Species Scientific Name Index
Lichens
- lichen - Flavoparmelia rutidota
- lichen - Punctelia missouriensis
Taxonomic Authority:
Egan, R.S. 1987. A fifth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and
allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada . Bryologist 90:
77-173.
Ferns and Fern Allies
- broad beech fern - Thelypteris hexagonoptera
- Englemann's adder's tongue fern - Ophioglossum engelmannii
- hay-scented fern - Dennstaedtia punctiloba
- ostrich fern - Matteuccia struthiopteris
- royal fern - Osmunda regalis
Taxonomic Authority:
Yatskievych, G. And J. Turner. 1990. Catalogue of the Flora of Missouri.
Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 345 pp.
Flowering Plants
- alder - Alnus serrulata
- American beech - Fagus grandifolia
- American elm - Ulmus americana
- American holly - Ilex opaca
- American lotus - Nelumbo lutea
- arrowhead - Sagittaria brevirostra
- ash - Fraxinus sp.
- Ashe juniper or Ozark white cedar - Juniperus asheii
- bald cypress - Taxodium distichum
- Barbara's buttons - Marshallia caespitosa
- barren strawberry - Waldsteinia fragarioides
- basswood - Tilia americana
- beech drops - Epifagus virginianna
- big bluestem - Andropogon gerardii
- bitternut hickory - Carya cordiformis
- black cherry - Prunus serotina
- black gum - Nyssa sylvatica
- black hickory - Carya glabra
- black jack oak - Quercus marilandica
- black maple - Acer nigrum
- black oak - Quercus velutina
- black walnut - Juglans nigra
- blazing star - Liatris aspera
- bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis
- blue ash - Fraxinus quadrangulata
- blue cohosh - Caulophyllum thalictroides
- blue false indigo - Baptisia australis
- blue flag - Iris virginica
- blue grama - Bouteloua gracilis
- blue star - Amsonia tabernaemontana
- blue toadflax - Linaria vulgaris
- boneset - Eupatorium perfoliatum
- buckbrush - Andrachne phyllanthoides
- bulrush - Scirpus sp.
- bur oak - Quercus macrocarpa
- Bush's poppy mallow - Callirhoe papaver var. bushii
- bushy aster - Aster dumosus
- butterfly weed - Asclepias tuberosa
- butternut - Juglans cinerea
- button snakeroot - Liatris pycnostachya
- buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis
- calamint - Calamintha arkansana
- cattail - Typha latifolia
- cherrybark oak - Quercus pagoda
- chinquapin oak - Quercus muehlenbergii
- closed gentian - Gentiana andrewsii
- copper iris - Iris fulva
- cordgrass - Spartina pectinata
- corkwood - Leitneria floridana
- cottonwood - Populus deltoides
- cow parsnip - Heracleum sphondylium
- cowbane - Oxypolis rigidior
- cucumber magnolia - Magnolia acuminata
- doll's eyes - Actaea pachypoda
- downy painted cup - Castilleja sessiliflora
- Drummond's red maple - Acer rubrum var. Drummondii
- Dutchman's breeches - Dicentra cucullaria
- eastern hop hornbeam - Ostrya virginiana
- eastern red cedar - Juniperus virginiana
- epiphytic sedge - Carex decomposita
- evolvulus - Evolvulus nuttallianus
- false aloe - Manfreda virginica
- false loosestrife - Ludwigia microcarpa
- false pennyroyal - Trichostemoa brachiatum
- fame flower - Talinum parviflorum
- farkleberry - Vaccinium arboreum
- finger coreopsis - Coreopsis palmata
- flowering dogwood - Cornus florida
- Fremont's leather flower - Clematis fremontii
- fringed poppy mallow - Callirhoe digitata
- geocarpon - Geocarpon minimum
- giant bur-reed - Sparganium eurycarpum
- glade goldenrod - Solidago sp.
- glade wild onion - Allium sp.
- glossy-leaf aster - Aster puniceus
- golden seal - Hydrastis canadensis
- Goldie's fern - Dryopteris goldiana
- grass pink - Calopogon tuberosa
- great bulrush - Scirpus validus
- green ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- ground cedar - Lycopodium tristachyum
- hackberry - Celtis occidentalis
- hairy grama - Bouteloua hirsuta
- Halberd-leaved tear thumb - Polygonum arifolium
- Harvey's beak-rush - Rhynchospora harveyi
- hawthorn - Crataegus sp.
