One of our major goals is
to identify the organisims that live at Clay Hill Memorial Forest.
This is an ongoing project. Each of the links below will provide
you with names of organisms that we have found at CHMF. Some of the
lists are the result of specific research projects, while others are the
result of casual observation. Researchers should consult Clay Hill
Staff for more detailed information.
| Vines | ||
| Trumpet Creeper | Campsis radicans | |
| Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica | |
| Black Raspberry | Rubus occidentalis | |
| Blackberry | Rubus allegheniensis | |
| Poison Ivy | Rhus radicans | |
| Virginia Creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | |
| Canada Moonseed | Menispermum canadense | |
| Shrubs | ||
| Smooth Sumac | Rhus glabra | |
| Elderberry | Sambucus canadensis | |
| Red-Osier Dogwood | Cornus stolonifera | |
| Coralberry | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | |
| Maple-Leaved Viburnum | Viburnum acerifolium | |
| Wild Hydrangea | Hydrangea arborescens | |
| Spicebush | Lindera benzoin | |
| American Holly | Ilex opaca | |
| Understory Trees | ||
| Devil's Walkingstick | Aralia spinosa | |
| Redbud | Cercis canadensis | |
| Flowering Dogwood | Cornus florida | |
| Ironwood | Carpinus carolina | |
| Hornbeam | Ostrya virginiana | |
| Pawpaw | Asimina triloba | |
| Sourwood | Oxydendrum arboreum | |
| Trees | ||
| Eastern Red Cedar | Juniperus virginiana | |
| Green Ash | Fraxinus pennsvlvanica | |
| Box Elder | Acer negundo | |
| Ohio Buckeye | Aesculus glabra | |
| Red Maple | Acer rubrum | |
| Silver Maple | Acer saccharinum | |
| Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum | |
| Honey Locust | Gleditsia triacanthos | |
| Black Locust | Robinia pseudo-acacia | |
| Black Walnut | Juglans nigra | |
| Butternut | Juglans cinerea | |
| Tree-of-Heaven | Ailanthus altissima | |
| Shagbark Hickory | Carya ovata | |
| Pignut Hickory | Carya glabra | |
| Bitternut Hickory | Carya cordiformis | |
| Mockernut Hickory | Carya tomentosa | |
| Yellow Poplar (Tuliptree) | Liriodendron tulipifera | |
| Sycamore | Platanus occidentalis | |
| Red Mulberry | Morus rubra | |
| American Basswood | Tilia americana | |
| Sassafras | Sassafras albidum | |
| Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis | |
| American Chestnut | Castanea dentata | |
| White Oak | Quercus alba | |
| Scarlet Oak | Quercus coccinia | |
| Black Oak | Quercus velutina | |
| Red Oak | Quercus rubra | |
| Southern Red Oak | Quercus falcata | |
| Chinquapin Oak | Quercus muehlenbergii | |
| American Elm | Ulmus americana | |
| Slippery Elm | Ulmus rubra | |
| River Birch | Betula nigra | |
| Black Cherry | Prunus serotina | |
| Black Willow | Salix nigra | |
| Black gum | Nyssa sylvatica | |
| Persimmon | Diospyros virginiana |
| Ferns | ||
| Christmas fern | Polystichum acrostichoioces | |
| Walking fern | Camptosorus rhizophyllus | |
| Maiden hair fern | Adiantum pedatum | |
| Grape fern | Botrychium obliquum | |
| Lilies, Irises & Orchids | ||
| Day lilies | Hemerocallis fulva | |
| Bell wort | Uvularia perfoliata | |
| Yellow trout wort | Erythronium americanum | |
| False Solomon's seal | Smilacina racemosa | |
| Star of Bethleham | Ornithogalum umbellatum | |
| Yellow Mandarin | Disparum lanuginosum | |
| Wild garlic | Allium canadense | |
| Solomon's seal | Polygonatum biflorum | |
| Crested Dwarf Iris | Iris cristata | |
| Southern Blue Flag | Iris virginica | |
| Blue-eyed grass | Sisyrinchium angustifolium | |
| Day Flower | Commelina communis | |
| Yellow Lady's slipper | Cypripedium calceolus | |
| Showy orchis | Orchis spectabilis | |
| Jack-in-the-pulpit | Arisaema atrorubens | |
| Green dragon | Arisaema dracontium | |
| Bent trillium | Trillium flexipes | |
| Sessile trillium | Trillium sessile | |
| Carrion flower | Smilax herbacea | |
| Wild yam | Dioscorea quaternata | |
| Cat-tail | Typha latifolia | |
| Cranefly orchid | Tipularia discolor | |
| Putty-root | Aplectrum hyemale | |
| Large wood sorrel | Oxalis grandis | |
| Whorled loosestrife | Lysimachia quadriforlia | |
| Butterfly weed | Asclepicas tuberosa | |
| Star clickweed | Stellaria pubera | |
| Hepatica | Hepatica acutiloba | |
| Rue Anemone | Anemonella thalictroides | |
| False Rue Anemone | Isopyrum biternatum | |
| Mayapple | Podophyllum peltutum | |
| Bloodroot | Sanguinaria canadensis | |
| Cut-leaf toothwort | Dentaria iaciniata | |
| Slender toothwort | Dentaria heterophylla | |
| Wild strawberry | Fragaria virginiana | |
| White avens | Geum canadense | |
| Pennywort | Obolaria virginica | |
