As part of our certification process for the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary for Golf Courses we compiled a listing of all of the flora and fauna that either live on or use the golf course property as part of their habitat. Below is the current list that is updated whenever another species is observed.
Following the list are pictures of some of the wildlife taken on the course.
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Trees |
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pin oak |
Quercus palustris |
white oak |
Quercus alba |
Northern red oak |
Quercus rubra |
black oak |
Quercus velutina |
shagbark hickory |
Carya ovata |
white ash |
Fraxinus americana |
red maple |
Acer rubrum |
sugar maple |
Acer saccharum |
white pine |
Pinus strobus |
red pine |
Pinus resinosa |
Scotch pine |
Pinus sylvestris |
Colorado blue spruce |
Picea pungens |
Norway spruce |
Picea abies |
Eastern red cedar |
Juniperus virginiana |
locust |
Robinia sp. |
ornamental crabapple |
Malus sp. |
ornamental dogwood |
Cornus sp. |
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Plant Inventory of
Wetland Cover Types |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Trees |
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red maple |
Acer rubrum |
white ash |
Fraxinus americana |
green ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
American elm |
Ulmus americana |
pin oak |
Quercus palustris |
gray birch |
Betula populifolus |
Eastern red cedar |
Juniperus virginiana |
quaking aspen |
Populus tremuloides |
Shrubs |
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high-bush
blueberry |
Vaccinium corymbosum |
spice bush |
Lindera benzoin |
silky dogwood |
Cornus amomum |
common
elderberry |
Sambucus canadensis |
raspberry |
Rhus sp. |
willow |
Salix sp. |
Japanese
honeysuckle |
Lnonicera japonica |
cattail |
Typha angustifoloa |
Northern
arrowwood |
Viburnum recognitum |
multiflora
rose |
Rosa multiflora |
Japanese
knotweed |
Polygonum cuspidatum |
Herbaceous |
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jewelweed |
Impatiens capensis |
purple loosestrife |
Lythrum salicaria |
sensitive fern |
Onoclea sensibilis |
marsh fern |
Thelypteris thelypteroides |
skunk cabbage |
Symplocarpus foetidus |
soft rush |
Juncus effusis |
fox sedge |
Carex vulpinoidea |
green bulrush |
Scripus atrovirens |
bristle bract sedge |
Carex tribuloides |
bittersweet nightshade |
Solanum dulcamana |
Virginia creeper |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
poison ivy |
Toxicodendron radicans |
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Wildlife Inventory |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Mammals |
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Virginia oppossum |
Didelphis virginiana |
northern short-tailed shrew |
Blarina brevicauda |
eastern mole |
Scalopus aquqticus |
little brown myotis |
Myotis lucifuqus |
eastern cottontail |
Sylvilaqus floridanus |
eastern chipmunk |
Tamias striatus |
gray squirrel |
Sciurus carolinensis |
deer mouse |
Peromyscus maniculatus |
white-footed mouse |
Peromyscus leucopus |
muskrat |
Ondatra zibethicus |
mink |
Mustela vison |
river otter |
Lontra canadensis |
coyote |
Canis latrans |
red fox |
Vulpes vulpes |
raccoon |
Procyon lotor |
striped skunk |
Mephitis mephitis |
long-tailed weasel |
Mustela frenata |
American black bear |
Ursus americanus |
white-tailed deer |
Odocoileus virginianus |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Birds |
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great blue heron |
Ardea herodias |
green backed heron |
Butorides striatus |
belted kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
Canada goose |
Brants canadensis |
wood duck |
Aix sponsa |
mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
turkey vulture |
Cathartes aura |
sharp shinned hawk |
Accipiter striatus |
red-shouldered hawk |
Buteo lineatus |
red-tailed hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
wild turkey |
Meleagris gallopavo |
mourning dove |
Zenaida macroura |
great-horned owl |
Bubo virginianus |
eastern screech owl |
Otus asio |
red-bellied woodpecker |
Melanerpes carolinus |
yellow-bellied woodpecker |
Sphyrapicus varius |
downy woodpecker |
Picoides pubescens |
hairy woodpecker |
Picoides villosus |
northern flicker |
Colaptes auratus |
eastern phoebe |
Sayornis phoebe |
great-crested flycatcher |
Myiarchus crinitus |
eastern kingbird |
Tyrannus tyrannus |
tree swallow |
Tachyineta bicolor |
barn swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
blue jay |
Cyanocitta cristata |
American crow |
Corvus brachyrhynchos |
black-capped chickadee |
Parus atricapillus |
tufted titmouse |
Parus bicolor |
white-breasted nuthatch |
Sitta carolinensis |
brown creeper |
Certhia americana |
house wren |
Troglodytes aedon |
eastern bluebird |
Sialia sialis |
American robin |
Turdus migratorius |
gray catbird |
Umatilla carolinensis |
northern mockingbird |
Mimus polyglottus |
European starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
yellow warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
chestnut-sided warbler |
Dendroica pensylvanica |
common yellowthroat |
Geothylpis trichas |
northern cardinal |
Cardinalis cardinalis |
eastern towhee |
Pipilo erthrophthalmus |
chipping sparrow |
Spizella passertina |
song sparrow |
Melospiza melodia |
red-winged blackbird |
Aqelaius phoeniceus |
common grackle |
Quiscalus quiscula |
brown-headed cowbird |
Malthus ater |
Baltimore oriole |
Icterus qalbula |
house finch |
Carpodacus mexicans |
purple finch |
Carpodacus purpureus |
American goldfinch |
Carduelis tristis |
house sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
killdeer |
Charadrius vociferous |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Amphibians |
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spotted salamander |
Abmystoma maculatum |
northern two-lined salamander |
Eurycea bislineata |
redback salamander |
Plethodon cinereus |
red-spotted newt |
Notophtlalmus viridescens |
American toad |
Bufo americanus |
northern spring peeper |
Hyla crucifer |
bullfrog |
Rana catesbeiana |
green frog |
Rana clamitans |
pickerel frog |
Rana palustris |
wood frog |
Rana sylvatica |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Reptiles |
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common snapping turtle |
Chelydra serpentina |
eastern painted turtle |
Chrysemys picta |
spotted turtle |
Clemmys guttata |
northern ringneck snake |
Diadophis punctatus |
eastern milk snake |
Lampropeltis triangulum |
northern water snake |
Nerodia sipedon |
eastern garter snake |
Thamnophis sirtalis |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Fish |
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American eel |
Anguilla rostrata |
bluegill |
Lepomis macrochirus |
largemouth bass |
Micropterus salmoides |
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Tom turkeys displaying for hen on hole #5 |
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Snapping turtle crossing bridge hole #11 |
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Two coyotes checking out the action on hole #5 |
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Black bear in tall grass hole #10 |
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Red fox napping in bunker on hole #12 |
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