Wildlife Plant ID Lab 1

Slender copperleaf (three-seeded mercury)

Slender copperleaf (three-seeded mercury)

Acalypha spp.
Seeds for birds, small mammals, pollinators
Native
(forb)

Raccoon grape, Heartleaf peppervine

Ampelopsis cordata
Fruits for birds and mammals
Native
Vine

Red chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia
Berries eaten by birds and mammals
Native
Shrub

Eastern baccharis

Baccharis halimifolia
Seeds for small birds
Native
Shrub

Crossvine

Bignonia capreolata
Nectar source for pollinators
Native
Vine

American beautyberry

Callicarpa americana
Berries
Native
Shrub

Trumpetcreeper

Campsis radicans
Nectar hummingbirds; cover
Native
Vine

Button bush

Cephalanthus occidentalis
Nectar for pollinators and waterfowl food
Native
shrub

Broadleaf uniola, Indian woodoats

Chasmanthium latifolium
Seeds for birds, cover for animals
Native
Grass

Horseweed, marestail

Conyza canadensis
Seeds for birds and cover for insects
Native
Forb

Crabgrass

Digitaria spp.
food for birds and animals
Native/some introduced
Grass

Dogfennel

Eupatorium capillifolium
Habitat for insects and pollinators
Native
Forb

Boneset, lateflowering thoroughwort

Eupatorium serotinum
Nectar for pollinators
Native
Forb

Yellow jessamine

Gelsemium sempervirens
Toxic to some mammals; nectar
Native
Vine

Virginia sweetspire, Virginia willow

Itea virginica
Nectar; cover for small animals
Native
Shrub

Soft rush

Juncus effusus
Aquatic wildlife; insects
Native
Rush

Chinese privet

Ligustrum sinense
Berries for birds
Invasive
Shrub

Primrose willow, ludwigia, etc

Ludwigia spp.
Aquatic, waterfowl, amphibian benefit
Native/some introduced
Forb

Southern wax myrtle, small wax myrtle

Morella cerifera
Eat berries/small animals
Native
Shrub

Switchgrass (Heavy Metal variety)

Panicum virgatum
Seeds for birds and small mammals; habitat
Native
Grass

Vaseygrass

Paspalum urvillei
Cover and food for animals
Invasive
Grass

Common pokeweed

Phytolacca americana
berries for birds/toxic to humans & livestock
Native
Forbs

Southern dewberry

Rubus trivialis
Berries for birds and mammals/shelter
Native
shrub?

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta
Pollinators, birds eat seeds
Native
Forbs

Cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia lanciniata
Attracts pollinators
Native
Forbs

Black willow

Salix nigra
food and habitat/stabilizes soil by waterways
Native
Tree

Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis
birds and mammals eat berries/flowers
Native
Shrub

Little bluestem

Schizachryium scoparium
provides cover and food
Native
Grass

Goldenrods

Solidago spp.
Nectar; bird seed
Forb
Native
Forbs

poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans
Berries consumed by birds
Native
vine

Vervain (likely Verbena bonariensis)

Verbena spp.
Nectar source; bird seed
Native
Forbs

Summer grape

Vitis aestivalis
Fruits eaten by birds; climbing provides shelter
Native
Vine

Vitis rotundifolia

Native
Vine
white-tailed deer forage

Lygodium japonicum

Exotic
Vine
No wildlife use

Microstegium vimineum

Exotic
Grass
Not a lot of wildlife use

Carya spp.

Native
Tree
Forage and cover for gray squirrels

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Native
Forb
Seeds for morning dove/white-tailed deer forage
Good tolerance to disturbance

Nekemias arborea

Native
Vine
No apparent wildlife use

Dichanthelium spp.

Native

Grass

Grainivors/small mammals/deer mice

Morus rubra

Native
Tree
Fruit production for fruitivores (i.e. black bears, virginia possums, coyotes, turkeys, gray foxes)

Chasmanthium sessiliflorum

Native
Grass
No wildlife use

Lespedeza cuneata

Invasive
Legume
Seed production for Northern Bobwhite

Liquidambar styraciflua

Native
Tree
Eastern wild turkeys- eat seeds/gumballs

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Native
Legume
Seed production for Northern bobwhite
Shrub growth for good cover

Panicum anceps

Native
grass

Smilax bona-nox

Native
Vine
White-tailed deer forage/beaver eat rhizomes

Smilax glauca

Native
Vines
White-tailed deer forage

Smilax rotundifolia

Native
Vine
White-tailed deer forage

Diospyros virginiana

Native
Tree
Fruit for fruitivores - white-tailed deer, black bears

Solidago odora

Native
Forb
White-tailed deer forage

Elephantopus tomentosus

Native
Forb
No apparent wildlife use

Chasmanthium laxum

Native
grass

Desmodium viridiflorum

Native
Legumes
Protein source for white-tailed deer
Northern bobwhite

Hylodesmum glutinosum

Native
Legume
Seed production ??

Polystichum acrostichoides

??

Ulmus alata

Native
Tree
??

Lespedeza bicolor

Exotic
Legume
Seed production- Northern Bobwhite

Pinus taeda

Native
Tree
Foraging for Pine Warblers/Woodpeckers

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Native
Forb
??

Eupatorium rotundifolium

Native
Forb
pollinators/white-tailed deer

Lespedeza virginica

Native
Legume
Seed production-??

Euphorbia corollata

Native
Forb
White-tailed deer

Dioclea multiflora

Native
Legume
White-tailed deer

Asimina triloba

Native
Tree
Fruitivores- white-tailed deer/black bears/virginia possums/coyotes/turkeys/gray foxes
(insert)

Quercus alba

Native
Tree
acorns-squirrels/deer/turkey

Taxodium distichum

Native
Tree
Eastern gray squirrel/ cavities for black bears

Mitchella repens

Native
Vine
Berries for rough grouse/northern bobwhite/cedar waxwings

Arundinaria gigantea

Native
Grass
Nesting for hooded warblers

Vaccinium elliottii

Native
Shrubs
Blueberries for ??

Trachelospermum difforme

Native
Vine
White-tailed deer

Nyssa sylvatica

Native
Tree
Fruiting bodies for fruitivores and squirrels and fruit eating songbirds