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Sankofa Wetland Park & Nature Trail

Located at 6401 Florida Ave. in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Sankofa Wetland Park & Nature Trail is a restored wetland, offering habitat to a variety of native flora and fauna. In addition, the park serves as a green infrastructure storm water mitigation project, currently storing ...more ↓

Red-tailed Hawk 1
Buteo jamaicensis
Great Blue Heron 2
Ardea herodias
White Ibis 3
Eudocimus albus
Whistling-Ducks 4
Dendrocygna
Typical Cardinals 5
Cardinalis
American Alligator 6
Alligator mississippiensis
American Bullfrog 7
Lithobates catesbeianus
Southern Cricket Frog 8
Acris gryllus
Swamp Rabbit 9
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Common Raccoon 1
Procyon lotor
Red Swamp Crayfish 10
Procambarus clarkii
Common Green Darner 11
Anax junius
American Crow 12
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Water Tupelo 13
Nyssa aquatica
Mississippi Kite 11
Ictinia mississippiensis
Bald Eagle 14
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Red Mulberry 15
Morus rubra
Southern Magnolia 16
Magnolia grandiflora
Broadleaf Arrowhead 17
Sagittaria latifolia
Groundsel Tree 18
Baccharis halimifolia
Lizard's Tail 19
Saururus cernuus
Pickerelweed 20
Pontederia cordata
Northern Seaside Goldenrod 21
Solidago sempervirens
Sugar Hackberry 22
Celtis laevigata
Bald Cypress 23
Taxodium distichum
Sweetbay Magnolia 24
Magnolia virginiana
American Kestrel 25
Falco sparverius
Belted Kingfisher 26
Megaceryle alcyon
Carolina Chickadee 27
Poecile carolinensis
Wood Duck 28
Aix sponsa
Black-and-white Warbler 29
Mniotilta varia
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 30
Coccyzus americanus
Green Heron 31
Butorides virescens
Orchard Oriole 27
Icterus spurius
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 32
Sphyrapicus varius
Eastern Phoebe 33
Sayornis phoebe
Water Hickory 34
Carya aquatica
Live Oak 35
Virentes
Black Willow 36
Salix nigra
Canna Lilies 37
Cannaceae
Cooper's Hawk 38
Accipiter cooperii
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 39
Archilochus colubris
Swamp titi 40
Cyrilla racemiflora
Yaupon Holly 41
Ilex vomitoria
Little Bluestem Grass 42
Schizachyrium scoparium
Switchgrass 43
Panicum virgatum
Catalpa Tree 44
Catalpa bignonioides
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 45
Coreopsis lanceolata
Hollow Joe-Pye Weed 46
Eutrochium fistulosum
Rayless Sunflower 47
Helianthus radula
Swamp Rose Mallow 48
Hibiscus moscheutos
Frostweed 49
Verbesina virginica
Gulf Coast Pennstemon 50
Penstemon Brazos
Beauty Berry 51
Callicarpa americana
Swamp Red Maple 52
Acer rubrum drummondii
Green Ash 53
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Swamp Palmetto 54
Sabal minor
Mourning Dove 55
Zenaida macroura
Red-bellied Woodpecker 56
Melanerpes carolinus
Eastern Red Bat 57
Lasiurus borealis
Northern Yellow Bat 58
Lasiurus intermedius
Hoary Bat 59
Lasiurus cinereus
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat 60
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Seminole Bat 61
Lasiurus seminolus
Southeastern Myotis 60
Myotis austroriparius
Tricolored Bat 62
Perimyotis subflavus
Evening Bat 63
Nycticeius humeralis
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 64
Tadarida brasiliensis
Big Brown Bat 65
Eptesicus fuscus
coneflowers and black-eyed Susans 66
Rudbeckia
Buttonbush 67
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Indiangrass 68
Sorghastrum nutans
Coastal Plain Blazingstar 69
Liatris spicata resinosa
plains coreopsis 70
Coreopsis tinctoria
Indian blanket 71
Gaillardia pulchella
Missouri Ironweed 72
Vernonia missurica
Scarlet Rosemallow 73
Hibiscus coccineus
lyreleaf sage 74
Salvia lyrata
possumhaw 75
Ilex decidua
southern live oak 76
Quercus virginiana
Christmas fern 77
Polystichum acrostichoides
Cinnamon Fern 78
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Hay-Scented Fern 79
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Snowy Egret 80
Egretta thula
American Robin 81
Turdus migratorius
White Ibis 3
Eudocimus albus
Osprey 82
Pandion haliaetus
Gadwall 82
Mareca strepera
Hooded Merganser 83
Lophodytes cucullatus
Hooded Merganser 83
Lophodytes cucullatus
Mourning Dove 55
Zenaida macroura
Bonaparte's Gull 84
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Ring-billed Gull 85
Larus delawarensis
Tricolored Heron 19
Egretta tricolor
Eastern Phoebe 86
Sayornis phoebe
American Crow 87
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 19
Polioptila caerulea
Marsh Wren 88
Cistothorus palustris
European Starling 89
Sturnus vulgaris
Cedar Waxwing 90
Bombycilla cedrorum

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