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AMPHIBIANS:

  • Marbled Salamander – Ambystoma opacum
  • Red-spotted Newt – Red eft – Notophthalmus v. viridescens
  • White-spotted Slimy Salamander – Plethodon cylindraceus
  • Yonahlossee Salamander – Plethodon yonahlossee
  • Ravine Salamander – Plethodon richmondi
  • Southern Red-backed Salamander – Plethodon serratus
  • Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander – Eurycea b. wilderae
  • Jordan’s Salamander (Metcalf’s form) – Plethodon jordani
  • Spotted Salamander – Ambystoma maculatum
  • European Fire Salamander – Salamandra salamandra
  • Cope’s Gray Treefrog – Hyla chrysoscelis
  • Green Treefrog – Hyla cinerea
  • Spring Peeper – Hyla crucifer
  • Southern Cricket Frog – Acris gryllus gryllus
  • Southern Bullfrog – Rana catesbeiana
  • Green Frog – Rana clamitans
  • Gopher Frog – Rana capito
  • Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad – Gastrophryne carolinensis
  • Eastern Spadefoot – Scaphiopus holbrooki
  • Fowler’s Toad – Bufo fowleri
  • American Toad – Bufo americanus

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BIRDS:

  • Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis
  • Anhinga – Anhinga anhinga
  • Double-crested Cormorant – Phalacrocorax auritus
  • Common Tern – Sterna hirundo
  • Laughing Gull – Larus atricilla
  • Great Blue Heron – Ardea herodias
  • Great White Heron – Ardea herodias (white phase)
  • Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens
  • Little Blue Heron – Egretta caerulea
  • Great Egret – Casmerodius albus
  • Green Heron – Butorides virescens
  • Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor
  • Snowy Egret – Egretta thula
  • Yellow-crowned Night-Heron – Nycticorax violaceus
  • American Bittern – Botaurus lentiginosus
  • White Ibis – Eudocimus albus
  • Glossy Ibis – Plegadis falcinellus
  • Roseate Spoonbill – Ajaia ajaja
  • Wood Stork – Mycteria americana
  • Sandhill Crane – Grus canadensis
  • Common Moorhen – Gallinula chloropus
  • American Coot – Fulica americana
  • Pied-billed Grebe – Podilymbus podiceps
  • Red-breasted Merganser – Mergus serrator
  • Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos
  • Wood Duck – Aix sponsa
  • Green-winged Teal – Anas crecca
  • Blue-winged Teal – Anus discors
  • Mute Swan – Cygnus olor
  • Tundra Swan – Cygnus columbianus
  • Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo
  • Barred Owl – Strix varia
  • Osprey – Pandion haliaetus
  • American Kestrel – Falco sparverius
  • Red-tailed Hawk – Buteo jamaicensis
  • Red-shouldered Hawk – Buteo lineatus
  • Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura
  • Mourning Dove – Zenaida macroura
  • Carolina Wren – Thryothorus ludovicianus
  • Cedar Waxwing – Bombycilla cedrorum
  • Yellow-shafted Flicker – Colaptes auratus
  • American Crow – Corvus brachyrhynchos
  • Eastern Bluebird – Sialia sialis
  • Blue Grosbeak – Guiraca caerulea
  • Northern Cardinal – Cardinalis cardinalis
  • American Goldfinch – Carduelis tristis
  • Loggerhead Shrike – Lanius ludovicianus
  • Boat-tailed Grackle – Quiscalus major
  • Orchard Oriole –  Icterus spurius
  • Eastern Kingbird – Tyrannus tyrannus

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INSECTS, SPIDERS & THEIR KIN:

  • Long-horned beetle – Cerambycidai near Leptostlopsis sp.
  • Long-horned beetle – Acanthocinus nodosus
  • Net-winged beetle – Calopteron reticulatum
  • Green June Beetle – Cotinus nitida
  • Japanese Beetle – Popilla japonica
  • Shield Bug – family Pentatomidae
  • Assasin Bug – family Reduviidae
  • Katydid – family Tettigoniidae
  • Angular-winged Katydid – Microcentrum retinerve
  • Bush Katydid – Scudderia spp.
  • Periodical Cicada – Magicicada spp.
  • Cicada – Tibicen spp.
  • Grasshopper on Queen Anne’s Lace– Melanoplus sp.
  • Differential Grasshopper – Melanoplus differentialis
  • Brunner’s Mantid – Brunneria borealis
  • Carolina Mantid – Stagmomantis carolina
  • Chinese Mantid – Tenodera aridifolia
  • Brown-spotted Yellow wing – Celithemis eponina
  • Green Clearwing – Erythemis simplicicollis
  • Dragonfly – teneral adult
  • Rosy Maple Moth – Dryocampa rubicunda
  • Southern Pine Sphinx – Lapara coniferarum
  • Creole Pearly-Eye caterpillar – Enodia creola
  • Black Swallowtail caterpillar – larva of Papilio polyxenes
  • Yellow Woolly Bear – Diacrisia virginica
  • Saltmarsh caterpillar – Estigmene acrea
  • Oragestriped Oakworms – Anisota senatoria
  • Spicebush Swallowtail – detail of wing
  • Eastern Black Swallowtail chysalis – Papilio polyxenes
  • Eastern Black Swallowtail teneral adult– Papilio polyxenes
  • Black Swallowtail caterpillar – Papilio polyxenes
  • Painted Lady – Vanessa cardui
  • Mayfly – order Ephemeroptera
  • Crane Fly – order Diptera
  • Velvet-ants – Cow Killer – Dasymutilla occidentalis
  • Jumping spider – Phidippus spp.
  • Orb Weaver Spiders – family Araneidae
  • Velvet Mite – Trombidium spp.

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INVERTEBRATES

  • Millipede – Sigmoria nantahalae
  • Snail – Polygyridae spp.
  • Carolina mantleslug – Philomycus carolinianus
  • Terrestrial planarian

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MAMMALS

  • Whitetail Deer – Odocoileus virginianus
  • Mule Deer – Odocoileus hemionus
  • Red Fox – Vulpes vulpes
  • Red Wolf – Canis rufus
  • Nutria – Myocastor coypus
  • Eastern Cottontail – Sylvilagus floridanus
  • Marsh Rabbit – Sylvilagus palustris
  • Red Squirrel – Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
  • Domestic horse
  • Domestic cattle

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MANAGEMENT – NONGAME

  • Amphibian – N.A.A.M.P.  
  • Bog Turtle - research and management
  • Monarch Butterfly – tagging program
  • Song Birds – M.A.P.S. and Breeding Bird Survey
  • Red Wolf  - Alligator River and Poccosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuges

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OUTDOOR RECREATION

  • Ballooning Bird Watching
  • Camping
  • Equestrian events
  • Fishing
  • Hunting
  • Kayaking & Canoeing

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REPTILES

  • American Alligator - Alligator mississippiensis
  • Fence Lizard - Sceloporus undulatus
  • Tree Lizard – Urosaurus ornatus Eastern Box Turtle – Terrapene carolina
  • Bog Turtle – Clemmys muhlenbergi
  • Wood Turtle (hatchling) – Clemmys insculpta
  • Spotted Turtle – Clemmys guttata
  • Queen Snake – Regina septemvittata
  • Ringneck Snake – Diadophis punctatus
  • DeKay’s Brownsnake – Storeria dekayi
  • Corn Snake – Elaphe guttata
  • Yellow Rat Snake – Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata
  • Red-bellied Water Snake – Nerodia erythrogaster erythrogaster
  • Pygmy Rattlesnake – Sistrurus miliarius
  • Canebrake Rattlesnake – Crotalus horridus atricaudatus
  • Cottonmouth – Agkistrodon piscivorus

