Trees Common Name Scientific Name American Beech Fagus grandifolia American Elm Ulmus americana American Holly Ilex opaca American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis Bigtooth Aspen Populus grandidentata Black Cherry Prunus serotina Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia Black Oak Quercus velutina Black Willow Salix nigra Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa Red Maple Acer rubrum River Birch Betula nigra Silver Maple Acer saccharinum Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua Virginia Pine Pinus virginiana White Oak Quercus alba Willow Oak Quercus phellos Yellow Poplar Liriodendron tulipfera

Shrubs & Vines Common Name Scientific Name Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Climbing Bittersweet Celastrus scandens Common Elderberry Sambucus canadensis Evergreen Blackberry Rubus laciniatus Greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia Green Hawthorn Crataegus viridis Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans Sassafras Sassafras albidium Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra Spicebush Lindera benzoin Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia Rose Rosa virginiana Wild Grape Vitis (genus) Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana

Wildflowers and Weeds Common Name Scientific Name Bird-foot Violet Viola pedata Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare Bushy Aster Aster dumosus Chicory Cichorium intybus Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus Common Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia Devil's Beggar-tick Bidens frondosa EnglishPlantain Plantago lanceolota Goldenrod Solidago (genus) Indian Pipe Monotropa uniflora Jimsonweed Datura stramonium Lamb's Quarters Chenopodium album Pink Lady's Slipper Cypripedium acaule Pokeweed Phytolacca americana Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota Red Clover Trifolium pratense Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense Spotted Jewelweed Impatiens capensis Spotted Joe-pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum Swamp Rose Mallow Hibiscus moscheutos Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana

Other Plants (including grasses, water plants, ferns, and mosses) Common Name Scientific Name Arrow Arum Peltandra virginica Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea Common Cattail Typha latifolia Common Duckweed Lemna minor Common Reed Phragmites australis Dodder Cuscuta (genus) Greater Bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris Green Algae Pediastrum boryanum Hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata Kentucky Bluegrass Poa pratensis Lizard's Tail Saururus cernuus Long-leaf Pondweed Potamogeton nodosus Marsh Bulrush Scirpus cyperinus Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata Running Cedar Lycopodium digitatum Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus Smooth Crabgrass Digitaria ischaemum Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Tussock Sedge Carex stricta White Cushion Moss Leucobryum glaucum Wild Rice Zizania aquatica Yellow Pond Lily Nuphar luteum

Fungi Common Name Scientific Name Artist's Conk Ganoderma applanatum Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum Death Cap Amanita phalloides Elegant Stinkhorn Mutinus elegans Emetic Russula Russula silvicola Honey Mushroom Armillariella mellea Jack O'Lantern Omphalotus olearius Meadow Mushroom Agaricus campestris Mossy Maple Polypore Oxyporus populinus Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus Pear-shaped Puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme Turkey Tail Trametes versicolor Witches' Butter Tremella mesenterica

Lichen Common Name Scientific Name British Soldiers Cladonia cristatella Common Greenshield Flavoparmelia caperata

Fish Common Name Scientific Name American Eel Anguilla rostrata Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus Common Carp Cyprinus carpio Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans Tesselated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis Yellow Perch Perca falvescens

Reptiles Common Name Scientific Name Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platyrhinos Eastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta picta Eastern Worm Snake Carphophis amoenus amoenus Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus Northern Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsii Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon

Amphibians Common Name Scientific Name American Toad Bufo americanus Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens Red-backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus Southern Leopard Frog Rana sphenocephala Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer Three-lined Salamander Eurycea guttolineata Wood Frog Rana sylvatica

Birds Common Name Scientific Name American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis American Robin Turdus migratorius Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Barred Owl Strix varia Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Canada Goose Branta canadensis Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensis Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Wood Duck Aix sponsa

Mammals Common Name Scientific Name Beaver Castor canadensis Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus Least Shrew Cryptotis parva Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus Raccoon Procyon lotor Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana Woodchuck Marmota monax White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