- heart-leaf plantain - Plantago cordata
- heliotrope - Heliotropium tenellum
- hibiscus - Hibiscus lasiocarpus
- hickory - Carya sp.
- highbush blueberry - Vaccinium stamineum
- honey locust - Gleditsia triacanthos
- Indian grass - Sorghastrum nutans
- Kentucky coffee tree - Gymnocladus dioica
- ladies' tresses - Spiranthes sp.
- large beard-tongue - Penstemon grandiflorus
- little bluestem - Schizachyrium scoparium
- low milk vetch - Astragalus lotiflorus
- lowbush blueberry - Vaccinium pallidum
- manna grass - Glyceria acutiflora
- marsh blue violet - Viola cucullata
- marsh skullcap - Scutellaria galericulata
- Mead's milkweed - Asclepias meadii
- Missouri coneflower - Rudbeckia missouriensis
- Missouri evening primrose - Oenothera macrocarpa
- mockernut hickory - Carya tomentosa
- mountain mint - Pycnanthemum torrei
- naiad - Najas gracillima
- narrowleaf gayfeather - Liatris aspera
- northern pin oak - Quercus ellipsoidalis
- northern red oak - Quercus rubra
- Nuttall's sedum - Sedum nuttallianum
- Nuttall's oak - Quercus texana
- orange coneflower - Rudbeckia fulgida
- overcup oak - Quercus lyrata
- Ozark chestnut or Ozark chinquapin - Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis
- Ozark witch hazel - Hamamelis vernalis
- palafoxia - Palafoxia callosa
- pale manna grass - Glyceria pallida
- pale purple coneflower - Echinacea pallida
- panic grass - Panicum sp.
- pecan - Carya illinoensis
- pennywort - Obolaria virginica
- persimmon - Diospyros virginiana
- petaltail stonefly - Tachopteryx thoreyi
- pickerel weed - Pontederia cordata
- pin oak - Quercus palustris
- pineweed - Hypericum gentianoides
- plains muhly grass - Muhlenbergia cuspidata
- planer tree - Planera aquatica
- pondberry - Lindera melissifolium
- pondweed - Potamogeton epihydrus
- porcupine grass - Stipa spartea
- post oak - Quercus stellata
- poverty grass - Danthonia spicata
- prairie dandelion - Microseris cuspidata
- prickly pear cactus - Opuntia sp.
- purple fringeless orchid - Platanthera peramoena
- purple prairie clover - Dalea purpurea
- queen-of-the-prairie - Filipendula rubra
- red cedar or eastern red cedar - Juniperus virginiana
- red hickory - Carya ordorata
- red maple - Acer rubrum
- red oak - Quercus rubra
- redbud - Cercis canadensis
- Riddell's goldenrod - Solidago riddellii
- river birch - Betula nigra
- river bulrush - Scirpus fluviatilis
- rock elm - Ulmus thomasii
- rock pink - Talinum calycinum
- rose mallow - Hibiscus militaris
- rough buttonweed - Diodia teres
- royal catchfly - Silene regia
- rushfoil - Crotonopsis elliptica
- rusty blackhaw - Viburnum rufidulum
- sandwort - Arenaria patula
- sassafras - Sassafras albidum
- scarlet gaura - Gaura coccinea var. coccinea
- scarlet oak - Quercus coccinea
- sedge - Carex sp.
- sedge - Carex alata
- sedge - Carex comosa
- sedge - Carex decomposita
- sedge - Carex hyalinolepis
- selenia - Selenia aurea
- service berry - Amelanchier arborea
- shagbark hickory - Carya ovata
- shellbark hickory - Carya laciniosa
- shining nut-rush - Scleria nitida
- shooting star - Dodecatheon meadia
- short-leaf pine - Pinus echinata
- showy lady's slipper - Cypripedium reginae
- sideoats grama - Bouteloua curtipendula
- silky aster - Aster sericeus
- silky willow - Salix sericea
- silver maple - Acer saccharinum
- silvery scurf pea - Psoralidium argophyllum
- skeleton plant - Lygodesmia juncea
- slippery elm - Ulmus rubra
- smartweed - Polygonum sp.
