GREATER FUNDY ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH PROJECT

UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

State of the Greater Fundy Ecosystem



Common and Latin Names of Selected Species



PLANTS:

Trees:

Pine Family:
Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
Eastern Larch (Tamarack)(Larix laricina)
Norway spruce (Picea abies)
White Spruce (Picea glauca)
Black Spruce (Picea mariana)
Red Spruce (Picea rubens)
Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)
Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)
White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Cypress Family:
Eastern White-cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
Willow Family:
Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera)
Largetooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata)
Quaking Aspen (Trembling Aspen)(Populus tremuloides)
Bebb Willow (Salix bebbiana)
Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)
Balsam Willow (Salix pyrifolia)
Walnut Family:
Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
Birch Family:
Speckled Alder (Alnus rugosa)
Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
White Birch (Betula papyrifera)
Mountain Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia)
Grey Birch (Betula populifolia)
Ironwood (Eastern Hophornbeam)(Ostrya virginiana)
Beech Family:
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Basswood Family:
Basswood (Tilia americana)
Olive Family:
White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)
Rose Family:
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Maple Family:
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)

Shrubs:

Beaked Hazel (Corylus cornuta)
Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
Dwarf Raspberry (Rubus pubescens)
Hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium)
Labrador-tea (Ledum groenlandicum)
Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
Livelong Saxifrage (Saxifraga paniculata)
Low Sweet Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
Raspberry sp. (Rubus alleghaniensis)
Red Raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa)
Shadbush (Amelanchier laevis)
Wild Gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum)
Wild Red Raspberry (Rubus strigosus)

Grasses:

Blue-joint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
Brome Grass (Bromus ciliatus)
Broom Sedge (Carex scoparia)
Creeping Bent-grass (Agrostis stolonifera)
Fowl Meadow-grass (Poa palustris)
Horsetail (Equisetum spp.)
Path Rush (Juncus tenius)
Rattlesnake Grass (Glyceria canadensis)
Sedge (Carex deflexa)
Sedge (Carex muricata)
Sedge (Scirpus hudsonianus)
Short-caudate Rush (Juncus brevicaudatus)
Small-flowered Wood-rush (Luzula parviflora)
Soft Rush (Juncus effusus)
Stipitate Sedge (Carex stipata)
Three-fruited Sedge (Carex trisperma)
Three-way Sedge (Dulichium arundinaceum)
Woodland Horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)
Woolly Bulrush (Scirpus cyperinus)

Wildflowers:

Aster (Aster x blakei)
Aster sp. (Aster lanceolatus)
Blue Lettuce (Lactuca biennis)
Birds-eye Primrose (Primula mistassinica)
Bog Goldenrod (Solidago uliginosa)
Bristly Sarsaparilla (Aralia hispida)
Broad-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago fxicaulis)
Canada St. Johnswort (Hypericum canadensis)
Common Wood Sorrel (Oxalis montana)
False Violet (Dalibarda repens)
Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)
Flat-topped White Aster (Aster umbellatus)
Fringed Black Bindweed (Polygonum cilinode)
Gall-of-the-Earth (Prenanthes trifoliata)
Golden Ragwort (Senecio aureus)
Hawkweed sp. (Hieracium caespitosum)
Hookers Orchis (Plantathera hookeri)
Hyssop-leaved Fleabane (Erigeron hyssopifolius)
Large Purple-fringed Orchis (Plantathera grandiflora)
Large Round-leaved Orchis (Plantathera macrophylla)
Live-long Saxifrage (Saxifraga paniculata)
King-of-the-meadow (Thalictrum pubescens)
Indian Cucumber-root (Medeola virginiana)
Indian-pine (Monotropa uniflora)
Magenta-Pink (Arethusa bulbosa)
Meadowsweet (Spiraea latifolia)
Naked Miterwort (Mitella nuda)
Northern Green Orchid (Platanthera hyperborea)
Northern White Violet (Viola pallens)
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Purple Trillium (Trillium erectum)
Ragged-fringed Orchis (Plantathera lacera)
Rand’s Eyebright (Euphrasia randi)
Northern Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
Red Osier (Cornus stolonifera)
Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)
Rough Bedstraw (Galium asprellum)
Rough Cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)
Rough Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
Rough-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
Sheep Laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)
Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella)
Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)
Showy Lady-slipper (Cypripedium reginae)
Small Yellow Water-buttercup (Ranunculus flabellaris)
Smaller Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea alpina)
Snakemouth (Pogonia ophioglossoides)
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)
Starflower (Trientalis borealis)
Swamp Aster (Aster puniceus)
Swamp Ragwort (Senecio schweinitzianus)
Swamp Thistle (Cirsium muticum)
Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima)
Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)
Twinflower (Linnaea borealis)
Water-Horehound (Lycopus uniflorus)
White Snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum)
Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
Yellow Clintonia (Clintonia borealis )
Yellow Lady-slipper (Cypripedium calceolus)

