Wildlife at Waumandee Creek Farm:

Upland prairies:

 Achillea millefolium - Yarrow 
 Agalinis aspera - Rough False Foxglove
 Ambrosia artemisifolia - Common Ragweed 
 Amorpha canescens - Lead Plant
 Anemone cylindrica - Thimbleweed 
 Antennaria neglecta - Field Pussy Toes
 Antennaria plantaginifolia - Plantain Pussy Toes
 Apocynum androsaemifolium - Dogbane
 Arabis lyrata - Sand Cress
 Artemisia campestris - Wormwood
 Asclepias exaltata - Poke Milkweed 
 Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Weed 
 Asclepias verticillata - Whorled Milkweed 
 Asclepias viridiflora - Green Milkweed 
 Aster ericoides - Heath Aster
 Aster laevis - Smooth Blue Aster 
 Aster oblongifolius - Aromatic Aster
 Aster oolentangiensis - Sky Blue Aster
 Aster sericeus - Silky Aster 
 Astragalus canadensis - Canada Milk-vetch
 Calystegia spithamaea – Low Bindweed
 Campanula rotundifolia - Harebell 
 Castilleja sessiliflora - Downy Yellow Painted Cup 
 Cirsium discolor - Field Thistle 
 Comandra umbellata - Bastard Toadflax
 Coreopsis palmata - Prairie Coreopsis 
 Dalea purpurea - Purple Prairie Clover
 Desmodium canadense - Canada Tick-trefoil
 Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus – Robin’s Plantain
 Erigeron strigosus - Daisy Fleabane 
 Euphorbia corollata - Flowering Spurge
 Fragaria virginiana - Wild Strawberry 
 Gentiana alba - Creamy Gentian
 Gentianella quinquefolia - Stiff Gentian
 Geum triflorum - Prairie Smoke
 Gnaphalium obtusifolium - Sweet Everlasting
 Hedeoma hispida - Rough False Pennyroyal
 Helianthemum bicknellii - Hoary Frostweed
 Helianthus occidentalis - Naked-stemmed Sunflower
 Helianthus strumosus/hirsutus - Rough Sunflower
 Heuchera richardsonii - Alumroot
 Hieracium kalmii - Canada Hawkweed
 Hieracium scabrum - Rough Hawkweed
 Hypericum punctatum – Spotted St. John’s Wort 
 Hypoxis hirsuta - Yellow Star-grass
 Krigia biflora – False Dandelion
 Kuhnia eupatorioides - False Boneset
 Lathyrus venosus – Veiny Pea
 Lechea intermedia – Pinweed
 Lechea stricta – Prairie Pinweed
 Lespedeza capitata - Bush Clover 
 Liatris aspera - Rough Blazing Star 
 Linum sulcatum - Yellow Flax 
 Liparis lilifolia – Purple Twayblade
 Lithospermum canescens - Hoary Puccoon
 Lithospermum incisum - Fringed Puccoon 
 Lobelia spicata - Spiked Lobelia 
 Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot
 Physalis heterophylla - Clammy Ground Cherry
 Physalis virginiana - Virginia Ground Cherry
 Plantago rugelii – American Plantain
 Polanisia dodecandra – Clammy-weed 
 Polygala polygama - Purple Milkwort
 Polygala sanguinea – Field Milkwort
 Polygala verticillata var. isocycla – Short Whorled Milkwort
 Ratibida pinnata - Yellow Coneflower
 Rosa - Wild Rose
 Rubus flagellaris - Northern Dewberry
 Rubus hispidus - Dewberry
 Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
 Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis - Small Skullcap
 Senecio plattensis - Prairie Ragwort
 Silene antirrhina – Sleepy Catchfly
 Sisyrinchium campestre – Prairie Blue Eyed Grass
 Solidago juncea – Early Goldenrod
 Solidago nemoralis - Gray Goldenrod 
 Solidago ptarmicoides - Upland White Goldenrod
 Solidago rigida - Stiff Goldenrod 
 Solidago speciosa - Showy Goldenrod 
 Spiranthes magnicamporum - Great Plains Ladies Tresses 
 Tradescantia ohienses - Common Spiderwort
 Veronicastrum virginicum – Culver’s Root
 Viola pedata - Birdfoot Violet 
 Viola pedatifida - Prairie Violet
 Zigadenus elegans - White Camas 
 - Yellow Loosestrife

