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Chicago Lake Plain
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The Chicago Lake Plain ecoregion is a nearly level coastal strip with beach ridges, marshy swales, and sand dunes. It is differentiated from inland ecoregions by its lakemoderated climate and native beach-dune plant communities. Ecoregion 54b has lower dunes, fewer woodlands, and more urban-industrial activity than Ecoregion 56d.
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Plants
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”
360
Observations
JAN - DEC
Jasmine Nightshade
Solanum dulcamara (species),
“Woody Nightshade”, “Bittersweet”
183
Observations
JAN - DEC
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea (species),
“Creeping Charlie”, “Field Balm”, “Run-Away-Robin”, “Gill-Over-the-Ground”, “Alehoof”, “Tunhoof”, “Catsfoot”
127
Observations
JAN - DEC
Little Hogweed
Portulaca oleracea (species),
“Common Purslane”, “Moss Rose”, “Pig Weed”, “Pusley”, “Red Root”, “Verdolaga”
110
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica (species),
“Purging Buckthorn”, “Buckthorn”
109
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis (species),
“Grey Squirrel”, “Gray Squirrel”
77
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus (species),
“Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”
59
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus (species)
39
Observations
JAN - DEC
Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger (species),
“Eastern Fox Squirrel”, “Bryant's Fox Squirrel”, “Delmarva Fox Squirrel”
25
Observations
JAN - DEC
Raccoon
Procyon lotor (species),
“Common Raccoon”, “Northern Raccoon”
20
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
138,545
Observations
JAN - DEC
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus (species)
129,715
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
126,591
Observations
JAN - DEC
Ring-Billed Gull
Larus delawarensis (species)
122,527
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris (species),
“Starling”, “European Starling”
113,002
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
2,317
Observations
JAN - DEC
Small Cabbage White
Pieris rapae (species),
“Small White”
1,620
Observations
JAN - DEC
Colias eurytheme
SPECIES ·
“Orange Sulphur”
1,204
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos (species)
1,103
Observations
JAN - DEC
Celastrina ladon
SPECIES ·
“Spring Azure”
1,041
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Polyporus michelii
SPECIES
20
Observations
JAN - DEC
Turkey-tail Mushroom
Trametes versicolor (species)
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Schizophyllum commune
SPECIES ·
“Splitgill”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Artomyces pyxidatus
SPECIES ·
“Clavicorona Pyxidata”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
White Jelly Fungus
Ductifera pululahuana (species)
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
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Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Chicago Lake Plain
Chicago Lake Plain
Chicago Lake Plain
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