Transylvania County, NC
May 23, 1998
FLORA
- * Rock-tripe Lichen
- Groundpine
- Lycopodium obscurum
- Running-Pine
- Lycopodium flabelliforme
- Rattlesnake Grape Fern
- Botrychium virginianum
- Southern Adder’s-tongue
- * Ophioglossum vulgatum pycnostichum
- Cinnamon Fern
- Osmunda cinnamomea
- Interrupted Fern
- Osmunda claytoniana
- Royal Fern
- Osmunda regalis spectabilis
- Hay-Scented Fern
- Dennstaedtia punctilobula
- Southern Lady Fern
- Athyrium asplenioides
- New York Fern
- Thelypteris noveboracensis
- Resurrection Fern
- Polypodium polypodioides
- White Pine
- Pinus strobus
- Pitch Pine
- Pinus rigida
- Eastern Hemlock
- Tsuga canadensis
- Orchard Grass
- Dactylis glomerata
- Broomsedge
- Andropogon virginicus
- Sedges
- Carex spp.
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Arisaema triphyllum
- Soft Rush
- Juncus effusus
- Fringed Greenbrier
- Smilax bona-nox
- Greenbrier
- * Smilax hispida
- Painted Trillium
- Trillium undulatum
- Trillium
- Trillium sp.
- Indian Cucumber-root
- Medeola virginiana
- Speckled Wood-lily
- Clintonia umbellulata
- Solomon’s Seal
- Polygonatum biflorum
- Swamp-Pink
- Helonias bullata
- Fly-Poison
- Amianthium muscaetoxicum
- White Hellebore
- Veratrum viride
- Dog’s-tooth-violet
- Erythronium americanum
- Blue-eyed-grass
- Sisyrinchium sp.
- Dwarf Iris
- Iris verna
- Appalachian Twayblade
- Listera smallii
- Downy Rattlesnake-plantain
- Goodyera pubescens
- Puttyroot; Adam-and-Eve
- Aplectrum hyemale
- Willow
- Salix sp.
- Mockernut Hickory
- Carya tomentosa
- Tag Alder
- Alnus serrulata
- Yellow Birch
- Betula lutea
- Cherry Birch
- Betula lenta
- White Oak
- Quercus alba
- Rock Chestnut Oak
- Quercus prinus
- Red Oak
- Quercus rubra
- Scarlet Oak
- Quercus coccinea
- Buffalo Nut
- Pyrularia pubera
- Wild Ginger
- Hexastylis shuttleworthii
- Heartleaf
- Hexastylis sp.
- Sheep-sorrel; Sour Grass
- Rumex acetosella
- Chickweed; Stitchwort
- Stellaria graminea
- Yellow Root
- Xanthorhiza simplicissima
- Tall Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum polygamum
- Tulip Tree; Yellow-poplar
- Liriodendron tulipifera
- Umbrella Tree
- Magnolia fraseri
- Sassafras
- Sassafras albidum
- Spicebush
- Lindera benzoin
- Witch-hazel
- Hamamelis virginiana
- Wild Strawberry
- Fragaria virginiana
- Five-fingers
- Potentilla canadensis
- Dewberry
- Rubus flagellaris
- Multiflora Rose
- Rosa multiflora
- Shadbush; Serviceberry
- Amelanchier sp.
- Black Cherry; Wild Cherry
- Prunus serotina
- Wild Indigo
- Baptisia tinctoria
- White Clover
- Trifolium repens
- Hop Clover; Yellow Clover
- * Trifolium agrarium
- Black Locust
- Robinia pseudo-acacia
- Poison Ivy
- Rhus radicans
- Striped Maple
- Acer pensylvanicum
- Red Maple
- Acer rubrum
- Spotted Touch-me-not
- Impatiens capensis
- Grape
- Vitis sp.
- Common Blue Violet
- Viola papilionacea
- Primrose-leaved Violet
- Viola primulifolia
- Halberd-leaved Violet
- Viola hastata
- Violet
- Viola sp.
- Russian Olive
- Elaeagnus umbellata
- Cow-bane
- Oxypolis rigidior
- Black Gum
- Nyssa sylvatica
- Flowering Dogwood
- Cornus florida
- Alternate-leaved Dogwood
- Cornus alternifolia
- Mountain Sweet Pepperbush
- Clethra acuminata
- Spotted Wintergreen
- Chimaphila maculata
- Indian Pipe
- Monotropa uniflora
- Rosebay; Great Laurel
- Rhododendron maximum
- Flame Azalea
- Rhododendron calendulaceum
- Smooth Azalea
- * Rhododendron arborescens
- Mountain Laurel
- Kalmia latifolia
- Maleberry
- Lyonia ligustrina
- Dog Hobble
- Leucothoe axillaris editorum
- Sourwood
- Oxydendrum arboreum
- Trailing-arbutus
- Epigaea repens
- Huckleberry
- Gaylussacia ursina
- Deerberry; Squaw-huckleberry
- Vaccinium stamineum
- Blueberry
- Vaccinium sp.