 
Wet Meadows:

 Agalinis tenuifolia  - Common False Foxglove
 Agrimonia striata - Roadside Agrimony
 Ambrosia trifida - Great Ragweed
 Amphicarpea bracteata – Hog Peanut 
 Anemone canadensis - Canada Anemone 
 Angelica atropurpurea - Angelica 
 Apocynum sibiricum - Clasping Dogbane
 Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed
 Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed 
 Aster firmus - Shining Aster
 Aster lanceolatus - White Panicled Aster
 Aster novae-angliae - New England Aster
 Aster puniceus - Swamp Aster
 Aster umbellatus – Flat-topped Aster
 Bidens cernuus - Nodding Beggar-ticks
 Bidens frondosa - Common Beggar Ticks 
 Caltha palustris - Marsh Marigold
 Campanula Americana – American Bellflower 
 Campanula aparinoides - Marsh Bellflower
 Cardamine bulbosa – Spring-cress
 Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey Tea 
 Chelone glabra - Turtlehead 
 Cicuta bulbifera - Water Hemlock
 Cirsium muticum - Swamp Thistle
 Clematis virginiana - Wild Clematis 
 Convolvulus sepium - Hedge Bindweed 
 Echinocystis lobata - Wild Cucumber
 Epilobium coloratum - Eastern Willow-herb
 Epilobium leptophyllum - American Marsh Willow-herb 
 Equisetum arvense - Common Horsetail 
 Equisetum hyemale - Common Scouring Rush
 Erechtites hieracifolia – American Burn-weed
 Erigeron annuus - Annual Fleabane
 Eupatorium maculatum - Joe Pye Weed 
 Eupatorium perfoliatum – Boneset
 Euthamia graminifolia – Grass Leafed Goldenrod
 Galium boreale - Northern Bedstraw
 Galium triflorum - Fragrant Bedstraw
 Gentianopsis crinita - Fringed Gentian 
 Helenium autumnale - Sneezeweed 
 Helianthus giganteus - Tall Sunflower
 Helianthus grosseserratus - Saw-tooth Sunflower
 Heliopsis helianthoides - Oxeye 
 Heracleum maximum - Cow Parsnip 
 Hypericum pyramidatum - Great St. John's Wort 
 Impatiens capensis - Jewelweed
 Lathyrus palustris - Marsh Pea
 Lilium michiganense - Turks Cap Lily
 Liparis loeselii - Green Twayblade
 Lobelia siphilitica - Great Blue Lobelia 
 Lycopus americanus - Water Horehound 
 Lysimachia ciliata - Fringed Loosestrife
 Mimulus ringens - Monkey Flower
 Mirabilis nyctaginea - Wild Four-o'clock
 Mentha arvensis - Wild Mint 
 Oenothera biennis - Evening Primrose 
 Pedicularis lanceolata - Swamp Lousewort
 Penthorum sedoides - Ditch Stonecrop 
 Potamogeton foliosus - Leafy Pondweed
 Physocarpus opulifolius – Common Ninebark
 Pycnanthemum virginianum - Mountain Mint
 Rudbeckia laciniata – Cut-leaved Coneflower 
 Saxifraga pennsylvanica - Swamp Saxifrage
 Scrophularia lanceolata - Figwort
 Senecio aurea - Golden Ragwort
 Silphium perfoliatum - Cup Plant 
 Solidago canadensis - Canada Goldenrod 
 Solidago gigantea - Giant Goldenrod
 Stachys palustris - Hedge-nettle
 Thalictrum dasycarpum - Tall Meadow Rue 
 Typha latifolia - Cattail 
 Verbena hastata - Vervain
 Zizia aurea - Golden Alexander 

Woods:

