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni Hoary Redpoll Catharus guttatus Hermit Catharus minimus Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus ustulatus Swainson’s Thrush Ceryle alcyon Belted Kingfisher Charadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated Plover Charadrius vociferus Killdeer Chen caerulescens Snow Goose Cinclus mexicanus American Dipper Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed Duck Colaptes auratus Northern Flicker Columba livia Rock Dove Contopus cooperi Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus sordidulus Western Wood-pewee Corvus corax Common Raven Cygnus buccinator Trumpeter Swan Cygnus columbianus Tundra Swan Dendroica coronata Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica petechia Yellow Warbler Dendroica striata Blackpoll Warbler Empidonax alnorum Alder Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii Hammond’s Flycatcher Eremophila alpenstris Horned Lark Euphagus cyanocephalus Rusty Blackbird Falcipennis canadensis Spruce Grouse Falco columbarius Merlin Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon Falco rusticolus Gyrfalcon Falco sparverius American Kestrel Fulica americana American Coot Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe Gavia immer Common Loon Gavia pacifica Pacific Loon Gavia stellata Red-throated Loon

B-4 February 2010 Yukon Flats Land Exchange Final EIS Appendix B – Scientific and Common Species Names

Scientific and Common Species Names (Continued) Scientific Name Common Name BIRDS (Cont.) Grus canadensis Sandhill Crane Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle Hereroscelus incanus Wandering Tattler Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck Ixoreus naevius Varied Thrush Junco hyemalis Dark-eyed Junco Lagopus lagopus Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus Rock Ptarmigan Lanius excubitor Northern Shrike Larus argentatus Herring Gull Larus canus Mew Gull Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull Larus philadelphia Bonaparte’s Gull Leucosticte tephrocotis Rosy Finch Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher Limosa haemastica Hudsonian Godwit Loxia leucoptera White-winged Crossbill Melanitta fusca White-winged Scoter Melanitta nigra Black Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter Melospiza lincolnii Lincoln’s Sparrow Mergus meerganser Common Merganser Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser Motacilla alba White Wagtail Myadestes townsendi Townsend’s Solitaire Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel Nyctea scandiaca Snowy Owl oenanthe Northern Oxyura jamaicensis Ruddy Duck Pandion haliaetus Osprey Passerculus sandwichensis Savannah Sparrow Passerella iliaca Fox Sparrow Perisoreus canadensis Gray Jay Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cliff Swallow Phalacrocorax auritus Double-crested Cormorant Phalaropus fulicaria Red Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Wilson’s Phalarope Pica pica Black-billed Magpie Picoides arcticus Black-backed Woodpecker

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Scientific and Common Species Names (Continued) Scientific Name Common Name BIRDS (Cont.) Picoides pubescens Downy Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides villosus Hairy Woodpecker Pinicola enucleator Pine Grosbeak Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting Pluvialis dominica American Golden-plover Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe Podiceps grisegena Red-necked Grebe Poecile atricapillus Black-capped Chickadee Poecile cinctus Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus Boreal Chickadee Regulus calendula Ruby-crowned Kinglet Riparia riparia Bank Swallow Sayornis saya Say’s Phoebe Seiurus noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush Sitta canadensis Red-breasted Nuthatch Somateria spectabilis King Eider Spizella arborea American Tree Sparrow Spizella passerina Chipping Sparrow Stercorarius longicaudus Long-tailed Jaeger Sterna paradisaea Arctic Tern Strix nebulosa Great Gray Owl Sturnus vulgaris European Starling Surnia ulula Northern Hawk Owl Tachycineta bicolor Tree Swallow Tachycineta thalassina Violet-green Swallow Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper Turdus migratorius American Robin Tympanuchus phasianellus Sharp-tailed Grouse Vermivora celata Orange-crowned Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Wilson’s Warbler Zenaida macroura Mourning Dove Zonotrichia atricapilla Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys White-crowned Sparrow

B-6 February 2010 Yukon Flats Land Exchange Final EIS Appendix B – Scientific and Common Species Names

Scientific and Common Species Names (Continued) Scientific Name Common Name MAMMALS Alces alces Moose Alopex lagopus Arctic Fox Canis latrans Coyote Canis lupus Wolf Castor canadensis Beaver Clethrionomys rutilus Northern Red-backed Vole Delphinapterus leucas Beluga Whale Erethizon dorsatum Porcupine Glaucomys sabrinus Northern Flying Squirrel Gulo gulo Wolverine Lemmus trimucronatus Brown Lemming Lepus americanus Snowshoe Hare Lontra canadensis River Otter Lynx canadensis Canada Lynx Marmota caligata Hoary Marmot Martes americana Marten Microtus oeconomus Tundra Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus Meadow Vole Microtus xanthognathus Yellow-cheeked Vole Mustela erminea Ermine (Short-tailed Weasel) Mustela nivalis Least Weasel Mustela vison Mink Myotis lucifugus Little Brown Bat Ochotona collaris Collared Pika Odobenus rosmarus Walrus Ondatra zibethicus Muskrat Ovis canadensis Bighorn Sheep Ovis dalli Dall Sheep Phoca vitulina Harbor Seal Pusa hispida Ringed Seal Rangifer tarandus Caribou Sorex cinereus Common (Masked) Shrew Sorex hoyi Pygmy Shrew Sorex monticolus Dusky Shrew Sorex tundrensis Tundra Shrew Spermophilus parryii osgoodi Yukon Flats Ground Squirrel Synaptomys borealis Northern Bog Lemming Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Red Squirrel Ursus americanus Black Bear Ursus arctos Brown (Grizzly) Bear Ursus maritimus Polar Bear

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Scientific and Common Species Names (Continued) Scientific Name Common Name MAMMALS (Cont.) Vulpes vulpes Red Fox Zapus hudsonicus Meadow Jumping Mouse Sources: Plants = U.S. Department of Agriculture 2007; Fish = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1990; Birds = Sowl 1998; and Mammals = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2006.

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