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Animals and Plants of Tumbling Creek Woods Wildflowers Animals and Plants of Tumbling Creek Woods Wildflowers Flower Color Key B - Blue PP - Pink-Purple BP - Blue-purple R - Red OY - Orange-Yellow W - White P - Purple Y - Yellow White Color Bloodroot Sanguinaria candensis W Daisy, Ox-eye Chrysanthemum leucanthenum W Horse Nettle Solanum carolinense Pipsissewa Chimaphila maculata W Queen Anne’s Lace Daucus carota Yellow to Yellow-Orange Buttercup, Common Ranunculua acris Y Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis Y Clover, Low Hop Trifolium compestre Y Daffodil Narcissus spp Y Dandelion, Common Taraxicum officinale Y Dandelion, False Hypochaeris radicata Y Jewelweed, Spotted Impatiens capensis OY Ragwort, Southern or Golden Packera anonyma Y Rattlesnake Weed Hieracium venosum Y Sorrel, Wood Oxalis stricta Y Strawberry, Indian Duchesnia indica Y Trout Lily Erythronium americanum Y Blue to Blue-Purple Field Madder Sherardia arvensis B Periwinkle Vinca minor B Pointed Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium augustifolium B Toadflax, Blue or Old-field Nuttallanthus canadensis B Vetch, Smooth Vicia dasycarpa BP Violet, Common Blue Viola sororia B Wisteria, American Wisteria frutescens BP Red Clover, Red Trifolium pratense R Little Brown Jugs or Heartleaf Hexastylis arifolia R Purple to Pink-Purple Cranesbill, Carolina Geranium carolinianum PP Henbit Lamium amplexicaula PP Purple Dead Nettle Lamium purpureum P Shrubs and Vines Blackberry, Southern Rubus argutus Blueberry Vaccinium pallidum Crossvine Bignonia capreolata Greenbrier, Catbrier Smilax glauca Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora Muscadine Grape Vistis rotundifolia Pinxter-flower Rhododendron periclymenoides Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans Privet Ligustrum spp Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia Ferns Christmas Fern Polystichium acrostichoides Trees American Beech Fagus grandliflora American Holly Ilex opaca American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda Mockernut Hickory Carya alba Red Maple Acer rubrum Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera Water Oak Quercus nigra White Oak Quercus alba Mammals American Beaver Castor canadensis Chipmunk, Eastern Tamias striatus Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus Opossum, Virginia Didelphis virginianum Rabbit, Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Squirrel, Eastern Gray Sciurus carolinensis Squirrel, Southern Flying Glaucomys volans Birds Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Crow, American Corvus brachyrhynchos Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Green Heron Butorides virescens Hawk, Red-shouldered Buteo lineatus Heron, Great Blue Ardea herodias Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mockingbird, Northern Mimus polyglottos Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Robin, American Turdus migratorius Warbler, Black-and-white Mniotilta varia Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus Herps Blue-tailed Skink Cryptoblepharus egeriae Brown Water Snake Nerodia taxispilota Eastern Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula Lizard, Eastern Fence Sceloporus undulatus Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer Turtle, Eastern Box Terrapene carolina Fish Bluegill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides Mosquitofish (Gambusia) Gambusia affinis Insects and Spiders Ant, Fire Solenopsis spp. Bumblebee Bombus spp. Carpenter Bee, Eastern Xylocopa virginica Ebony Jewelwing (damselfly) Calopteryx maculata Harvestman (Daddy Longlegs) Phalangium opilio. Orb Weaver Spider Variety of spiders in family Araneidae Painted Skimmer (dragonfly) Libellula semifasciata Phantom Crane Fly Bittacomorpha clavipes Silverspotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus Swallowtail, Eastern Tiger Papillio glaucus .
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