 Actaea rubra - Red Baneberry 
 Anemone quinquefolia - Wood Anemone 
 Anemone virginiana - Tall Thimbleweed
 Aquilegia canadensis - Columbine
 Arabis laevigata - Smooth Rock-cress
 Aralia nudicaulis - Wild Sarsaparilla 
 Aralia racemosa - Spikenard 
 Arisaema atrorubens - Jack-in-the-Pulpit
 Asarum canadense – Wild Ginger
 Aster lateriflorus - Calico Aster
 Aster macrophyllus - Big Leafed Aster
 Aster sagittifolius - Arrow-leaved Aster 
 Cirsium altissimum - Wood Thistle
 Coeloglossum viride – Frog Orchid
 Corallorhiza odontorhiza - Autumn Coralroot 
 Cryptotaenia canadensis - Honewort
 Desmodium glutinosum - Cluster Tick-trefoil
 Diervilla lonicera – Bush Honeysuckle
 Eupatorium purpureum - Green-stemmed Joe-Pye-Weed
 Eupatorium rugosum - White Snakeroot 
 Fragaria - Wild Strawberry 
 Galearis spectabilis - Showy Orchis
 Galium asprellum - Rough Bedstraw
 Galium triflorum - Fragrant Bedstraw
 Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium 
 Geum aleppicum - Yellow Avens
 Geum canadense – White Avens
 Goodyera pubescens – Downy Rattlesnake-plantain
 Liparis lilifolia - Lily Leaved Twayblade 
 Lobelia inflata - Indian Tobacco
 Maianthemum canadense - Wild Lily of the Valley 
 Monotropa uniflora - Indian Pipe 
 Oxalis violacea - Violet Wood Sorrel
 Pedicularis canadensis - Wood Betony 
 Phryma leptostachya - Lopseed 
 Pilea pumila - Clearweed 
 Polemonium reptans - Jacob's Ladder 
 Polygonatum biflorum - Solomon's Seal
 Prenanthes alba - White Lettuce
 Prunella vulgaris - Heal-all
 Pyrola rotundifolia - Round-leaved Pyrola
 Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
 Sanicula marilandica - Black Snakeroot
 Smilacina racemosa - False Solomon's Seal
 Smilacina stellata - Starry False Solomon's Seal 
 Solidago flexicaulis – Zig-zag Goldenrod
 Streptopus - Twisted Stalk
 Taenidia integerrima – Yellow Pimpernel
 Thalictrum dioicum – Early Meadow Rue
 Thalictrum thalictroides - Rue Anemone 
 Trientalis borealis - Starflower 
 Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle 
 Uvularia grandiflora - Bellwort
 Verbena urticifolia - White Vervain
 Viola macloskeyi - Smooth White Violet
 Viola pubescens – Smooth Yellow Violet

Grasses:

 Andropogon gerardii - Big Bluestem 
 Bouteloua curtipendula - Side Oats Gramma 
 Bouteloua hirsuta - Hairy Gramma
 Bromus altissimus - Ear-leafed Brome
 Bromus ciliatus - Fringed Brome
 Bromus kalmii - Prairie Brome
 Cenchrus longispinus - Sandbur 
 Elymus trachycaulus – Slender Wheat Grass
 Eragrostis spectabilis - Purple Lovegrass
 Glyceria grandis - Manna Grass
 Leersia oryzoides - Cutgrass
 Muhlenbergia cuspidata - Plains Muhly 
 Muhlenbergia racemosa - Upland Wild Timothy
 Panicum oligosanthes - Few-flowered Panic Grass
 Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem 
 Sorghastrum nutans - Indian Grass 
 Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie Dropseed 
 Stipa Spartea - Needle Grass

Sedges & Rushes:

Carex pennsylvanica - Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex trichocarpa
Cyperus strigosus - False Nut-sedge 
Juncus dudleyi - Dudley's Rush
Juncus effusus - Common Rush
Scirpus atrovirens – Black Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus - Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus cyperinus - Wool Grass

Trees & Shrubs: 

