ANIMALS

• MAMMALS
  1. Domestic Dog -- Canis Lupus
  2. Domestic Cat -- Felts Catus
  3. Opossum -- Didelphis Virginiana
  4. Racoon -- Procyon Lotor
  5. White-tailed Deer -- Odocoileus Virginianus
  6. Sheep,Sulfox -- Ovis Aries
  7. Red Fox -- Vulpes Vulpes
  8. Cotton Tail Rabbit -- Sylvilagus Transitionalis

• BIRDS

1. Blue Jay -- Cyanocitta Cristata
2. Northern Cardinal -- Cardinalis Caridinalis
3. American Goldfinch -- Carduelis Tristis
4. House Finch -- Carpodacus Mexicanus
5. Barn Swallow -- Hirundo Rustica
6. Eastern Bluebird -- Sialia Sialis
7. Ruby Throated Hummingbird -- Archilochus Colubris
8. Red Bellied Woodpecker -- Melanerpes Carolians
9. Black Capped Chickadee -- Parus Atricapillus
10. Red Winged Black Bird - Agelaius Phoeniceus
11. Common Grackle -- Quiscalus Quiscula
12. Brown Headed Cowbird -- Molothrus Ater
13. American Robin -- Turdus Migratorius
14. Baltimore Oriole -- Icterus Galbula
15. Chipping Sparrow -- Spizella Passorina
16. Hairy Woodpecker -- Picoides villosus

• REPTILES

1. Garter Snake -- Thamnophis Sirtalis
2. Snapping Turtle -- Chelydra Serpintina
3. Box Turtle -- Terrapene CarolinaI

• INSECTS

1. Monarch Butterfly -- Danaus Plexippus
2. Lady Bug -- Coleoptra Coceinellidae
3. Praying Mantis -- Carolina Mantid
4. May Beetle -- Coleoptera Scarabeidae
5. Asian Beetle -- Harmonia Axyridis
6. Sow Bug -- Crustacea Isopoda
7. Grasshopper -- Schistocerca Americana
8. Bumble Bee -- Bombus Hymenoptera
9. Spotted Cumber Beetle -- Diabrotica Undercimpuctata
10. Red Admiral Butterfly -- Vanessa Atalanta

PLANTS

• WOODY PLANTS

1. Black Walnut -- Juglans Nigra
2. Mulberry Red -- Morus Rubra
3. Redcedar -- Juniperus Virginiana
4. Baldcypress -- Taxodium Distichum
5. Wisconsin Willow -- Salix Alba Tristis
6. Forsythia -- Forsythia Auata
7. American Holly -- Llex Opaca
8. Bittersweet -- Celastrus Orbiculatus
9. Wild Grape -- Vitis
10. Honeysuckle -- Lonilera Japonica
11. Clump River Birch -- Betula Pumila
12. Osage Orange Hedge -- Maclura Pomifera
13. Colorado Blue Spruce -- Picea Pungena
14. Australian Pine -- Casuarina Equisetifolia
15. Magnolia -- Magnolia Grandiflora
16. Cotton Wood -- Populus Deitoides
17. Domestic Rose -- Rosa
18. Wild Rose -- Rosa Acicularis
19. Butter Fly Bush -- Buddleia Lindleyana
20. White Pine -- Pinus Strobus
21. Clump River Birch -- Betula Pumila

• NON-WOODY PLANTS

1. Pumpkin -- Cucurbita Pepo
2. Gourds -- Etenitis Pentangularis
3. Dandelion -- Centranthus Ruber
4. Pokeweed -- Phytolacca Americana
5. Tall Morning Glory -- Ipomoea Purpurea
6. Yellow Corn -- Zea mays
7. Soybeans -- Glycine max
8. Maidenhair Ferns -- Adiantum Pedatum
9. Canadian Thistle -- Cirsium Arvense

The Honeysuckle – (Lonicera Japonica) Got my attention a few years ago. It grows (wild) around my field (10 acres). I was cutting clumps of it down and I had noticed it had red berries. I did not know what it was so I cut branches and took to work. I worked at the time for a Co-Op and there were lots of farmers and our company had an agronomist that came to our location frequently. No one could identify it – I was told ‘we can kill it’. But if the birds would like it I wanted to save some! I bought Peterson Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs and studied till I could identify it.

The Snapping Turtle – (Terrapene Carolina) What a surprise!! My Grandson (then about 6 years old) the week before had walked along the spring that runs across our property hunting frogs (or turtles). Frogs are plentiful but spotting this turtle came as a great surprise. I ran to the house shouting – got pictures of it and my wife got there in time to see it before it took to the cornfield.

The Pumpkins – (Cucurbita Pepo) Are so special. They caused our place to be called Peaceville Pumpkin Patch. I grew them for the first time about 40 years ago. I planted them the first time to “keep the weeds down” from an area. Have had many years enjoying the people that came in the fall to buy their pumpkins.

All of the organisms listed I saw on this 10 acre spot. Some I brought in and planted some are native - they all have a special story and I enjoy telling it. Most of all – now – I enjoy learning of it!!