{"id":867,"date":"2007-04-27T20:44:07","date_gmt":"2007-04-28T01:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?p=867"},"modified":"2008-11-30T18:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T23:19:00","slug":"blogger-bioblitz-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?p=867","title":{"rendered":"Blogger BioBlitz 2007 final list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was my only day off this week, and I had planned to do my Blogger BioBlitz survey today, trying to find how many of each different species — plant, animal, fungi and anything in between — live within the small area I chose to survey (the garden at First Unitarian in New Bedford). We had heavy downpours most of the day, so I had to cut the survey short. In between rain squalls, I took as many photos of living things as possible; I also relied on photos and notes I had taken earlier in the week when I was surveying the area. Unfortunately, the weather meant that I didn’t have time to search out many animals (e.g., I wasn’t able to dig up some soil and look through it for invertebrates, etc.).<\/p>\n

My identification of many plants was hampered because it’s still early in spring and many plants have just begun to emerge from dormancy or sprout from seeds; and only a few of the flowering plants were actually in flower. I’m thinking I may continue with this survey of living things over the course of the summer, to see if I can do additional identifications.<\/p>\n

I’ve included my list of organisms below, arranged in rough taxonomic order. Over the next week, I’ll be working on further identifications as well as filling in the taxonomic order, and when done I’ll update this entry. (Final update, 28 April, link to final data sheet included.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Video tour of the site<\/a>.
\nPhotos from field work<\/a>.
\nFirst post on Blogger Bioblitz 2007<\/a>.
\nSecond post on Blogger Bioblitz 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Living organisms found in the garden at First Unitarian in New Bedford, Massachusetts, during Blogger BioBlitz week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Latitude: 41.634\u00c2\u00b0N — Longitude: 70.930\u00c2\u00b0W
\nApprox. area covered: 0.2 hectare.
\nField work was done: 23 April, 4-5:30 p.m. EDT; 27 April, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
\nWeather: 23 April, Sunny, 15 C. — 26 April, heavy rain, 11 C.
\nAll field work done by Dan Harper. Total observer hours: 2.5.
\nObviously cultivated plants not included (i.e., daffodils, tulips, flowering trees and shrubs, etc., were not included).
\nAn asterisk * indicates that a photo is available.
\nDownload the final data sheet as an Excel file: Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Animal kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phylum: Chordata
\nSubphylum: Vertebrata
\nClass: Mammalia
\nOrder: Primates<\/em>
\nFamily: Hominidae<\/em> Homo sapiens (Human Being)<\/p>\n

Order: Rodentia<\/em>
\nFamily: Sciuridae<\/em> Sciurus carolinensis (Eastern Gray Squirrel) *<\/p>\n

Class: Aves<\/em>
\nOrder: Charadriiformes<\/em>
\nFamily: Larinae<\/em> Larus argentatus (Herring Gull) *<\/p>\n

Order: Columbiformes<\/em>
\nFamily: Columbidae<\/em> Columba livia (Rock Pigeon) *
\nZenaida macroura (Mourning Dove)<\/p>\n

Order: Passeriformes
\nFamily: Turdidae<\/em> Turdus migratorious (American Robin)<\/p>\n

Family: Sturnidae<\/em> Sturnus vulgaris (European Starling)<\/p>\n

Family: Fringillidae<\/em> Carpodacus mexicanus (House Finch)<\/p>\n

Family: Passeridae<\/em> Passer domesticus (House Sparrow) *<\/p>\n

Phylum: Arthropoda
\nSubphylum: Crustacea
\nClass: Malacostraca
\nOrder: Isopoda
\nSuborder: Oniscidea<\/em><\/p>\n

Family: ?<\/em> Woodlouse, sp? *
\n[With over 10,000 species of woodlice, I don’t expect to ID genus, let alone species!]<\/p>\n

Class: Insecta
\nOrder: Hymenoptera
\nSuperfamily: Scolioidea<\/em><\/p>\n

Family: Formicidae<\/em> Ant, sp? *
\nAnt, sp? *
\nAnt, sp? *
\n[My field guide to insects does not go below the family level on ants.]<\/p>\n