 Acer negundo - Box Elder 
 Acer saccarinum - Silver Maple
 Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple 
 Alnus rugosa - Speckled Alder
 Amelanchier laevis – Smooth Serviceberry
 Betula nigra - Red Birch 
 Betula papyrifera - Paper Birch 
 Cornus racemosa - Gray Dogwood
 Cornus stolonifera - Red-osier Dogwood 
 Corylus americana - American Hazlenut
 Crataegus - Hawthorne 
 Juglans nigra - Black Walnut 
 Juniperus communis - Common Juniper
 Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar 
 Ostrya virginiana - Ironwood 
 Populus deltoides - Cottonwood 
 Populus grandidentata - Big Toothed Aspen 
 Populus tremuloides - Quaking Aspen 
 Prunus americana - American Plum
 Prunus pennsylvanica – Fire Cherry
 Prunus serotina - Wild Black Cherry
 Quercus alba - White Oak 
 Quercus macrocarpa - Burr Oak 
 Quercus rubra - Red Oak
 Quercus velutina - Black Oak
 Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac
 Rhus radicans - Poison Ivy 
 Rhus typhina - Staghorn Sumac 
 Ribes americanum – American Black Currant
 Ribes missouriense - Missouri Gooseberry 
 Rubus allegheniensis - Blackberry 
 Rubus idaeus - Raspberry 
 Rubus occidentalis - Black Raspberry
 Salix candida - Sage Willow
 Salix humilis – Prairie Willow
 Salix interior - Sandbar Willow 
 Sambucus canadensis - Elderberry 
 Thuja occidentalis - White Cedar 
 Tilia americana - American Basswood 
 Ulmus americana - American Elm
 Viburnum lentago - Nannyberry
 Xanthoxylum americanum - Prickly Ash 

Vines:

 Amphicarpa bracteata - Hog Peanut
 Apios americana - Groundnut 
 Celastrus scandens - Bittersweet 
 Clematis virginiana - Wild Clematis 
 Echinocystis lobata - Wild Cucumber 
 Humulus lupulus - Hops
 Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper 
 Smilax rotundifolia - Greenbriar 
 Vitis - Wild Grape 

Mosses & Liverworts 

Atrichum augustatum - Haircap Moss
Orthotrichum anomalum - Hair Tree Moss
Platygyrium repens - Flat Brocade Moss

Ferns & Club Mosses:

 Adiantum pedatum - Maidenhair Fern 
 Asplenium platyneuron - Ebony Spleenwort 
 Athyrium Filix-femina - Lady Fern 
 Botrychium dissectum f. dissectum - Dissected Grape Fern 
 Botrychium multifidum - Leathery Grape Fern 
 Botrychium virginianum - Rattlesnake Fern 
 Dryopteris spinulosa - Spinulose Shield Fern 
 Gymnocarpium dryopteris - Oak Fern
 Lycopodium lucidulum - Shining Club-moss 
 Matteuccia Struthiopteris - Ostrich Fern 
 Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern 
 Osmunda Claytoniana - Interrupted Fern 
 Pellaea glabella - Smooth Cliff-Brake
 Pteridium aquilinum - Bracken Fern
 Thelypteris palustris - Marsh Fern 

Lichens:

Candelaria fibrosa - Fringed Candleflame Lichen
Cladonia cervicornis ssp. verticillata - Ladder Lichen
Cladonia chlorophaea - Mealy Pixie-cup
Cladonia coniocraea - Common Powderhorn
Cladonia cristatella - British Soldiers
Cladonia peziziformis - Turban Lichen
Dermatocarpon miniatum - Leather Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperata - Common Greenshield Lichen
Phaeophyscia adiastola - Powder-tipped Shadow Lichen
Punctelia bolliana - Eastern Speckled Shield Lichen
Xanthoria hasseana - Poplar Sunburst Lichen
Xanthoria ulophyllodes – Powdery Sunburst Lichen

Fungi:

Crucibulum levis - Bird's Nest 
Lycoperdon pyriforme - Puffball
Marasmius siccus
Peniophora rufa - Red Tree Brain 
Sarcoscypha coccinea - Scarlet Cup

Exotics:

Agrostis gigantea – Redtop
Bromus inermis – Smooth Brome
Chichorium intybus - Chickory
Cirsium arvense - Canada Thistle
Crepis tectorum – Hawk’s Beard
Elytrigia repens – Quackgrass
Hypericum perforatum – Common St. John’s Wort
Lotus corniculata - Birdsfoot Trefoil
Nepeta cataria - Catnip
Pennisetum glaucum – Pearl Millet
Phalaris arundinacea – Reed Canary Grass
Poa compressa – Canada Bluegrass
Potentilla recta - Rough-fruited Cinquefoil
Ranunculus acris - Buttercup
Setaria faberi – Giant Foxtail
Setaria viridis – Foxtail Grass
Sonchus arvensis var. glabrescens – Marsh Sow-thistle
Stellaria media - Common Chickweed
Tanacetum vulgare - Tansy
Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion
Typha angustifolia - Narrow-leaved Cattail
Vicia sativa - Spring Vetch

Birds: 