| Wild potato vine | Ipornoea pandurata | |
| Broad-leaf waterleaf | Hydrophyllum canadense | |
| Deptford pink | Dianthus armeria | |
| Wild geranium | Geranium maculatum | |
| Violet wood-sorrel | Oxalis violacea | |
| Purple milkweed | Asclepias purpurascens | |
| Common morning glory | Ipomoea purpurea | |
| Blue phlox | Phlox divaricata | |
| Jacob's ladder | Polemonium reptans | |
| Ruellia | Ruellia humilis | |
| Jimsonweed | Datura stramonium | |
| Venus looking glass | Specularia perfoliata | |
| Spring beauty | Claytonia virginica | |
| Purple Cress | Cardamine douglassii | |
| Yellow passion flower | Passiflora lutea | |
| Hound's tongue | Cynoglassum virginianum | |
| Agrimony | Agrimonia parviflora | |
| Winter cress | Barbarea vulgaris | |
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | |
| Doll eyes | Actaea pachypoda | |
| Waterfowl | |
| Wood Duck | |
| New World Vultures | |
| Turkey Vulture | |
| Hawks, Eagles and Kites | |
| CooperÂ’s Hawk | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | |
| Flacons and Caracaras | |
| American Kestrel | |
| Pheasants, Grouse, Quail and Turkeys | |
| Wild Turkey | |
| Pigeons and Doves | |
| Mourning Dove | |
| Old World Cuckoos | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | |
| Owls | |
| American Screech-Owl | |
| Great Horned Owl | |
| Barred Owl | |
| Woodpeckers | |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | |
| Downy Woodpecker | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | |
| Northern Flicker | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | |
| Tyrant Flycatchers | |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | |
| Acadian Flycatcher | |
| Eastern Phoebe | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | |
| Swallows | |
| Barn Swallow | |
| Crows and Jays | |
| Blue Jay | |
| American Crow | |
| Tits and Allies | |
| Carolina Chickadee | |
| Nuthatches | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | |
| Creepers | |
| Brown Creeper | |
| Wrens | |
| Carolina Wren | |
| Old World Flycatchers | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | |
| Swainson's Thrush | |
| American Robin | |
| Mockingbirds and Thrashers | |
| Gray Catbird | |
| Northern Mockingbird | |
| Brown Thrasher | |
| Starlings | |
| European Starling | |
| Vireos and Allies | |
| White-eyed Vireo | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | |
| Tanangers, Buntings, Sparrows, and Allies | |
| Blue-winged Warbler | |
| Northern Parula | |
| Yellow Warbler | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | |
| Palm Warbler | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | |
| Black-and-White Warbler | |
| Ovenbird | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | |
| Common Yellowthroat | |
| Hooded Warbler | |
| Northern Cardinal | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | |
| Indigo Bunting | |
| Eastern Towhee | |
| Chipping Sparrow | |
| Field Sparrow | |
| Song Sparrow | |
| White-throated Sparrow | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | |
| Common Grackle | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | |
| Siskins, Crossbills and Allies | |
| American Goldfinch | |
| Old World Sparrows | |
| House Sparrow |
| Southern Redbelly Dace | Phoxinus erythrogaster | |
| Bigscale Stoneroller | Campostomus oligolepis | |
| Creekchub | Semotilus atromaculatus | |
| Bluntnose Minnow | Pimephales notatus | |
| Fantail Darter | Etheostoma flabellare | |
| Orangethroat Darter | Etheostoma spectabile | |
| Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | |
| Longear Sunfish | Lepomis megalotis | |
| Carolina Sculpin | Cottus carolina | |
| Shrews and Moles | ||
| Southeastern Shrew | Sorex longirostris | |
| Short-tailed Shrew | Blarina brevicauda | |
| Eastern Mole | Scalopus aquaticus | |
| Bats | ||
| Rabbits | ||
| Eastern Cottontail | Sylvilagus floridanus | |
| Squirrels | ||
| Eastern chipmunk | Tamias striatus | |
| Groundhog | Marmota monax | |
| Gray Squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis | |
| Fox Squirrel | Sciurus niger | |
| Southern Flying Squirrel | Glaucomys volans | |
| Mice and Rats | ||
| Prairie Deer Mouse | Peromyscus maniculatus | |
| White-footed Mouse | Peromyscus leucopus | |
| Prairie Vole | Microtus ochrogaster | |
| House Mouse | Mus musculus | |
| Rattus norvegicus | Norway Rat | |
| Carnivores | ||
| Red Fox | Vulpes vulpes | |
| Raccoon | Procyon lotor | |
| Striped Skunk | Mephitis mephitis | |
| Ungulates | ||
| White-tailed Deer | Odocoileus virginianus |
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