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Ridge and Valley
Ecoregion
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Appalachian Mountains
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This northeast-southwest trending, relatively low-lying, but diverse ecoregion is sandwiched between generally higher, more rugged mountainous regions with greater forest cover. As a result of extreme folding and faulting events, the region’s roughly parallel ridges and valleys have a variety of widths, heights, and geologic materials, including limestone, dolomite, shale, siltstone, sandstone, chert, mudstone, and marble. Springs and caves are relatively numerous. Present-day forests cover about 50% of the region. The ecoregion has a great diversity of aquatic habitats and species of fish.
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Plants
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (species)
1,793
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”
1,394
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia (species),
“Calico-Bush”, “Spoonwood”, “American Laurel”, “Clamoun”, “Ivybush”, “Lambkill”, “Sheep Laurel”
802
Observations
JAN - DEC
Garlic Mustard
Alliaria petiolata (species),
“Jack-by-the-Hedge”, “Garlic Root”, “Hedge Garlic”, “Sauce-Alone”, “Penny Hedge”, “Poor Man's Mustard”
768
Observations
JAN - DEC
Liriodendron tulipifera
SPECIES ·
“Tuliptree”, “Yellow Poplar”
741
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus (species),
“Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”
2,978
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lithobates sylvaticus
SPECIES ·
“Wood Frog”
1,784
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens (species)
1,553
Observations
JAN - DEC
Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum (species)
1,468
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus (species),
“Eastern American Chipmunk”
1,358
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
581,261
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
533,317
Observations
JAN - DEC
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata (species)
513,404
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura (species),
“American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”
494,933
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
480,434
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
11,680
Observations
JAN - DEC
Nymphalis antiopa
SPECIES ·
“Camberwell Beauty”, “Mourning Cloak”
709
Observations
JAN - DEC
Papilio glaucus
SPECIES ·
“Eastern Tiger Swallowtail”
527
Observations
JAN - DEC
Harmonia axyridis
SPECIES ·
“Harlequin Ladybird”, “Harlequin”
423
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lymantria dispar
SPECIES ·
“Gypsy Moth”
377
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Fusarium
GENUS
74
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hesperomyces virescens
SPECIES
46
Observations
JAN - DEC
Turkey-tail Mushroom
Trametes versicolor (species)
46
Observations
JAN - DEC
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
SPECIES
32
Observations
JAN - DEC
Stereum complicatum
SPECIES
30
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
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Ridge and Valley
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