American Crow
American Redstart
Bald Eagle
Barn Swallow
Barred Owl
Bay-breasted Warbler
Belted Kingfisher
Black and White Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Blue Jay
Blue Winged Warbler
Bobolink
Broad Winged Hawk
Brown Creeper
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brown Thrasher
Canada Goose (flying over)
Canada Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut Sided Warbler
Chickadee
Chimney Swift
Chipping Sparrow
Common Redpoll
Cooper’s Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood Pewee
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden Eagle
Goldfinch
Gray Catbird
Great Blue Heron
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Egret
Great Horned Owl
Hairy Woodpecker
Harris’s Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Junco
Lapland Longspur
Lesser Scaup
Mourning Dove
Mourning Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Nighthawk
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Northern Oriole
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Shrike
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orchard Oriole
Osprey
Ovenbird
Palm Warbler
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Red Eyed Vireo
Red Tailed Hawk
Red Winged Blackbird
Robin
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-winged Swallow
Ruby Crowned Kinglet
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Ruffed Grouse
Sandhill Crane 
Saw-whet Owl
Scarlet Tanager
Screech Owl
Sedge Wren
Solitary Sandpiper
Solitary Vireo
Song Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Swamp Sparrow
Tennessee Warbler
Tree Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Tundra Swan  
Vesper Sparrow
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Wild Turkey
Wood duck
Woodcock
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Yellow Throated Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Yellowthroat

Moths:

The Infant (Archiearis infans) small, orange brown and white moth Caterpillar food:  Birches
Grapevine Epimenis (Psychomorpha epimenis)  small, black, white and orange moth Caterpillar food:  grapes
White Striped Black (Trichodezia albovittata)  small black moth with black stripes on       forewings.  Caterpillar food:  Impatiens 
Reversed Haploa
Black and Yellow Lichen Moth (Lycomorpha pholus) outer edges of wings black, bases of wings orange-yellow.  Day flier, July-September.  Caterpillar food: lichens
White Lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata)
Eight-spotted Forester (Alypia octomaculata)  Caterpillar food: grapes and Virginia creeper
Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)
Large tolype  (Tolype velleda)

Butterflies:  

American Copper
American Painted Lady
Aphrodite Fritillary
Arctic Skipper
Baltimore Checkerspot
Banded Hairstreak
Black Dash
Black Swallowtail
Bronze Copper
Cabbage Butterfly
Checkered White
Clouded Sulphur
Common Buckeye
Common Checkered Skipper
Common Wood Nymph
Compton Tortiseshell
Coral Hairstreak
Delaware Skipper
Dusted Skipper
Eastern Comma
Eastern Tailed Blue
Eyed Brown
Giant Swallowtail
Gorgone Checkerspot
Gray Comma
Great Spangled Fritillary
Hackberry
Hobomok Skipper
Juvenal’s Duskywing
Leonard's Skipper
Little Glassywing
Little Wood Satyr
Little Yellow
Meadow Fritillary
Milbert's Tortiseshell
Monarch
Mourning Cloak
Mulberry Wing
Northern Broken-dash
Northern Crescent
Northern Pearly-Eye
Orange Sulphur
Painted Lady
Question Mark
Red Admiral
Red Spotted Purple
Silver-bordered Fritillary
Silver Spotted Skipper
Silvery Checkerspot
Spring Azure
Tawny Emperor
Tiger Swallowtail
Variegated Fritillary
Viceroy
White Admiral

Dragonflies & Damselflies:

Common Whitetail
Twelve Spotted Skimmer
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
Common Green Darner

Insects & Spiders:

Walking Stick
Black and Yellow Argiope
Goldenrod Spider  Misumena vatia

Reptiles & Amphibians:

American Toad
Green Frog
Gray Tree Frog
Leopard Frog
Pickerel Frog
Wood Frog

Eastern Hognose Snake
Garter Snake
Little Brown Snake
Smooth Green Snake

Snapping Turtle

Fish

Brook Trout
Longnose Dace

Mammals:

Beaver
Black Bear
Cottontail Rabbit
Coyote
Fox Squirrel
Gray Squirrel
Harvest Mouse
Least Shrew
Least Weasel
Long Tailed Weasel
Meadow Vole
Mink
Muskrat
Raccoon
Red Fox
Red Squirrel
Skunk
Virginia Opossum
White tailed Deer
Woodchuck