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Northwestern Great Plains
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The Northwestern Great Plains ecoregion encompasses the Missouri Plateau section of the Great Plains that is mostly unglaciated. It is a semiarid rolling plain of shale, siltstone, and sandstone punctuated by occasional buttes and badlands. Rangeland is common, but spring wheat and alfalfa farming also occur; native grasslands, persist in areas of steep or broken topography. Agriculture is restricted by the erratic precipitation and limited opportunities for irrigation.
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Plants
Leafy Spurge
Euphorbia esula (species)
1,840
Observations
JAN - DEC
Canada Thistle
Cirsium arvense (species),
“Creeping Thistle”, “Lettuce From Hell”, “California Thistle”, “Corn Thistle”, “Cursed Thistle”, “Field Thistle”, “Green Thistle”, “Hard Thistle”, “Perennial Thistle”, “Prickly Thistle”, “Small-Flowered Thistle”, “Way Thistle”
622
Observations
JAN - DEC
Saltcedar
Tamarix karelinii (species)
277
Observations
JAN - DEC
Wild Oat
Avena fatua (species),
“Common Wild Oat”
182
Observations
Field Bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis (species)
158
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Lithobates catesbeianus
SPECIES ·
“American Bullfrog”, “Bullfrog”, “Common Bullfrog”
364
Observations
JAN - DEC
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
Cynomys ludovicianus (species),
“Arizona Black-Tailed Prairie Dog”, “Plains Prairie Dog”
80
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Bison
Bison bison (species),
“Buffalo”, “Bison”
74
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pronghorn
Antilocapra americana (species),
“American Pronghorn”, “Mexican Pronghorn”
31
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bighorn Sheep
Ovis canadensis (species),
“Mountain Sheep”, “American Bighorn Sheep”
30
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta (species)
45,851
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
44,537
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura (species),
“American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”
36,984
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red-Winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus (species)
35,941
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos (species),
“Wild Duck”, “Mallard Duck”, “Common Mallard”, “Northern Mallard”
33,573
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
Harpalus ventralis
SPECIES
24
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bombus huntii
SPECIES ·
“Hunt Bumble Bee”
23
Observations
JAN - DEC
Culex tarsalis
SPECIES ·
“Western Encephalitis Mosquito”
22
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bombus griseocollis
SPECIES ·
“Brown-Belted Bumblebee”
19
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Coprinus comatus
SPECIES ·
“Shaggy Ink Cap”, “Lawyers' Wig”, “Shaggy Mane”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Dibotryon Morbosum
Apiosporina morbosa (species),
“Black Knot”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa
SPECIES ·
“Xanthoparmelia Lichen”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Puccinia urticae-caricis
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Northwestern Great Plains
Northwestern Great Plains
Northwestern Great Plains
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