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Osage Cuestas
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The Osage Cuestas region is a gently undulating cuesta plain composed of several alternating layers of sandstone, limestone, and shale. Topography is distinct from the more dramatic rolling hills of the Flint Hills to the west. Potential natural vegetation ranges from a mosaic of mostly tallgrass prairie in the west to a mixture of tallgrass prairie and oak-hickory forest in the east, with floodplain forests along streams. The moist, silty clay loams are formed in material weathered from limestone and shale, and support a land use composite of cropland, woodland, and grassland/rangeland.
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Plants
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (species)
372
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”
295
Observations
JAN - DEC
Podophyllum peltatum
SPECIES ·
“Mayapple”
81
Observations
JAN - DEC
Poke Milkweed
Asclepias viridis (species),
“Green Antelopehorn”
76
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red Dead-Nettle
Lamium purpureum (species),
“Purple Dead-Nettle”, “Purple Archangel”, “Velikdenche”
72
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
North American Beaver
Castor canadensis (species),
“American Beaver”
48
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Footed Mouse
Peromyscus leucopus (species),
“White-Footed Deermouse”
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
Gray Tree Frog
Hyla versicolor (species)
28
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cope's Gray Tree Frog
Hyla chrysoscelis (species)
27
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis proximus (species)
27
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
90,252
Observations
JAN - DEC
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata (species)
73,493
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
69,910
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura (species),
“American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”
66,015
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
65,885
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
26,036
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hypena scabra
SPECIES
76
Observations
JAN - DEC
Aedes vexans
SPECIES ·
“Floodwater Mosquito”
73
Observations
JAN - DEC
Helicoverpa zea
SPECIES ·
“Corn Earworm”
69
Observations
JAN - DEC
Wheel Bug
Arilus cristatus (species)
67
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
SPECIES ·
“Teloschistes Lichen”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Stereum ostrea
SPECIES ·
“False Turkey-Tail”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Polyporus michelii
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Stereum complicatum
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
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Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Osage Cuestas
Osage Cuestas
Osage Cuestas
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