- smoke tree - Cotinus obovatus
- snow trillium - Trillium nivale
- soapberry - Sapindus drummondii
- soapweed - Yucca glauca var. glauca
- southern blue flag - Iris virginica
- southern red oak - Quercus falcata
- spice bush - Lindera benzoin
- spider lily - Hymenocallis occidentalis
- spike rush - Eleocharis sp.
- spikenard - Aralia racemosa
- spring beauty - Claytonia virginica
- star duckweed - Lemna trisulca
- stenosiphon - Stenosiphon linifolius
- stickleaf - Mentzelia albescens
- sugar maple - Acer saccharum
- Sullivant's milkweed - Asclepias sullivantii
- swamp chestnut oak - Quercus michauxii
- swamp dogwood - Cornus obliqua
- swamp loosestrife - Decodon verticillatus
- swamp rose - Rosa palustris
- swamp saxifrage - Saxifraga pennsylvanica var. forbesii
- swamp tupelo - Nyssa aquatica
- swamp white oak - Quercus bicolor
- sweet gum - Liquidambar styraciflua
- sycamore - Platanus occidentalis
- three-way sedge- Dulichium arundinaceum
- Trelease's larkspur - Delphinium treleasei
- tufted loosestrife - Lysimachia thyrsiflora
- tulip poplar - Liriodendron tulipifera
- tupelo - Nyssa aquatica
- umbrella grass - Fuirena simplex
- umbrella plant - Eriogonum longifolium
- water locust - Gleditsia aquatica
- water oak - Quercus nigra
- water parsley - Sium suave
- water willow - Justicia americana
- western prairie finged orchid - Platanthera praeclara
- white ash - Fraxinus americana
- white baneberry - Actaea pachypoda
- white oak - Quercus alba
- white smooth violet - Viola pallens
- Whitlow grass - Draba aprica
- widow's cross - Sedum pulchellum
- wild iris - Iris virginica
- wild hyacinth - Camassia angusta
- wild onion - Allium sp.
- willow - Salix sp.
- willow oak - Quercus phellos
- winged elm - Ulmus alata
- yellow coneflower - Echinacea paradoxa
- yellow lady's slipper - Cypripedium calceolus
- yellow-eyed grass - Xyris torta
- yellowwood - Cladrastis kentukea
Taxonomic Authority:
Yatskievych, G. And J. Turner. 1990. Catalogue of the Flora of Missouri. Monographs
in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 345 pp.
Crustaceans
- burrowing crayfish - Cambarus diogenes
- golden crayfish - Orconectes luteus
- Ozark crayfish - Orconectes ozarkae
For Additional Information:
Pflieger, W.L. 1987. An introduction
to the crayfish of Missouri. Missouri Department of Conservation leaflet. Jefferson
City, Missouri. 16 pp.
Insects
- cecropia moth - Hyalophora cecropia
- monarch butterfly - Danaus plexippus
- prairie mole cricket - Gryllotalpa major
- regal fritillary - Speyeria idalia
Taxonomic Authority:
Heitzman, J.R. And J.E. Heitzman. 1987. Butterflies and Moths of Missouri.
Missouri Department of Conservation. Jefferson City, Missouri. 385 pp.
Fish
- bantam sunfish - Lepomis symmetricus
- blacknose shiner - Notropis heterolepis
- bleeding shiner - Notropis zonatus
- bluestripe darter - Percina cymatotaenia
- eastern slim minnow - Pimephales tenellus parviceps
- fantail darter - Etheostoma flabellare
- goldstripe darter - Etheostoma parvipinne
- large golden redhorse - Moxostoma erythrurum
- longear sunfish - Lepomis megalotis
- Niangua darter - Etheostoma nianguae
- northern hog sucker - Hypentelium nigricans
- orangethroat darter - Etheostoma spectabile
- Ozark minnow - Notropis nubilus
- Ozark shiner - Notropis ozarcanus
- Ozark madtom - Noturus albater
- pugnose minnow - Notropis emiliae
- rainbow darter - Etheostoma caeruleum
- southern redbelly dace - Phoxinus erythrogaster
- striped fantail darter - Etheostoma f. lineolatum
- swamp darter - Etheostoma fusiforme
- taillight shiner - Notropis maculatus
Taxonomic Authority:
American Fisheries Society. 1991. A list of common and scientific names of
fishes from the United States and Canada. Fifth Edition. American
Fisheries Society Special Publication No. 20.