- Galax; Galaxy; Coltsfoot
- Galax aphylla
- Loosestrife
- Lysimachia sp.
- Horse Sugar; Sweetleaf
- Symplocos tinctoria
- Carolina Silverbell
- Halesia carolina
- Lyre-leaved Sage
- Salvia lyrata
- Veronica
- Veronica officinalis
- Cow-wheat
- Melampyrum lineare
- Squaw-root
- Conopholis americana
- Partridge Berry
- Mitchella repens
- Bluet
- Houstonia caerulea
- Bluet
- Houstonia serpyllifolia
- Bluet
- Houstonia purpurea
- American Elderberry
- Sambucus canadensis
- King Devil; Hawkweed
- Hieracium pratense
- Common Dandelion
- Taraxacum officinale
- Eupatorium
- Eupatorium sp.
- Robin’s Plantain
- Erigeron pulchellus
- Milfoil; Yarrow
- Achillea millefolium
- Ox-eye Daisy
- Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
- Green Stain
- Chlorociboria aeruginascens
FAUNA
- Zonite Snail
- Mesomphix sp.
- Bowl & Doily Spider
- Frontinella sp.
- Grass Spider
- Agelenopsis sp.
- Wolf Spider
- Lycosa sp.
- Black-sided Pygmy Grasshopper
- Tettigidea lateralis
- Sulfur-winged Grasshopper
- Arphia sulphurea
- Green-striped Grasshopper
- Chortophaga viridifasciata
- Meadow Plant Bug
- * Leptopterna dolabrata
- Oak Apple Gall Wasp
- Amphibolips inanis
- Bumblebee
- Bombus sp.
- Hover Fly
- * Volucella bombylans
- Common Green Darner
- Anax junius
- Twin-spotted Spiketail
- * Cordulegaster maculata
- Common Whitetail (dragonfly)
- Libellula lydia
- Green Tiger Beetle
- Cicindela sexguttata
- Tiger Beetle
- Cicindela tranquebarica
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
- Coccinella septempunctata
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Papilio glaucus
- Orange Sulfur
- Colias eurytheme
- Sleepy Orange (butterfly)
- Eurema nicippe
- Spring Azure (butterfly)
- Celastrina ladon
- Pearl Crescent
- Phyciodes tharos
- Question Mark (butterfly)
- Polygonia interrogationis
- Mourning Cloak
- Nymphalis antiopa
- Red-Spotted Purple (butterfly)
- Limenitis arthemis astyanax
- Viceroy; Mimic
- Limenitis archippus
- Silver-Spotted Skipper
- Epargyreus clarus
- Juvenal’s Duskywing
- Erynnis juvenalis
- * Hobomok Skipper
- Poanes hobomok
- Orange-patched Smoky Moth
- Pyromorpha dimidiata
- Mournful Thyris Moth
- Thyris sepulchralis
- Chickweed Geometer (moth)
- * Haematopis grataria
- Forest Tent Caterpillar
- Malacosoma disstria
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar
- Malacosoma americanum
- Four-spotted Fungus Moth
- * Metalectra quadrisignata
- Cope’s Gray Treefrog
- Hyla chrysoscelis
- Eastern Garter Snake
- Thamnophis sirtalis
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Buteo platypterus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Coccyzus americanus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Archilochus colubris
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Dryocopus pileatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Myiarchus crinitus
- Eastern Phoebe
- Sayornis phoebe
- Least Flycatcher
- * Empidonax minimus
- Acadian Flycatcher
- Empidonax virescens
- Blue Jay
- Cyanocitta cristata
- American Crow
- Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Tufted Titmouse
- Parus bicolor
- Carolina Chickadee
- Parus carolinensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Sitta carolinensis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Regulus satrapa
- American Robin
- Turdus migratorius
- Gray Catbird
- Dumetella carolinensis
- Cedar Waxwing
- Bombycilla cedrorum
- Solitary Vireo
- Vireo solitarius
- Northern Parula
- Parula americana
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Mniotilta varia
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Dendroica caerulescens
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Dendroica fusca
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Dendroica pensylvanica
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Dendroica virens
- Hooded Warbler
- Wilsonia citrina
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Seiurus motacilla
- Ovenbird
- Seiurus aurocapillus
- Blue Grosbeak
- Guiraca caerulea
- Indigo Bunting
- Passerina cyanea
- Rufous-sided Towhee
- Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- American Goldfinch
- Carduelis tristis
- Beaver (gnaw mark)
- Castor canadensis
- * 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 1 June 1998.