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Animals
Scientific Name
Common Name
Great Blue Heron Rookery
Accipiter cooperii
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter gentilis
Northern Goshawk
Acipenser fulvescens
Lake Sturgeon
Acris crepitans blanchardi
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Alasmidonta marginata
Elktoe
Alasmidonta viridis
Slippershell Mussel
Ammocrypta pellucida
Eastern Sand Darter
Ammodramus henslowii
Henslow's Sparrow
Appalachia arcana
Secretive Locust
Appalachina sayanus
Spike-lip Crater
Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl
Atrytonopsis hianna
Dusted Skipper
Boloria freija
Freija Fritillary
Botaurus lentiginosus
American Bittern
Brychius hungerfordi
Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle
Buteo lineatus
Red-shouldered Hawk
Catinella exile
Land Snail
Charadrius melodus
Piping Plover
Chlidonias niger
Black Tern
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier
Cistothorus palustris
Marsh Wren
Clemmys guttata
Spotted Turtle
Clemmys insculpta
Wood Turtle
Clinostomus elongatus
Redside Dace
Coregonus artedi
Cisco or Lake Herring
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Yellow Rail
Cyclonaias tuberculata
Purple Wartyback
Dendroica cerulea
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica kirtlandii
Kirtland's Warbler
Emys blandingii
Blanding's Turtle
Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua
White Catspaw
Epioblasma torulosa rangiana
Northern Riffleshell
Epioblasma triquetra
Snuffbox
Erebia discoidalis
Red-disked Alpine
Erimyzon oblongus
Creek Chubsucker
Erynnis persius persius
Persius Duskywing
Etheostoma zonale
Banded Darter
Euconulus alderi
Land Snail
Euphyes dukesi
Dukes' Skipper
Euxoa aurulenta
Dune Cutworm
Falcipennis canadensis
Spruce Grouse
Falco columbarius
Merlin
Falco peregrinus
Peregrine Falcon
Gavia immer
Common Loon
Gomphus lineatifrons
Splendid Clubtail
Gomphus quadricolor
Rapids Clubtail
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle
Hendersonia occulta
Cherrystone Drop
Hesperia ottoe
Ottoe Skipper
Hiodon tergisus
Mooneye
Incisalia irus
Frosted Elfin
Ixobrychus exilis
Least Bittern
Lampsilis fasciola
Wavy-rayed Lampmussel
Lanius ludovicianus migrans
Migrant Loggerhead Shrike
Lepisosteus oculatus
Spotted Gar
Lycaeides idas nabokovi
Northern Blue
Lycaeides melissa samuelis
Karner Blue
Macrhybopsis storeriana
Silver Chub
Microtus pinetorum
Woodland Vole
Moxostoma carinatum
River Redhorse
Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii
Mitchell's Satyr
Notropis anogenus
Pugnose Shiner
Notropis photogenis
Silver Shiner
Noturus miurus
Brindled Madtom
Noturus stigmosus
Northern Madtom
Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-crowned Night-heron
Obovaria olivaria
Hickorynut
Obovaria subrotunda
Round Hickorynut
Ophiogomphus anomalus
Extra-striped Snaketail
Ophiogomphus howei
Pygmy Snaketail
Opsopoeodus emiliae
Pugnose Minnow
Pandion haliaetus
Osprey
Pantherophis gloydi
Eastern Fox Snake
Papaipema beeriana
Blazing Star Borer
Papaipema sciata
Culvers Root Borer
Papaipema silphii
Silphium Borer Moth
Papaipema speciosissima
Regal Fern Borer
Percina copelandi
Channel Darter
Percina shumardi
River Darter
Phoxinus erythrogaster
Southern Redbelly Dace
Picoides arcticus
Black-backed Woodpecker
Planogyra asteriscus
Eastern Flat-whorl
Pleurobema clava
Clubshell
Pleurobema sintoxia
Round Pigtoe
Prosapia ignipectus
Red-legged Spittlebug
Protonotaria citrea
Prothonotary Warbler
Pyrgus wyandot
Grizzled Skipper
Rallus elegans
King Rail
Sander canadensis
Sauger
Schinia lucens
Leadplant Flower Moth
Seiurus motacilla
Louisiana Waterthrush
Simpsonaias ambigua
Salamander Mussel
Sistrurus catenatus catenatus
Eastern Massasauga
Somatochlora hineana
Hine's Emerald
Somatochlora incurvata
Incurvate Emerald
Sterna caspia
Caspian Tern
Sterna forsteri
Forster's Tern
Sterna hirundo
Common Tern
Stylurus amnicola
Riverine Snaketail
Terrapene carolina carolina
Eastern Box Turtle
Toxolasma lividus
Purple Lilliput
Trimerotropis huroniana
Lake Huron Locust
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
Ellipse
Vertigo cristata
Crested Vertigo
Vertigo elatior
Tapered Vertigo
Vertigo modesta parietalis
Land Snail
Vertigo morsei
Six-whorl Vertigo
Vertigo nylanderi
Deep-throat Vertigo
Vertigo paradoxa
Mystery Vertigo
Villosa fabalis
Rayed Bean
Villosa iris
Rainbow
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Plants
