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Flora and Fauna of Lynches River County Park

A guide to compile the flora and fauna seen here in Lynches River County Park. This guide is to help visitors know what species can be found within the park and encourage them to go and find them!

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Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹
Accipiter striatus

Red-winged Blackbird ²
Agelaius phoeniceus

Red-shouldered Hawk ³
Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed Hawk ⁴
Buteo jamaicensis

Bald Eagle ⁵
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁶
Molothrus ater

Carolina Chickadee ⁷
Poecile carolinensis

European Starling ⁸
Sturnus vulgaris

Brown-headed Nuthatch ⁹
Sitta pusilla

Carolina Wren ¹⁰
Thryothorus ludovicianus

American Robin ¹¹
Turdus migratorius

Eastern Bluebird ¹²
Sialia sialis

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ¹³
Regulus calendula

Chipping Sparrow ¹⁴
Spizella passerina

White-eyed Vireo ¹⁵
Vireo griseus

Northern Mockingbird ¹⁶
Mimus polyglottos

Swainson's Thrush ¹⁷
Catharus ustulatus

Brown Thrasher ¹⁸
Toxostoma rufum

Indigo Bunting ¹⁴
Passerina cyanea

Northern Cardinal ¹⁹
Cardinalis cardinalis

Summer Tanager ²⁰
Piranga rubra

Pine Warbler ¹⁴
Setophaga pinus

Yellow-throated Warbler ²¹
Setophaga dominica

Hooded Warbler ⁵
Setophaga citrina

Yellow-rumped Warbler ²²
Setophaga coronata

Black-and-white Warbler ²³
Mniotilta varia

Swainson's Warbler ¹⁴
Limnothlypis swainsonii

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ⁶
Polioptila caerulea

Prothonotary Warbler ²⁴
Protonotaria citrea

Cedar Waxwing ²⁵
Bombycilla cedrorum

Blue Jay ²⁶
Cyanocitta cristata

American Crow ²⁷
Corvus brachyrhynchos

American Goldfinch ²⁸
Spinus tristis

House Finch ²⁹
Haemorhous mexicanus

Acadian Flycatcher ³⁰
Empidonax virescens

Purple Finch ³¹
Haemorhous purpureus

netted chain fern ⁶
Woodwardia areolata

baldcypresses ³²
Taxodium

Virginia pine ³³
Pinus virginiana

Cherokee Bean ³⁴
Erythrina herbacea

longleaf pine ³⁵
Pinus palustris

loblolly pine ³⁶
Pinus taeda

slash pine ³⁷
Pinus elliottii

Persian silk tree ³⁸
Albizia julibrissin

kudzu ³⁹
Pueraria montana

wisterias ⁴⁰
Wisteria

eastern redbud ⁴¹
Cercis canadensis

white clover ⁴²
Trifolium repens

Carolina rose ²⁹
Rosa carolina

false nettle ⁴³
Boehmeria cylindrica

pinkster flower ⁴⁴
Rhododendron periclymenoides

mayberry ⁴⁵
Vaccinium elliottii

clasping milkweed ⁴⁶
Asclepias amplexicaulis

mountain laurel ⁴⁷
Kalmia latifolia

Wintergreen ⁴⁸
Gaultheria

partridgeberry ⁴⁹
Mitchella repens

Florida Pusley ⁵⁰
Richardia scabra

yellow jessamine ⁵¹
Gelsemium sempervirens

American pokeweed ⁵²
Phytolacca americana

common dandelion ⁵³
Taraxacum officinale

dogfennel ⁵⁴
Eupatorium capillifolium

American asters ⁴⁹
Symphyotrichum

blazing-stars ⁵⁵
Liatris

Butterweed ⁵⁶
Packera glabella

black-eyed Susan ⁵⁷
Rudbeckia hirta

Bitterweed ⁵⁸
Helenium amarum

common ragweed ⁵⁹
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

poison ivy ⁵⁰
Toxicodendron radicans

tree-of-heaven ⁶⁰
Ailanthus altissima

red maple ⁶¹
Acer rubrum

Geraniums ⁶²
Pelargonium

Maryland meadowbeauty ⁶³
Rhexia mariana

Sawtooth oak ⁶⁴
Quercus acutissima

white oak ⁶⁵
Quercus alba

black oak ⁶⁶
Quercus velutina

southern live oak ⁶⁷
Quercus virginiana

water oak ⁶⁸
Quercus nigra

laurel oak ³²
Quercus laurifolia

American chestnut ⁶⁹
Castanea dentata

wax myrtle ⁷⁰
Morella cerifera

eastern black walnut ⁷¹
Juglans nigra

false foxgloves ⁷²
Agalinis

henbit deadnettle ⁷³
Lamium amplexicaule

Chinese privet ⁷⁴
Ligustrum sinense

American trumpet vine ⁷⁵
Campsis radicans

common lantana ⁷⁶
