St. Louis Urban Biodiversity Inventory: Urban Prairie Species

The City of St. Louis is developing an urban
biodiversity inventory, and aspires to have
habitat in six urban locations monitored for the
presence or absence of surrogate species.
All species observations collected via the free
iNaturalist app are useful and relevant for ...more ↓

All 18

American Bumble Bee ¹
Bombus pensylvanicus

Fireflies ²
Lampyridae

Lined Snake ³
Tropidoclonion lineatum

Monarch ⁴
Danaus plexippus

Three-toed Box Turtle ⁵
Terrapene carolina triunguis

Midland Brown Snake
Storeria dekayi wrightorum

American Goldfinch ⁶
Spinus tristis

Eastern Kingbird ⁷
Tyrannus tyrannus

Indigo Bunting ⁸
Passerina cyanea

Red Fox ⁹
Vulpes vulpes

Striped Skunk ¹⁰
Mephitis mephitis

wild bergamot ¹¹
Monarda fistulosa

little bluestem ¹²
Schizachyrium scoparium

bur oak ¹³
Quercus macrocarpa

Carolina rose ¹⁴
Rosa carolina

Coyote ¹⁵
Canis latrans

Missouri goldenrod ¹⁶
Solidago missouriensis

American plum ¹⁷
Prunus americana

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St. Louis Urban Biodiversity Inventory: Urban Prairie Species

American Bumble Bee 1 Bombus pensylvanicus

Fireflies 2 Lampyridae

Lined Snake 3 Tropidoclonion lineatum

Monarch 4 Danaus plexippus

Three-toed Box Turtle 5 Terrapene carolina triunguis

Midland Brown Snake Storeria dekayi wrightorum

American Goldfinch 6 Spinus tristis

Eastern Kingbird 7 Tyrannus tyrannus

Indigo Bunting 8 Passerina cyanea

Red Fox 9 Vulpes vulpes

Striped Skunk 10 Mephitis mephitis

wild bergamot 11 Monarda fistulosa

little bluestem 12 Schizachyrium scoparium

bur oak 13 Quercus macrocarpa

Carolina rose 14 Rosa carolina

Coyote 15 Canis latrans

Missouri goldenrod 16 Solidago missouriensis

American plum 17 Prunus americana