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Cherokee Plains
Ecoregion
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The Cherokee Plains ecoregion is a non-glaciated, relatively flat, erosional plain with more poorly drained and less fertile soils than the Wooded Osage Plains (40c). Claypan soils distinguish this region from surrounding regions and support potential natural vegetation of tallgrass prairie, oak-hickory woodland, and claypan prairie where soils are less permeable. Sites can be seasonally wet but usually become extremely dry during the summers. Land use includes a mix of cropland and grassland, limited woodland, and areas of coal strip mining extending into southeastern Kansas.
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Plants
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (species)
32
Observations
JAN - DEC
Liquidambar styraciflua
SPECIES ·
“Sweetgum”
16
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana (species),
“Virginian Pokeweed”, “Pokeweed”, “Inkberry”, “American Nightshade”, “Cancer Jalap”, “Coakum”, “Garget”, “Pigeon Berry”, “Pocan Bush”, “Poke Root”, “Red Ink Plant”, “Redweed”, “Scoke”
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium (species),
“Milfoil”, “Yarrow”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red Dead-Nettle
Lamium purpureum (species),
“Purple Dead-Nettle”, “Purple Archangel”, “Velikdenche”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Southern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sphenocephalus (species)
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Apalone spinifera (species)
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Storeria dekayi
SPECIES ·
“Brownsnake”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Six-Lined Racerunner
Aspidoscelis sexlineata (species)
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Eastern Red Bat
Lasiurus borealis (species),
“Red Bat”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Birds
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
7,743
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
6,295
Observations
JAN - DEC
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata (species)
5,860
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura (species),
“American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”
5,173
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red-Winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus (species)
5,140
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
93
Observations
JAN - DEC
Charadra deridens
SPECIES
2
Observations
Protographium marcellus
SPECIES
2
Observations
Fall Webworm
Hyphantria cunea (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Chaoborus punctipennis
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
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Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Cherokee Plains
Cherokee Plains
Cherokee Plains
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