Lantana camara

northern catalpa ⁷⁷
Catalpa speciosa

skullcaps ⁷⁸
Scutellaria

American beautyberry ⁷⁹
Callicarpa americana

autumn clematis ⁸⁰
Clematis terniflora

mayapple ⁸¹
Podophyllum peltatum

Carolina horsenettle ⁸²
Solanum carolinense

Cypress Vine ⁸³
Ipomoea quamoclit

Tievine ⁷²
Ipomoea cordatotriloba

Japanese honeysuckle ⁸⁴
Lonicera japonica

American black elderberry ⁸⁵
Sambucus canadensis

Blackhaw ⁸¹
Viburnum prunifolium

common ivy ⁸⁶
Hedera helix

sassafras ⁸⁷
Sassafras albidum

southern magnolia ⁸⁸
Magnolia grandiflora

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Flora and Fauna of Lynches River County Park

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Accipiter striatus

Red-winged Blackbird 2 Agelaius phoeniceus

Red-shouldered Hawk 3 Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed Hawk 4 Buteo jamaicensis

Bald Eagle 5 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Molothrus ater

Carolina Chickadee 7 Poecile carolinensis

European Starling 8 Sturnus vulgaris

Brown-headed Nuthatch 9 Sitta pusilla

Carolina Wren 10 Thryothorus ludovicianus

American Robin 11 Turdus migratorius

Eastern Bluebird 12 Sialia sialis

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13 Regulus calendula

Chipping Sparrow 14 Spizella passerina

White-eyed Vireo 15 Vireo griseus

Northern Mockingbird 16 Mimus polyglottos

Swainson's Thrush 17 Catharus ustulatus

Brown Thrasher 18 Toxostoma rufum

Indigo Bunting 14 Passerina cyanea

Northern Cardinal 19 Cardinalis cardinalis

Summer Tanager 20 Piranga rubra

Pine Warbler 14 Setophaga pinus

Yellow-throated Warbler 21 Setophaga dominica

Hooded Warbler 5 Setophaga citrina

Yellow-rumped Warbler 22 Setophaga coronata

Black-and-white Warbler 23 Mniotilta varia

Swainson's Warbler 14 Limnothlypis swainsonii

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Polioptila caerulea

Prothonotary Warbler 24 Protonotaria citrea

Cedar Waxwing 25 Bombycilla cedrorum

Blue Jay 26 Cyanocitta cristata

American Crow 27 Corvus brachyrhynchos

American Goldfinch 28 Spinus tristis

House Finch 29 Haemorhous mexicanus

Acadian Flycatcher 30 Empidonax virescens

Purple Finch 31 Haemorhous purpureus

netted chain fern 6 Woodwardia areolata

baldcypresses 32 Taxodium

Virginia pine 33 Pinus virginiana

Cherokee Bean 34 Erythrina herbacea

longleaf pine 35 Pinus palustris

loblolly pine 36 Pinus taeda

slash pine 37 Pinus elliottii

Persian silk tree 38 Albizia julibrissin

kudzu 39 Pueraria montana

wisterias 40 Wisteria

eastern redbud 41 Cercis canadensis

white clover 42 Trifolium repens

Carolina rose 29 Rosa carolina

false nettle 43 Boehmeria cylindrica

pinkster flower 44 Rhododendron periclymenoides

mayberry 45 Vaccinium elliottii

clasping milkweed 46 Asclepias amplexicaulis

mountain laurel 47 Kalmia latifolia

Wintergreen 48 Gaultheria

partridgeberry 49 Mitchella repens

Florida Pusley 50 Richardia scabra

yellow jessamine 51 Gelsemium sempervirens

American pokeweed 52 Phytolacca americana

common dandelion 53 Taraxacum officinale

dogfennel 54 Eupatorium capillifolium

American asters 49 Symphyotrichum

blazing-stars 55 Liatris

Butterweed 56 Packera glabella

black-eyed Susan 57 Rudbeckia hirta

Bitterweed 58 Helenium amarum

common ragweed 59 Ambrosia artemisiifolia

poison ivy 50 Toxicodendron radicans

tree-of-heaven 60 Ailanthus altissima

red maple 61 Acer rubrum

Geraniums 62 Pelargonium

Maryland meadowbeauty 63 Rhexia mariana

Sawtooth oak 64 Quercus acutissima

white oak 65 Quercus alba

black oak 66 Quercus velutina

southern live oak 67 Quercus virginiana

water oak 68 Quercus nigra

laurel oak 32 Quercus laurifolia

American chestnut 69 Castanea dentata