Order Diptera?
\nFamily: ?<\/em> Fly, sp? *<\/p>\n

Order: ?
\nFamily: ?<\/em> Unknown insect *<\/p>\n

Kingdom: Protista or Plantae<\/strong><\/p>\n

Green algae, sp? *<\/p>\n

Kingdom: Fungi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Division: Ascomycota
\nClass: Ascomycetes
\nOrder: Lecanorales<\/em>
\nFamily: Physciaceae<\/em> Phaeophyscia ciliata? (lichen) *<\/p>\n

Unidentified crustose lichen *
\nUnidentified fruticose lichen *<\/p>\n

Kingdom: Plantae<\/strong><\/p>\n

Division: Bryophyta
\nClass: Bryopsida
\nOrder: Dicranales<\/em>
\nFamily: Dicranaceae<\/em> Dicranum scoparium (Dicranum moss) *<\/p>\n

Order: ?
\nFamily: ?<\/em> Moss, sp? *<\/p>\n

Division: Lycopodiophyta
\nClass: Lycopodiopsida
\nOrder: Lycopodiales<\/em>
\nFamily: Huperziaceae<\/em> Huperzia porophila\/Lycopodium lucidulum (Rock Clubmoss) *<\/p>\n

Division: Magnoliophyta
\nClass: Liliopsida
\nOrder: Poales
\nFamily: Poaceae<\/em> 3 unknown grasses *<\/p>\n

Subfamily: Panicoideae<\/em> Digitaria ischaemum (Smooth crabgrass)? *<\/p>\n

Class: Magnoliopsida
\nOrder: Fagales<\/em>
\nFamily: Fagaceae<\/em> Quercus rubra (Red Oak) *<\/p>\n

Order: Malvales<\/em>
\nFamily: Malvaceae<\/em> Tilia americana (Basswood or Linden) *<\/p>\n

Order: Sapindales<\/em>
\nFamily: Sapindaceae<\/em> Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple) *<\/p>\n

Family: Simaroubaceae<\/em> Ailanthus altissima (Chinese Sumac) *<\/p>\n

Order: Asterales
\nFamily: Compositae\/Asteraceae<\/em> Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion) *
\nTaraxacum erythrospermum? (Red-seeded Dandelion) *
\nHypochoeris radicata? (Cat’s ear) *<\/p>\n

Order: Fabales<\/em>
\nFamily: Leguminosae\/Fabaceae<\/em> Trifolium incarnatum (Crimson clover)? *<\/p>\n

Order: Solanales
\nFamily: Solanaceae<\/em> Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet)<\/p>\n

Order: Malpighiales
\nFamily: Violaceae<\/em> Viola sororia (Common Blue Violet) [N.B.: Peterson Field Guide and others have this as Viola papilionacea.]<\/p>\n

Class: Lilliopsida
\nOrder: Liliales<\/em>
\nFamily: Liliaceae<\/em> Allium vineale (Wild Garlic) *<\/p>\n

Order: Caryophyllales<\/em>
\nFamily: Caryophyllaceae<\/em> Stellaria media (Common Chickweed) *<\/p>\n

Order: Asparagales
\nFamily: Hyacinthaceae<\/em> Muscari botryoides (Grape hyacinth — not found in any cultivated areas, so I’m counting this as an escaped species.)<\/p>\n

Unknown plant in flower *<\/p>\n

*****
\nReference works:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mammals: Mammals of the Eastern United States<\/em>, Whitaker and Hamilton. 3rd ed. Cornell Univ, 1998.<\/p>\n

Birds: AOU Checklist and Birds of Eastern and Central North America<\/em>, Peterson. 5th ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2002.<\/p>\n

Woodlice: None.<\/p>\n

Insects: Insects<\/em>, Borror and White (Peterson Field Guide Series). Houghton Mifflin, 1970. This guide proved to be less than adequate, since it generally identifies only down to the Family level.<\/p>\n

Lichens: http:\/\/www.lichen.com\/portraits.html<\/p>\n

Dicranum mosses: http:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/java\/profile?symbol=DICRA8<\/p>\n

Vascular plants:
\nA Field Guide to the Ferns and their Related Families<\/em>, Cobb. Houghton Mifflin, 1956.
\nA Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America<\/em>, Peterson and McKenny. Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
\nThe Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region<\/em>, Niering and Olmstead. Knopf, 1979.
\nCommon Weeds of the United States<\/em>, USDA. Dover, 1971. Original title: Selected Weeds of the United States<\/em>.
\nTrees of the Eastern United States and Canada<\/em>, Harlow. Whittlesey House, 1942. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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