This is a presentation on the flora and fauna of southern Illinois.

1. Flora and Fauna of
Southern Illinois
September 16th
, 2013
all photos & maps by presenter
except where noted
Camel Rock at Garden of the Gods Wilderness

2. Christopher D. Benda – Regional Ecologist
Illinois Natural Areas Inventory Update
Degognia Canyon – Jackson County

3. Photo credit – Randy Nyboer
Statewide Project
5 Regional Ecologists

4. Illinois Native Plant Society
Southern Chapter
www.facebook.com/southernillinoisplants
Technical
Expert
Consultant

5. The Flora of Southern Illinois
PLB 451 – Plant Biology Dept.
Southern Illinois University

6. Chigger Poem
Oh why oh why do there have to be chiggers
for a reaction in me they sure do trigger
The many little red bites feel like Braille
And when they itch they make me want to wail!
If you like evolution, then you must love the chigger
For they would not be as bad if they happened to be bigger
But an invisible invertebrate has all the advantage
And leaves me with little else than to put on a bandage.
I guess I could prevent them by staying on the trail
Or if I took more time to scratch them with my nail
I could spray myself with nasty chemicals and deet
Or stay inside all together and beat the summer heat!
But that is not my style, I was born to explore
To see the nature and learn from it more
Plus if there were less chiggers there’d be more tourists
And it would be impossible to be a nature purist.

7. Chigger Myths
1. If you can see the chigger, it is not a chigger!
(they are invisible to the naked eye)
2.Fingernail polish may help the itching, but
the chigger is long gone!

8. Binomial Nomenclature
“The beginning of wisdom is to call
things by their rightful names.”
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Animalia
Cordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Emydidae
Emydoidea
E. blandingii

10. Shawnee Hills & Shawnee Nat’l Forest

11. Japanese Stiltgrass – Microstegium vimineum

12. Camp Ondessonk – Packentuck Falls

13. Camp Ondessonk – Packentuck Falls

14. Camp Ondessonk – Pakentuck

15. Blue Curls - Trichostema dichotomum

16. Prickly Pear – Opuntia humifusa

17. Farkleberry – Vaccinium arboreum

18. Cardinal Flower – Lobelia cardinalis

19. Netted Chain Fern – Woodwardia areolata

20. Fence Lizard – Sceloporus undulatus

21. Cricket Frog – Acris crepitans

22. Spring Peeper – Pseudacris crucifer

23. Lichen Grasshopper – Trimerotropis saxatilis

24. Camp Ondessonk – Pakentuck

25. Phantoms Canyon

26. Phantoms Canyon

27. Phantoms Canyon

28. Phantoms Canyon

29. Bobcats Den

30. Shooting Star – Dodecatheon frenchii

31. Adam & Eve Orchid – Aplectrum hyemale
Cranefly Orchid -Tipularia discolor

32. Goldenseal – Hydrastis canadensis

33. Blue-eyed Mary – Collinsia verna

34. Miami Mist – Phacelia purshii

35. Gray Treefrog – Hyla chrysoscelis

36. Gray Treefrog – Hyla versicolor

37. Green Treefrog – Hyla cinerea

39. Little Grand Canyon – Jackson County

40. Bishop’s Cap - Mitella diphylla

41. Partraige-berry – Mitchella repens

42. Shining Clubmoss – Huperzia lucidula

43. Sphagnum Moss – Sphagnum compactum

44. Forbe’s Saxifrage – Saxifraga forbesii

45. Marbled Salamander – Ambystoma opacum

46. LaRue Pine Hills

47. Wild Azalea - Rhododendron prinophyllum

48. Cleft Phlox – Phlox bifida

49. Dwarf Larkspur– Delphinium tricorne

50. Broadhead Skink – Eumeces laticeps

51. Cricket Frog – Acris crepitans

52. Zigzag Salamander – Plethodon dorsalis

53. Cave Salamander – Eurycea lucifuga

54. Southern two-lined Salamander – Eurycea cirrigera

55. American Toad – Bufo americanus

56. Fowler’s Toad – Bufo fowleri

57. Cottonmouth – Agkistrodon piscivorus

58. Timber Rattlesnake – Crotalus horridus

59. Timber Rattlesnakes
number seen: 8

60. More Timber Rattlesnakes

61. Copperhead – Agkistrodon contortrix

62. Northern Watersnake – Nerodia sipedon

64. Boss Island – Little Black Slough

65. Boss Island – Little Black Slough

66. Buttonland Swamp – Lower Cache

67. Copper Iris – Iris fulva

68. Purple Fringeless Orchid – Platanthera peramoena

69. White Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias perennis

70. Azolla Fern – Azolla mexicana

71. Sensitive Fern – Onoclea sensibilis

72. Eastern Newt – Notophthalmus viridescens

73. Eastern Spadefoot Toad– Scaphiopus holbrookii

74. Crayfish Frog– Rana areolata

75. Stinkpot – Sternothorus odoratus

76. Copperbelly Watersnake - Nerodia
eurythrogaster ssp. flavigaster X neglecta

77. Cave Creek Glade – Limestone Glade

78. Hoary Puccoon – Lithospermum canescens

79. Wild Hyacinth – Camassia scilloides

80. Blue-eyed Grass - Sisrhynchium albidum

81. False Garlic – Nothoscordum bivalve

82. Butterfly Milkweed - Asclepias tuberosa

83. Blue Sage – Salvia azurea var. grandiflora

84. Cave Creek Glade – June 2010

85. Cave Creek Glade – June 2011
Full Glorious Bloom

86. Pale Purple Coneflower - Echinacea simulata

87. Pale Purple Coneflower - Echinacea simulata

88. Greater Spangled Fritillary - Speyeria cybele

89. 13-year Periodical Cicada – Magicicada sp.

91. Bell Smith Springs

92. Natural Bridge

93. Wild Ginger – Asarum canadense

94. Fence Lizard – Sceloporus undulatus

95. Eastern Box Turtle – Terrapene carolina

96. Northern Slimy Salamander
Plethodon glutinosus

97. Burden Falls

98. Burden Falls

99. Sandstone Glade - Garden of the Gods

101. Liesegang Banding

102. Spider Lily – Hymenocallis caroliniana

103. Indian Pink - Spigelia marilandica

104. Bellwort – Uvularia grandiflora

105. Starry Campion – Silene stellata

106. Walking Fern – Asplenium rhizophyllum

107. Milk Snake – Lampropeltis triangulum

108. Eastern Hognose Snake – Heterodon platirhinos

109. Racer – Coluber constrictor

110. Spicebush Swallowtail – Papilio troilus

111. Flying Squirrel – Glaucomys volans

112. Female Widow Skimmer – Libellula lactuosa

113. Male Widow Skimmer – Libellula lactuosa

114. Lusk Creek – Indian Kitchen

115. Cretaceous Hills

116. Whorled Pagonia Orchid – Isotria verticillata

117. Questions?