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Northern Shale Valleys
Ecoregion
in
Appalachian Mountains
in
VA
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WV
,
MD
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PA
,
NJ
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The Northern Shale Valleys ecoregion extends over a large area from northeastern Pennsylvania to near the James River in Virginia. It is characterized by rolling valleys and low hills and is underlain mostly by shale, siltstone, and fine-grained sandstone. Local relief varies from about 50 feet to 500 feet (15-152 m).
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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”
251
Observations
JAN - DEC
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (species)
228
Observations
JAN - DEC
Garlic Mustard
Alliaria petiolata (species),
“Jack-by-the-Hedge”, “Garlic Root”, “Hedge Garlic”, “Sauce-Alone”, “Penny Hedge”, “Poor Man's Mustard”
175
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red Dead-Nettle
Lamium purpureum (species),
“Purple Dead-Nettle”, “Purple Archangel”, “Velikdenche”
128
Observations
JAN - DEC
Liriodendron tulipifera
SPECIES ·
“Tuliptree”, “Yellow Poplar”
91
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus (species),
“Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”
83
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus (species)
23
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis (species),
“Grey Squirrel”, “Gray Squirrel”
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina (species),
“North American Snapping Turtle”, “Snapping Turtle”
19
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lithobates clamitans
SPECIES ·
“Green Frog”
18
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
109,421
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
100,018
Observations
JAN - DEC
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata (species)
96,304
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura (species),
“American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”
94,319
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
91,493
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
3,068
Observations
JAN - DEC
Ceratopsyche bronta
SPECIES
67
Observations
JAN - DEC
Gall Adelgid
Adelges cooleyi (species),
“Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid”
32
Observations
JAN - DEC
Leucotrichia pictipes
SPECIES
30
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hybomitra minuscula
SPECIES
27
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Byssomerulius incarnatus
SPECIES
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Turkey-tail Mushroom
Trametes versicolor (species)
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
SPECIES
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Terana caerulea
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Laetiporus sulphureus
SPECIES ·
“Crab-of-the-Woods”, “Chicken-of-the-Woods”, “Sulphur Polypore”, “Sulphur Shelf”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Northern Shale Valleys
Northern Shale Valleys
Northern Shale Valleys
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