Ferns:

Braun’s Holly Fern (Polystichum braunii)
Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides )
Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
Curly Grass Fern (Schizea pusilla)
Evergreen Shield Fern (Dryopteris marginalis)
Fragrant Fern (Dryopteris fragrans)
Hay-scented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)
Intermediate Woodfern (Dryopteris intermedia)
Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytoniana)
Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
Laurentian Bladderfern (Cystopteris laurentiana)
Northern Beech Fern (Thelypteris phegopteris)
Northern Woodsia (Woodsia alpina)
Oak Fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
Smooth Woodsia (Woodsia glabella)
Spinulose Shield Fern (Dryopteris campyloptera)
Wood Fern (Dryopteris austriaca )

Mosses and Liverworts:

Broom Moss (Dicranum scoparium )
Feather-moss (Hylocomium splendens)
Feather-moss (Pleurozium schreberi)
Fir Clubmoss (Lycopodium selago)
Ground Pine (Lycopodium obscurum)
Hair Cap mosses (Polytrichum spp.)
Liverwort sp. (Bazzania trilobata)
Moss (Ptilium pulcherrimum)
Running Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)
Sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.)
Stair-step Moss (Hylocomium splendens)

Lichens:

Lichen spp.
Lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria)

ANIMALS:

Mammals:

American Marten (Martes americana)
Beaver (Castor canadensis)
Black Bear (Ursus americana)
Canada Lynx (Felis lynx)
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
Eastern Cougar (Felis concolor cougar)
Eastern Pipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus subflavus)
Fisher (Martes pennanti)
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis)
Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus)
Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
Mink (Mustela vision)
Moose (Alces alces)
Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
North American Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Otter (Lutra canadensis)
Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
Red-backed Vole (Clethrionomys gapperi)
Sea Mink (Mustela macrodon)
Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
Smoky Shrew (Sorex fumeus)
Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
Water Shrew (Sorex palustris)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginanus)
Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
Woodland Caribou (Rangifer caribou)
Woodland Jumping Mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)

Amphibians:

American Toad (Bufo americanus)
Blue-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale)
Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus)
Eastern or Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Green Frog (Rana clamitans)
Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)
Pickerel Frog (Rana palustris)
Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus)
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Spring Peeper (Hyla crucifer)
Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)

Insects:

Balsam Woolly Adelgid (Adelges piceae)
Bronze Birch Borer (Agrilus anxius)
Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)
Eastern Larch Beetle (Dendroctonus simplex)
European Spruce Sawfly (Gilpinia hercyniae)
Larch Sawfly (Pristiphora erichsonii)
Softwood Borer (Monochamus scutellatus)
Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana)
Yellowheaded Spruce Sawfly (Pikonema alaskensis)

Aquatic Invertebrates:

Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
Freshwater Wedge Mussel (Alasmidonta sp.)
Eastern River Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)
Northern Yellow Periwinkle (Littorina obtusata)

Fish:

American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)
American Shad (Alosa sapidissima)
American Smelt (Osmerus modax)
Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Black Nose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Chub (Couesius plumbeus)
Gaspereau (Alewife)(Alosa pseudoharengus)
Ninespine Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
Northern Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus eos)
Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus)
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Others:

Beech Bark Canker (Nectria coccinea)
Beech Scale (Cryptococcus fagi)
Brainworm (Paralephostrongylus tenius)
Dutch Elm Disease (Ceratocystis ulmi)

Birds:

Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
American Coot (Filica americana)
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
American Widgeon (Anas americana)
American Woodcock (Philohela minor)
Bachman’s Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Bicknells Thrush (Catharus minimus bicknelli)
Black-backed Three Toed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
Boreal Chickadee (Parus hudsonicus)
Brown Creeper (Certhia familiaris)
Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
Common Snipe (Capella gallinago)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)
Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina)
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Gadwell (Anas strepera)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
Great Auk (Pinguinis impennis)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorium)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Northern Parula (Parula americana)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)
Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Red-shouldewred Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta)
Solitary Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Sora (Porzana carolina)
Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina)
Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Virginian Rail (Rallus limicola)
Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax trailli)
Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)

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Information provided by:
Dr. Graham Forbes
Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at UNB
Last Update: May 7, 1998
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