Pflieger, W.L. 1991. The
Fishes of Missouri. Missouri
Department of Conservation. Jefferson City, Missouri. 343 pp.
Amphibians
- eastern gray treefrog - Hyla versicolor
- marbled salamander - Ambystoma opacum
- northern crawfish frog - Rana areolata circulosa
- northern leopard frog - Rana pipiens
- northern spring peeper - Hyla crucifer crucifer
- pickerel frog - Rana palustris
- spotted salamander - Ambystoma maculatum
- wood frog - Rana sylvatica
Taxonomic Authority:
Collins, J.T. (Ed.) 1990. Standard common and current scientific names for
North American amphibians and reptiles. Third Edition. Society for the Study
of Amphibians and Reptiles Herpetological Circular No. 19.
Johnson, T.R. 1987. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Missouri. Missouri
Department of Conservation. Jefferson City, Missouri. 368 pp.
Reptiles
- bullsnake - Pituophis melanoleucus sayi
- eastern collared lizard - Crotaphytus collaris collaris
- fence lizard - Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus
- Great Plains skink - Eumeces obsoletus
- ornate box turtle - Terrapene ornata ornata
- red milk snake - Lampropeltis triangulum syspila
- six-lined racerunner - Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus
- western mud snake - Farancia abacura
- western painted turtle - Chrysemys picta bellii
Taxonomic Authority:
Collins, J.T. (Ed.) 1990. Standard common and current scientific names for
North American amphibians and reptiles. Third Edition. Society
for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Herpetological Circular No. 19.
Johnson,
T.R. 1987. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Missouri.
Missouri Department of Conservation. Jefferson City, Missouri. 368 pp.
Birds
- American bittern - Botaurus lentiginosus
- American white pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchoos
- Bachman's sparrow - Aimophila aestivalis
- bald eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- barred owl - Strix varia
- Canada goose - Branta canadensis
- common yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
- great blue heron - Ardea herodias
- greater prairie chicken - Tympanuchus cupido
- Henslow's sparrow - Ammodramus henslowii
- Kentucky warbler - Oporornis formosus
- king rail - Rallus elegans
- least bittern - Ixobrychus exilis
- Louisiana waterthrush - Seiurus motacilla
- Mississippi kite - Ictinia mississippiensis
- northern harrier - Circus cyaneus
- pileated woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
- scissor-tailed flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus
- short-eared owl - Asio flammeus
- Swainson's warbler - Limnothlypis swainsonii
- upland sandpiper - Bartramia longicauda
- white pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- wild turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
- wood duck - Aix sponsa
- yellow-headed blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Taxonomic Authority:
American Ornithologists' Union. 1983. Check-list of North American Birds,
6th Edition.
Robbins, C.S., B. Bruun, and H.S. Zim. 1983. A
Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America. Western Publishing
Company. New York, NY. 360 pp.
Mammals
- beaver - Castor canadensis
- bison - Bison bison
- chipmunk - Tamias striatus
- cottontail rabbit - Sylvilagus floridanus
- coyote - Canis latrans
- fox squirrel - Sciurus niger
- gray bat - Myotis grisescens
- gray squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis
- Indiana bat - Myotis sodalis
- little brown bat - Myotis lucifugus
- muskrat - Ondotra zibethicus
- opossum - Didelphis virginiana
- Plains pocket mouse - Perognathus flavescens
- raccoon - Procyon lotor
- river otter - Loutra canadensis
- southern flying squirrel - Glaucomys volans
- swamp rabbit - Sylvilagus aquaticus
- white-tailed deer - Odocoileus virginianus
Taxonomic Authority:
Hall, E.R. 1981. The Mammals of North America. The Ronald Press Company.
New York, NY.
Schwartz, C.W. and E.R. Schwartz. 1986. The Wild Mammals of Missouri.
University of Missouri Press. Columbia, Missouri. 356 pp.