Scientific Name
Common Name
Agalinis gattingeri
Gattinger's Gerardia
Agalinis skinneriana
Skinner's Gerardia
Agoseris glauca
Prairie or Pale Agoseris
Amerorchis rotundifolia
Round-leaved Orchis
Aristida longespica
Three-awned Grass
Aristolochia serpentaria
Virginia Snakeroot
Asclepias hirtella
Tall Green Milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
Purple Milkweed
Asclepias sullivantii
Sullivant's Milkweed
Asplenium rhizophyllum
Walking Fern
Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
Hart's-tongue Fern
Bartonia paniculata
Panicled Screw-stem
Botrychium acuminatum
Acute-leaved Moonwort
Botrychium campestre
Prairie Moonwort
Botrychium hesperium
Western Moonwort
Botrychium mormo
Goblin Moonwort
Bromus pumpellianus
Pumpelly's Brome Grass
Cacalia plantaginea
Prairie Indian-plantain
Calypso bulbosa
Calypso or Fairy-slipper
Carex assiniboinensis
Assiniboia Sedge
Carex atratiformis
Sedge
Carex platyphylla
Broad-leaved Sedge
Carex richardsonii
Richardson's Sedge
Cirsium hillii
Hill's Thistle
Cirsium pitcheri
Pitcher's Thistle
Cypripedium arietinum
Ram's Head Lady's-slipper
Cypripedium candidum
White Lady-slipper
Dalibarda repens
False-violet
Dentaria maxima
Large Toothwort
Diarrhena americana
Beak Grass
Disporum hookeri
Fairy Bells
Drosera anglica
English Sundew
Dryopteris fragrans
Fragrant Cliff Woodfern
Elymus mollis
American Dune Wild-rye
Euphorbia commutata
Tinted Spurge
Festuca scabrella
Rough Fescue
Filipendula rubra
Queen-of-the-prairie
Fimbristylis puberula
Chestnut Sedge
Fraxinus profunda
Pumpkin Ash
Galearis spectabilis
Showy Orchis
Geum triflorum
Prairie-smoke
Gymnocarpium robertianum
Limestone Oak Fern
Hydrastis canadensis
Goldenseal
Hymenoxys herbacea
Lakeside Daisy
Iris lacustris
Dwarf Lake Iris
Juncus brachycarpus
Short-fruited Rush
Luzula parviflora
Small-flowered Woodrush
Lycopodiella subappressa
Northern Appressed Clubmoss
Mimulus alatus
Wing-stemmed Monkey-flower
Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis
Michigan Monkey-flower
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
Mat Muhly
Orobanche fasciculata
Fascicled Broom-rape
Panax quinquefolius
Ginseng
Panicum leibergii
Leiberg's Panic-grass
Parnassia palustris
Marsh Grass-of-parnassus
Penstemon calycosus
Smooth Beard Tongue
Petasites sagittatus
Sweet Coltsfoot
Phacelia franklinii
Franklin's Phacelia
Platanthera ciliaris
Orange or Yellow Fringed Orchid
Platanthera leucophaea
Prairie Fringed Orchid
Poa alpina
Alpine Bluegrass
Polygala incarnata
Pink Milkwort
Polygonum viviparum
Alpine Bistort
Prunus alleghaniensis var. davisii
Alleghany or Sloe Plum
Pterospora andromedea
Pine-drops
Ranunculus ambigens
Spearwort
Ranunculus lapponicus
Lapland Buttercup
Ranunculus rhomboideus
Prairie Buttercup
Rhexia virginica
Meadow-beauty
Sagina nodosa
Pearlwort
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. heterophylla
Yellow Pitcher-plant
Saxifraga paniculata
Encrusted Saxifrage
Saxifraga tricuspidata
Prickly Saxifrage
Scirpus hallii
Hall's Bulrush
Scleria pauciflora
Few-flowered Nut-rush
Senecio indecorus
Rayless Mountain Ragwort
Sisyrinchium hastile
Blue-eyed-grass
Solidago houghtonii
Houghton's Goldenrod
Sporobolus heterolepis
Prairie Dropseed
Tanacetum huronense
Lake Huron Tansy
Trichostema dichotomum
Bastard Pennyroyal
Trillium recurvatum
Prairie Trillium
Trillium undulatum
Painted Trillium
Utricularia subulata
Zigzag Bladderwort
Vaccinium cespitosum
Dwarf Bilberry
Viburnum edule
Squashberry or Mooseberry
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
Wild-rice
Communities
Community Name
Alvar
Bog
Boreal Forest
Bur Oak Plains
Coastal Plain Marsh
Dry Northern Forest
Dry Sand Prairie
Dry-mesic Northern Forest
Dry-mesic Prairie
Dry-mesic Southern Forest
Floodplain Forest
Granite Bedrock Lakeshore
Great Lakes Marsh
Hardwood-Conifer Swamp
Inland Salt Marsh
Interdunal Wetland
Intermittent Wetland
Lakeplain Oak Openings
Lakeplain Wet Prairie
Lakeplain Wet-mesic Prairie
Limestone Bedrock Glade
Limestone Bedrock Lakeshore
Limestone Cobble Shore
Mesic Northern Forest
Mesic Prairie
Mesic Southern Forest
Muskeg
Northern Fen
Northern Hardwood Swamp
Northern Shrub Thicket
Northern Wet Meadow
Oak Barrens
Oak Openings
Oak-Pine Barrens
Open Dunes
Pine Barrens
Poor Conifer Swamp
Poor Fen
Prairie Fen
Rich Conifer Swamp
Rich Tamarack Swamp
Sand and Gravel Beach
Southern Wet Meadow
Wooded Dune and Swale Complex