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PLANTS

  • Log moss – Hypnum spp.
  • Mosses & Lichens
  • Southern running pine – Diphasiastrum digitatum
  • Ferns
  • Cattails
  • Gray’s sedge – Carex grayi
  • Horned bladderwort – Utricularia cornuta
  • Venus’ flytrap – Dionaea muscipula
  • Purple pitcher plant – Sarracenia purpurea
  • Red mangrove – Rhizophora mangle
  • Spanish moss (detail of bloom) – Tillandsia usmeoides
  • Water chinquapin – Nelumbo lutea
  • Pickeral weed – Pontederia cordata
  • Cane or Switchcane – Arundinaria gigantea
  • Pine-barren gentian – Gentiana autumnalis L.
  • Dotted horsemint -  Monarda punctata
  • Sandhills thistle – Cirsium repandum
  • Rough-leafed loosestrife – Lysimachia asperulifolia
  • Birdsfoot trefoil – Lotus corniculatus
  • Butterfly-weed – Asclepias turberosa
  • Partridge pea – Charnaecrista fasciculata
  • False-dandelion – Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
  • Jack-in-the-pulpit – Arisaema triphyllum
  • Squaw root – Conopholis americana
  • Helmut flower – Scutellaria integrifolia
  • Strawberry bush – Euonymus americanus L.
  • Mayapple – Podophyllum peltatum
  • Avens – Geum canadense
  • Green & gold – Chrysogonum virginianum
  • Trout lily -  Erythronium umbilicatum
  • Smooth purple coneflower – Echinacea laevigata
  • Coreopsis
  • Muscadine grape – Vitis rotundifolia
  • Poison oak – Rhus toxicodendron L.
  • American beauty-berry – Callicarpa americana L.
  • Pawpaw – Asimina triloba
  • Yellow lady’s slipper – Cypripedium calceolus
  • Pink Lady’s Slipper - Cypripedium acaule
  • Indian Pink – Spigelia marilandica L.
  • Catesby’s trillium – Trillium catesbaei
  • Rue-anemone – Thalictrum thalictroides
  • Spring Beauty – Claytonia virginica L.
  • Pinxter-flower – Rhododendron periclymenoides
  • Eastern columbine – Aquilegia canadensis
  • Painted trillium – Trillium undulatum
  • Foamflower – Tiarella cordifolia
  • Fire Pink – Silene virginica L.
  • False-solomon’s seal – Smilacina racemosa
  • Canada lily – Lilium canadense
  • Tawny cotton-grass – Eriophorum virginicum
  • Giant or Star Chickweed – Stellaria pubera
  • Woodland Stonecrop – Sedum ternatum
  • Fringed Phacelia – Phacelia fimbriata
  • Indian Paintbrush – Castilleja coccinea L.
  • Veronica – family Scrophulariaceae
  • Wake robin – Trillium erectum
  • Goatsbeard – Aruncus dioicus
  • Canada burnet – Sanguisorba canadensis
  • Canada violet – Viola candensis
  • Phlox – family Polemoniaceae
  • Oconee bells – Shortia galacifolia
  • Large-flowered bellwort – Uvularia grandiflora
  • Spiderwort – Tradescantia subaspera var. montana
  • Solomon’s seal – Polygonatum biflorum
  • American ginseng – Panax quinquefolius
  • Goldenseal – Hydrastis canadensis
  • Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis
  • Galax – Galax aphylla
  • Yellow thistle – Cirisium horridulum
  • Queen Anne’s lace – Daucus carota
  • Wild yam – Dioscorea villosa
  • Wooly Mullein – Verbascum thapsus L.
  • Cornflower – Centaurea cyanus L.
  • Eulalia – Miscanthus sinensis
  • Flowering dogwood – Cornus florida
  • Rough skullcap – Scutellaria integrifolia

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TRAVEL

  • Vienna, Austria – Michaelertor
  • Vienna Austria - the Rathaus
  • St. Lucia – rental home
  • Bar Harbor Maine
  • Arches National Park – rock formations
  • Canyonlands National Park – Mesa Arch
  • Grand Canyon National Park – aspens in fall
  • Grand Canyon National Park – bare aspens
  • Zion National Park – the Narrows
  • Bryce Canyon National Park – the amphitheater
  • California – country road
  • Oregon – Cannon Beach
  • Hawaii – Na Pali coastline

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HABITAT & SCENICS

  • Harkers Island marina
  • Western North Carolina barn – McDowell County
  • Carolina Bay – Goose Pond Bay
  • Beech forest – Umstead State Park
  • Pine forest – Croatan National forest
  • Piedmont field – Botetout Co., Virginia
  • Mountain river – Deep Creek – Swain Co., NC
  • Mountain river – Santeetlah Creek – Graham Co., NC
  • Mountain forest in fog – Swain Co., NC
  • Mountain forest in fall – Swain Co., NC

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