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2016 National Park Service Bat Week Field Guide

This guide includes a selection of invasive plant species from "watch lists" for different regions of the US because they threaten native habitats. A selection of native trees species and bats commonly found in each region are also included.

Bats rely on healthy and diverse habitats ...more ↓

White Oak 1
Quercus alba
Shagbark Hickory 2
Carya ovata
Little Brown Bat 3
Myotis lucifugus
Garlic Mustard 4
Alliaria petiolata
Tree of Heaven 5
Ailanthus altissima
Giant Reed 6
Arundo donax
Yellow Starthistle 7
Centaurea solstitialis
Saharan Mustard 8
Brassica tournefortii
Pampas Grass 9
Cortaderia selloana
Scots Broom 10
Cytisus scoparius
Starburst Bush 11
Clerodendrum quadriloculare
Brazilian waterweed 12
Egeria densa
common St John's wort 13
Hypericum perforatum
Giant Hogweed 14
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Cogon Grass 15
Imperata cylindrica
Japanese Climbing Fern 16
Lygodium japonicum
Catclaw Vine 17
Macfadyena unguis-cati
ponderosa pine 18
Pinus ponderosa
Peachleaf Willow 19
Salix amygdaloides
Black Willow 19
Salix nigra
Big Brown Bat 20
Eptesicus fuscus
Indiana Bat 21
Myotis sodalis
Eastern Red Bat 22
Lasiurus borealis
Silver-haired Bat 23
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern Small-footed Myotis 24
Myotis leibii
Evening Bat 25
Nycticeius humeralis
Tricolored Bat 26
Perimyotis subflavus
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 27
Tadarida brasiliensis
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 28
Corynorhinus townsendii
Pallid Bat 29
Antrozous pallidus
Yuma Myotis 28
Myotis yumanensis
Hawaiian Hoary Bat 30
Lasiurus cinereus semotus
Hoary Bat 31
Lasiurus cinereus
Northern Myotis 21
Myotis septentrionalis
scotch thistle 32
Onopordum acanthium acanthium
Molasses Grass 6
Melinis minutiflora
Mile-a-minute 33
Mikania micrantha
Eurasian Water-milfoil 34
Myriophyllum spicatum
parrot's feather 35
Myriophyllum aquaticum
fishpole bamboo 36
Phyllostachys aurea
European common reed 37
Phragmites australis australis
Lesser celandine 13
Ficaria verna
Japanese Knotweed 38
Fallopia japonica
Trifoliate Orange 39
Poncirus trifoliata
medusa head 40
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
French tamarisk 41
Tamarix gallica
Chinese Tallow 36
Triadica sebifera
Coltsfoot 42
Tussilago farfara
'ohi'a lehua 43
Metrosideros polymorpha
Koa Tree 44
Acacia koa
Box Elder 45
Acer negundo
Eastern cottonwood 1
Populus deltoides
Hydrilla 46
Hydrilla verticillata
onion vine 47
Paederia cruddasiana

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