Wildlife Plant ID Lab 1

Acalypha spp.

Acalypha spp.

Seeds for birds, small mammals, pollinators
Native
(forb)

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

Dogfennel Eupatorium capillifolium

Habitat for insects and pollinators
Native
Forb

Common pokeweed Phytolacca americana

berries for birds/toxic to humans & livestock
Native
Forbs

Cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia lanciniata

Attracts pollinators
Native
Forbs

Black willow Salix nigra

food and habitat/stabilizes soil by waterways
Native
Tree

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

Nekemias arborea

Native
Vine
No apparent wildlife use

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

Chasmanthium laxum

Native
grass

Polystichum acrostichoides

??

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Native
Forb
??

Eupatorium rotundifolium

Native
Forb
pollinators/white-tailed deer

Lespedeza virginica

Native
Legume
Seed production-??

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

Trachelospermum difforme

Native
Vine
White-tailed deer

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

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

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

Southern dewberry Rubus trivialis

Berries for birds and mammals/shelter
Native
shrub?

Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta

Pollinators, birds eat seeds
Native
Forbs

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

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

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

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)

Elephantopus tomentosus

Native
Forb
No apparent wildlife use

Desmodium viridiflorum

Native
Legumes
Protein source for white-tailed deer
Northern bobwhite

Hylodesmum glutinosum

Native
Legume
Seed production ??

Ulmus alata

Native
Tree
??

Lespedeza bicolor

Exotic
Legume
Seed production- Northern Bobwhite

Pinus taeda

Native
Tree
Foraging for Pine Warblers/Woodpeckers

Euphorbia corollata

Native
Forb
White-tailed deer

Vaccinium elliottii

Native
Shrubs
Blueberries for ??

Nyssa sylvatica

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

Acer rubrum

native
tree
will resprout after burn
samaras- bird and small mammals
resprouts- nutrients for white-tailed deer

Bidens aristosa

native
forb
seeds for waterfowl

Brunnichia ovata

native
vine
no wildlife use

Croton capitatus

native
forb
seed producers- dove

Cynodon dactylon

exotic
grass
likes mowing
bad for birds and mice
no wildlife use
invades under canopy

Echinochloa crusgalli

exotic
grass
seed producers- dove

Euthamia spp.

native
forb
white-tailed deer, insects

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

native
tree
white-tailed deer forage
samaras- gray squirrels and mice
can be invasive in wetter areas

Helianthus angustifolius

native
forb
white-tailed deer

Lonicera japonica

exotic
vine
white-tailed deer forage

Oxalis stricta

native
forb
pollinators

Paspalum dilatatum

exotic
grass
no wildlife use
90 degree angle seed head

Paspalum notatum

exotic
grass
good for livestock/turf forming
suppresses fire
"y-shaped" seedheadd

Persicaria spp.

native
forb
annual

Rhus coppalina

native
forb
white-tailed deer browse
fruit- eaten by eastern turkeys, rough grouse, dark-eyed juncos

Rhynchospora spp.

native
sedge
no wildlife use

Rubus argutus

native
Vine
white-tailed deer forage

Scirpus cyperinus

native
sedge
muskrat, trumpeter swans, canada goose eat
waterfowl will eat seeds

Sesbania hebacea

native
legume
waterfowl eat beans
problematic in wet areas (take over)
mallards

Setaria spp.

exotic
grass
seed production for doves and northern bobwhite

Symphyotrichum spp.

native
forb
pollinators/white-tailed deer forage

Urochloa platyphylla

native
grass
waterfowl
seed producer

Xanthium stumarium

Native
forb
problematic in wet areas
no wildlife use