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Northern Holocene Meander Belts
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The Northern Mississippi Alluvial Plain within Tennessee is a relatively flat region of Quaternary alluvial deposits of sand, silt, clay, and gravel. It is bounded distinctly on the east by the Bluff Hills (74a), and on the west by the Mississippi River. Average elevations are 200-300 feet with little relief. Most of the region is in cropland, with some areas of deciduous forest. Soybeans, cotton, corn, sorghum, and vegetables are the main crops. The natural vegetation consists of Southern floodplain forest (oak, tupelo, bald cypress). The two main distinctions in the Tennessee portion of the ecoregion are between areas of loamy, silty, and sandy soils with better drainage, and areas of more clayey soils of poor drainage that may contain wooded swamp-land and oxbow lakes. Waterfowl, raptors, and migratory songbirds are relatively abundant in the region.
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Plants
Alligatorweed
Alternanthera philoxeroides (species)
104
Observations
JAN - DEC
Johnson Grass
Sorghum halepense (species),
“Great Millet”
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
Arundo donax
SPECIES ·
“Giant Reed”
25
Observations
JAN - DEC
Chinaberrytree
Melia azedarach (species),
“White Cedar”, “Indian Lilac”, “Pride of India”, “Seringa”, “Persian Lilac”, “Bead Tree”, “Berry Tree”, “Cape Lilac”, “China Berry”, “China Tree”, “Syringa Berrytree”
20
Observations
JAN - DEC
Paper Mulberry
Broussonetia papyrifera (species),
“Wauke”, “Tapa-Cloth-Tree”
19
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Coypu
Myocastor coypus (species),
“Nutria”
15
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bufo Fowleri
Anaxyrus fowleri (species),
“Fowler's Toad”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Southern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sphenocephalus (species)
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Acris blanchardi (species)
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Nerodia rhombifer
SPECIES ·
“Diamondback Water Snake”, “Diamond-Backed Watersnake”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus (species),
“Kildeer”
17,540
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
15,841
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura (species),
“American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”
15,331
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red-Winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus (species)
15,152
Observations
JAN - DEC
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias (species)
14,549
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
22
Observations
JAN - DEC
Erythemis simplicicollis
SPECIES ·
“Eastern Pondhawk”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera (species),
“Honey Bee”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Chortophaga viridifasciata
SPECIES
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Scaptomyza pallida
SPECIES
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Region
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Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Northern Holocene Meander Belts
Northern Holocene Meander Belts
Northern Holocene Meander Belts
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