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Western Allegheny Plateau
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The hilly and wooded terrain of the Western Allegheny Plateau was not muted by glaciation and is more rugged than the agricultural till plains of Ecoregions 61 and 55 to the north and west, but is less rugged and not as forested as Ecoregion 69 to the east and south. Extensive mixed mesophytic forests and mixed oak forests originally grew in the Western Allegheny Plateau and, today, most of its rounded hills remain in forest; dairy, livestock, and general farms as well as residential developments are concentrated in the valleys. Horizontally-bedded sedimentary rock underlying the region has been mined for bituminous coal.
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Plants
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (species)
890
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”
663
Observations
JAN - DEC
Garlic Mustard
Alliaria petiolata (species),
“Jack-by-the-Hedge”, “Garlic Root”, “Hedge Garlic”, “Sauce-Alone”, “Penny Hedge”, “Poor Man's Mustard”
539
Observations
JAN - DEC
Podophyllum peltatum
SPECIES ·
“Mayapple”
392
Observations
JAN - DEC
Liriodendron tulipifera
SPECIES ·
“Tuliptree”, “Yellow Poplar”
379
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus (species),
“Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”
167
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus (species),
“Eastern American Chipmunk”
105
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis (species),
“Grey Squirrel”, “Gray Squirrel”
103
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens (species)
82
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus (species)
82
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
216,100
Observations
JAN - DEC
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata (species)
189,213
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
184,292
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
179,143
Observations
JAN - DEC
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia (species)
172,222
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
2,343
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bombus impatiens
SPECIES ·
“Common Eastern Bumblebee”
105
Observations
JAN - DEC
Harmonia axyridis
SPECIES ·
“Harlequin Ladybird”, “Harlequin”
96
Observations
JAN - DEC
Papilio glaucus
SPECIES ·
“Eastern Tiger Swallowtail”
93
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera (species),
“Honey Bee”
66
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Polyporus michelii
SPECIES
56
Observations
JAN - DEC
Laetiporus sulphureus
SPECIES ·
“Crab-of-the-Woods”, “Chicken-of-the-Woods”, “Sulphur Polypore”, “Sulphur Shelf”
53
Observations
JAN - DEC
Turkey-tail Mushroom
Trametes versicolor (species)
53
Observations
JAN - DEC
Schizophyllum commune
SPECIES ·
“Splitgill”
36
Observations
JAN - DEC
Galerina marginata
SPECIES
36
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Western Allegheny Plateau
Western Allegheny Plateau
Western Allegheny Plateau
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