Help Us with Observations
Join iNaturalist and help document the plant and animal life in the Hunt Club Forest. Please record any findings in the Hunt Club Creek, which flows on the east side of the forest
Bur Oak
Canada Mayflower
Hypericum perforatum, (Common St John’s-wort)
Eastern White Pine
Norway Maple
Red Maple
Young Red Pine
Wild Crab Apple
Staghorn sumac
Thank you to Jennifer Dey, Carolyn El Hage and Carolyn Marie Ewers for photo contributions
SHRUBS:
- Moccassin Flower / Stemless Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
- Eastern Red Elderberry (Sambucus pubens)
- Common Juniper (Juniperus communis)
- Common Smoke-Tree (Cotinus coggygria)
- Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)
- Buckthorns: Glossy and European
- Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)
- Northern Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera),
- Fuzzy Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens),
- European fly honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum)
- Hawthorns (Rosaceae)
- Purpleleaf Sand Cherry (Prunus x cistena)
- Raspberry
- Blueberry
- Blackberry
- White sprirea (Spiraea betulifolia)
HERBACEOUS & WILDFLOWERS:
- HERBACEOUS and WILDFLOWERS:
- Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)
- Bouncing-Bet / Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
- Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- Canada wild lettuce (Lactuca canadensis),
- Tall Blue Lettuce (Lactuca biennis)
- Curled Dock (Rumex crispus)
- Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
- Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Canada Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)
- Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
- Ninebark (Physocarpus)
- Sparrow grass / Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
- Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Common Plantain (Plantago major)
- Common St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
- Bird’s Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculata)
- White Sweet-Clover (Trifolium pratense)
- Forest Vetchling (Lathyrus ochroleucus)
- Sweetgale (Myrica gale)
- Fragrant Bedstraw (Galium triflorum)
- Dwarf Snapdragon (Chaenorrhinum minus)
- King-devil (Hieracium caespitosum)
- Common Hellborine (Epipactis helleborine)
- Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
- Canada Mayflower – Wild Lily-Of-The-Valley (Maianthemum canadense)
- Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum sulcamara)
- Marsh Horsetail (Equisetum palustre)
- Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
- Ground cedar – Fan clubmoss (Diphasiastrum digitatum)
- Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta)
- Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris)
- Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
- Silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)
- Goldenrods (Solidago spp and Euthamia spp)
- Various in Mustard family (Brassicaceae)
- Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
- Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
- Wild Thyme (Thimus serpyllum)
- Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)
- Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- Common grape vine (Vitis vinifera)
- Dog-Strangling vine (Cynanchum rossicum)
- Smooth Brome (Bromus inermis)
- Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis)
- Sedges (Carex spp)
- Sweet Fern (Comptonia peregrina)
TREES:
- Red Pine (Pinus resinosa),
- Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus),
- Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
- White Spruce (Picea glauca)
- Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) ,
- Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
- Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina L.)
- European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior),
- Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica),
- European Mountain-Ash (Sorbus aucuparia)
- American linden (Tilia americana),
- Little-Leaf Linden (Tilia cordata)
- American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- White Birch – Paper birch (Betula papyrifera),
- European White Birch- Weeping birch –
- Siver birch (Betula pendula)
- American Elm – White Elm (Ulmus americana),
- Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila)
- Amur Maple (Acer platanoides),
- Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
- Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
- Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
- Black Maple (Acer nigrum)
- Bebb Willow (Salix bebbiana),
- Hybrid White Willow (Salix alba x S. fragilis),
- Heartleaf Willow (Salix eriocephala)
- Tamarack (Larix laricina)
- Eastern balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera),
- Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Common Apple (Malus sylvestris),
- Siberian Crab Apple –
- Flowering crab apple (Malus baccata)
- American Plum – Wild plum (Prunus americana)
- Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana),
- Pin Cherry (Prunus pensylvanica),
- Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Serviceberries (Rosaceae)
FAUNA:
- Coyote (Canis latrans)
- Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
- Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
- American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
- Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Family Mimidae)
- Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
- Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos)
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Tadpoles (Ranunculus)
- Grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
- Sow Bugs (Oniscidea)
- Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)
- American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana)
- LD Moth (Lymantria dispar)
- Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
- Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
- Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
- Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
- Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis)
- Gray Comma (Polygonia progne)
- Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
- Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
- Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia)
- Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
…(In Progress, to be updated soon)