Whitehall Nature Preserve


Mecklenburg County, NC

February 28, 1998

FLORA

Crustose Lichens
Pyrrhospora varians
Pertusaria texana
Maronea constans
Lecanora varia
Buellia curtisii

Fruticose Lichens
Cladonia uncialis
Candelaria fibrosa
Physcia aipolia

Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron

Resurrection Fern
Polypodium polypodioides

Eastern Red-cedar
Juniperus virginiana

Fringed Greenbrier
Smilax bona-nox

Crane-fly Orchid
Tipularia discolor

Puttyroot; Adam-and-Eve
Aplectrum hyemale

Shagbark Hickory
Carya ovata

Mockernut Hickory
Carya tomentosa

Pignut Hickory
Carya glabra

Post Oak
Quercus stellata

Overcup Oak
Quercus lyrata

Willow Oak
Quercus phellos

Winged Elm
Ulmus alata

Hackberry; Sugarberry
Celtis sp.

Red Mulberry
Morus rubra

Mistletoe
Phoradendron serotinum

Spring-beauty
Claytonia virginica

Bitter Cress
Cardamine hirsuta

Carolina Cherrylaurel
Prunus caroliniana

Redbud
Cercis canadensis

Poison Ivy
Rhus radicans

Possumhaw Holly
Ilex decidua longipes

Strawberry Bush
Euonymus americanus

Red Maple
Acer rubrum

St. Andrew’s Cross
Hypericum hypericoides

American Ash; White Ash
Fraxinus americana

Woolly Mullein
Verbascum thapsus

Bedstraw
Galium sp.

Sweet Breath of Spring
Lonicera fragrantissima

Japanese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica

Black Haw; Nanny-berry
Viburnum prunifolium

False Willow
Baccharis angustifolia

Sea-Myrtle; Groundsel Tree
Baccharis halimifolia

Orange Slime Mold
* Prototrichia metallica

Cedar Apple Rust
Gymnosporangium junipervirginianae

FAUNA

Earthworm
Lumbricus sp.

Cobweb Spider (egg)
Argyrodes trigonum

Shield Bug
* Eurygaster sp.

Green Juniper Stink Bug
* Banasa euchlora

Stink Bug
* Banasa sordida

Shadow Darner (larva)
* Aeshna umbrosa

Woodland Ground Beetle
Cyclotrachelus sigillatus

Rove Beetle
* Acrotona subpygmaea

Passalus; Bess-beetle
Popilius disjunctus

Dung Beetle
Ataenius platensis

Hickory Girdler Beetle (sign)
Oncideres cingulata

Anglewing
Polygonia sp.

Spotted Salamander (egg)
Ambystoma maculatum

Marbled Salamander
Ambystoma opacum 

Spring Peeper (sign)
Hyla crucifer

Upland Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triceriata

Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura

Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis

Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura

Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata

American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor

Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus

American Robin
Turdus migratorius

Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis

Scud
|Order Amphipoda

Fairy Shrimp
Order Anostraca

* First Time Recorded by SCAN

Note: This flora/fauna list is produced by the South Carolina Association of Naturalists, and is subject to revision as needed. This list produced on 3/9/98.