1994 Midwest Oak Savanna Conferences
MIDWEST OAK ECOSYSTEMS RECOVERY PLAN
DRAFT -
September 1994
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APPENDIX A
ATTACHMENTS 4-5-6
Historic
Illinois Plant Species List
Illinois Savanna Birds
Illinois Mamamals, Amphibians, and
Reptiles, observed in Oak Savannas or Woodlands of Northeastern Illinois
ATTACHMENT
4: Historic Illinois Plant Species List
ATTACHMENT
5: Illinois Savanna Birds
ATTACHMENT
6: ILLINOIS MAMMALS,
AMPHIBIANS, AND REPTILES OBSERVED IN OAK SAVANNAS OR WOODLANDS OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS
Compiled by Ken Mierzwa, TAMS
Consultants Inc.
Mammals:
- Didelphis virginiana / Virginia
opossum
- Sorex cinereus / Maskedshrew
- Blarina brevicauda / Short-tailed
shrew
- Sclopus aquaticus / Easter
mole
- Sylvilagus floridanus / Eastern
cottontail
- Tamias striatus / Eastern
chipmunk
- Marmota monax / Woodchuck
- Sciurus niger / Fox squirrel
- Peromyscus leucopus / White-footed
mouse
- Microtus pennsylvanicus / Meadow vole
- Zapus hudsonius / Meadow
jumping mouse
- Canis latrans / Coyote
- Vulpes vulpes / Red fox
- Procyon lotor / Raccoon
- Mephitis mephitis /Striped
skunk
- Mustela frenata / Long-tailed
weasel
- Mustela vison /Mink
- Odocoileus virginianus
/ White-tailed deer
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Additional
sand savanna mammals:
- Sciurus carolinensis / Gray
squirrel
- Spermophilus franklinii
/ Franklin's ground squirrel
- Geomys bursarius / Plains
pocket gopher
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Amphibians:
- Ambystoma laterale
/ Blue-spotted salamander
- Ambystoma tigrinum1
/ Tiger salamander
- Notophthalmus viridescens
/ Central newt
- Bufo americanus2
/ American toad
- Acris crepitans / Northern
cricket frog
- Pseudacris crucifer / Spring
peeper
- Pseudacris triseriata2
/ Western chorus frog
- Hyla chrysoscelis / Cope's
gray tree frog
- Rana catesbeiana / Bullfrog
- Rana clamitans /Green frog
- Rana pipiens2
/Northern leopard frog
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Additional
sand savanna amphibians:
- Bufo woodhousei /Fowler's
toad
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Reptiles:
- Chelydra serpentina / Snapping
turtle
- Sternotherus oporatus / Common
musk turtle
- Emydoidea blandingii2
/Blanding's turtle
- Chrysemys picta / Painted
turtle
- Elaphe vulpina2
/ Fox snake
- Lampropeltis triangulum1
/ Milk snake
- Thamnophis proximus / Western
ribbon snake
- Thamnophis sirtalis1
/ Common garter snake
- Storeria dekayi1
/ Brown snake
- Storeria occipitomaculata1
/ Red-bellied snake
- Clonophis kirtlandii
/ Kirtland's snake
- Regina grahamii / Graham's
crayfish snake
- Regina septemvittata / Queen
snake
- Nerodia sipedon / Northern
water snake
- Sistrurus catenatus
/ Massasauga
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Additional sand savanna reptiles:
- Cnemidophorus sexlineatus / Six-lined
racerunner
- Ophisaurus attenuatus / Slender
glass lizard
- Heterodon platirhinos
/ Eastern hognose snake
- Coluber constrictor / Blue racer
- Pituophis melanoleucas / Bullsnake
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1 = species thought to be
characteristic of northeastern Illinois savannas or woodlands
2 = other species frequently observed in northeastern Illinois savannas or
woodlands
Species not followed by a superscript have been
observed in savannas or woodlands, but may be associated with a specialized habitat type
(for example, particular types of wetland), or are of infrequent or sporadic occurrence,
or not enough information is available to classify habitat preference.
Nonemclature follows: Collins, J.T. (1990). Standard
common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Third
edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetological Circular 19. |