Arachnids Common Name Scientific Name American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis Black and Yellow Argiope Argiope aurantia Chigger Trombicula alfreddugesi Daring Jumping Spider Phidippus audax Goldenrod Spider Misumena vatia Harvestman Phalangium opilio Maple Gall Mite Vasates quadripedes Rabid Wolf Spider Rabidosa rabida Sarcoptic Mange Mite Sarcoptes scabiei Six-spotted Fishing Spider Dolomedes triton Soil Mite Oribatidae Family Spined Micrathena Micrathena gracilis Water Mite Arrenurus (genus)

Crustaceans Common Name Scientific Name Copepod Macrocyclops albidus Crayfish (Cambarus) Cambarus (genus) Isopod Armadillidium vulgare Scud Hyalella azteca Water Flea Daphnia ambigua

Chilopods Common Name Scientific Name Garden Centipede Lithobius forficatus

Diplopods Common Name Scientific Name North American Millipede Narceus americanus

Insects Common Name Scientific Name Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus Bald-faced Hornet Dolichovespula maculata Black Carpenter Ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus Blue Bottle Fly Calliphora vomitoria Buffalo Treehopper Stictocephala bisonia Cabbage White Pieris rapae Chinese Mantid Tenodera aridifolia Cicada Killer Sphecius speciosus Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice Common Black Ground Beetle Pterostichus melanarius Common Water Strider Gerris remigis Common Whitetail Libellula lydia  Convergent Ladybug Beetle Hippodamia convergens Crane Fly Tipula (genus) Differential Grasshopper Melanoplus differentialis Dogday Harvestfly Tibicen canicularis Dogwood Borer Synanthedon scitula Dung Beetle Phanaeus vindex Eastern Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes Eastern Blood-sucking Conenose Triatoma sanguisuga Eastern Dobsonfly Corydalus cornutus Eastern Hercules Beetle Dynastes tityus Eastern Subterranean Termite Reticulitermes flavipes Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma americana Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Pterourus glaucus Eastern Yellow Jacket Vespula maculifrons Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata European Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar Field Cricket Gryllus pennsylvanicus Fiery Searcher Calosoma scrutator Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita Fungus Gnat Mycetophila (genus) Giant Willow Aphid Pterochlorus viminalis Golden Northern Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus Goldenrod Gall Fly Eurosta solidaginis Green Darner Anax junius Green Lacewing Chrysoperla rufilabris and Chrysopa ornata Green Stinkbug Acrosternum hilare Honey Bee Apis mellifera Horned Fungus Beetle Boliotherus cornutus Hummingbird Moth Hemaris thysbe Large Diving Beetle Dytiscus (genus) Luna Moth Actias luna Meadow Spittlebug Philaenus spumarius Monarch Danaus plexippus Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa Northern Caddis Fly Limnephilus (genus) Northern Walkingstick Diapheromera femorata Oak Apple Gall Wasp Amphibolips confluenta Organ-pipe Mud Dauber Trypoxylon politum Oystershell Scale Lepidosaphes ulmi Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Patent-leather Beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus Pennsylvania Firefly Photuris pennsylvanicus Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus Ring-legged Earwig Euborelllia annulipes Sassafras Weevil Odontopus calceatus Six-spotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela sexguttata Snow Flea Hypogastrura nivicola True Katydid Pterophylla camellifolia Virginia Pine Sawfly Neodiprion pratti pratti

Annelids Common Name Scientific Name Aquatic Worm Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Earthworm Lumbricus (genus) Freshwater Leech Macrobdella decora

Mollusks Common Name Scientific Name Disc Cannibal Snail Haplotrema concavum Eastern Forest Snail Anguispira alternata Eastern Lamp Mussel Lampsilis radiata Leopard Slug Limax maximus Stagnant Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Cnidarians Common Name Scientific Name Green Hydra Chlorohydra viridissima

Tardigrades Common Name Scientific Name Water Bear Echiniscis (genus)

Planarians Common Name Scientific Name Flatworm Procotyla fluviatilis

Nematodes Common Name Scientific Name Brainworm Nematode Parelaphostrongylus tenuis Predatory Nematode Mononchus (genus) The Big Red Worm Eustrongylides ignotus and Eustrongylides tubifex

Microscopic Organisms (including Protists and Monerans) Common Name Scientific Name Amoeba Amoeba (genus) Euglena Euglena gracilis Paramecium Paramecium (genus)