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Illinois/Indiana Prairies
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The Illinois/Indiana Prairies ecoregion is undulating and characterized by dark, very fertile soils. Today, corn, soybean, and livestock farming has replaced the original prairie and oak-hickory forest; woodland is largely confined to riparian areas. Low gradient, silt-bottomed streams have cut into the limy glacial and lacustrine deposits of Ecoregion 54a; they are warm in the summer, impacted by field runoff and channelization, and often carry a large amount of suspended sediment.
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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”
337
Observations
JAN - DEC
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (species)
197
Observations
JAN - DEC
Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron radicans (species),
“Eastern Poison Ivy”
187
Observations
JAN - DEC
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea (species),
“Creeping Charlie”, “Field Balm”, “Run-Away-Robin”, “Gill-Over-the-Ground”, “Alehoof”, “Tunhoof”, “Catsfoot”
122
Observations
JAN - DEC
Podophyllum peltatum
SPECIES ·
“Mayapple”
109
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis (species),
“Grey Squirrel”, “Gray Squirrel”
43
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus (species),
“Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”
41
Observations
JAN - DEC
Raccoon
Procyon lotor (species),
“Common Raccoon”, “Northern Raccoon”
29
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus (species)
25
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Footed Mouse
Peromyscus leucopus (species),
“White-Footed Deermouse”
20
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
99,060
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
93,910
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura (species),
“American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”
79,278
Observations
JAN - DEC
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis (species),
“Lesser Canada Goose”, “Greater Canada Goose”
76,163
Observations
JAN - DEC
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata (species)
75,696
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
2,785
Observations
JAN - DEC
Small Cabbage White
Pieris rapae (species),
“Small White”
1,151
Observations
JAN - DEC
Colias eurytheme
SPECIES ·
“Orange Sulphur”
1,134
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos (species)
987
Observations
JAN - DEC
Elkalyce comyntas
SPECIES
875
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Laetiporus sulphureus
SPECIES ·
“Crab-of-the-Woods”, “Chicken-of-the-Woods”, “Sulphur Polypore”, “Sulphur Shelf”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Polyporus michelii
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Omphalotus illudens
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Candida
GENUS
4
Observations
Saccharomycopsis vini
SPECIES
4
Observations
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Illinois/Indiana Prairies
Illinois/Indiana Prairies
Illinois/Indiana Prairies
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