St. Louis Urban Biodiversity: Urban Woodland and Forest 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 ↓

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American Snout ¹
Libytheana carinenta

Crematogaster ashmeadi ²

Common Five-lined Skink ³
Plestiodon fasciatus

Gray Tree Frog ⁴
Hyla versicolor

Red-bellied Woodpecker ⁵
Melanerpes carolinus

Great Crested Flycatcher ⁶
Myiarchus crinitus

Eastern Chipmunk ⁷
Tamias striatus

Fox Squirrel ⁸
Sciurus niger

Red Fox ⁹
Vulpes vulpes

Three-toed Box Turtle ¹⁰
Terrapene carolina triunguis

wild sweetwilliam ¹¹
Phlox maculata

golden Alexander ¹²
Zizia aurea

White-breasted Nuthatch ¹³
Sitta carolinensis

hickories
Carya

Virginia bluebells ¹⁴
Mertensia virginica

American bladdernut ¹⁵
Staphylea trifolia

common pawpaw ¹⁶
Asimina triloba

white oak ¹⁷
Quercus alba

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St. Louis Urban Biodiversity: Urban Woodland and Forest Species

American Snout 1 Libytheana carinenta

Crematogaster ashmeadi 2

Common Five-lined Skink 3 Plestiodon fasciatus

Gray Tree Frog 4 Hyla versicolor

Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Melanerpes carolinus

Great Crested Flycatcher 6 Myiarchus crinitus

Eastern Chipmunk 7 Tamias striatus

Fox Squirrel 8 Sciurus niger

Red Fox 9 Vulpes vulpes

Three-toed Box Turtle 10 Terrapene carolina triunguis

wild sweetwilliam 11 Phlox maculata

golden Alexander 12 Zizia aurea

White-breasted Nuthatch 13 Sitta carolinensis

hickories Carya

Virginia bluebells 14 Mertensia virginica

American bladdernut 15 Staphylea trifolia

common pawpaw 16 Asimina triloba

white oak 17 Quercus alba