Old Mill Forest
Ferns
- Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken)
- Gymnocarpium dryopteris (Oak Fern)
- Polystichum arostichoides (Christmas Fern)
Shrubs
- Calycanthus floridus (Sweet Shrub)
- Viburnum acerifolium (Maple-leaf Viburnum)
Trees
- Pinus taeda (Loblolly Pine)
- Pinus palustris (Longleaf Pine)
- Pinus echinata (Shortleaf Pine)
- Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory)
- Carya glabra (Pignut Hickory)
- Fagus grandifolia (American Beech)
- Quercus alba (White Oak)
- Quercus lyrata (Overcup Oak)
- Quercus prinus (Chestnut Oak)
- Quercus marilandica (Blackjack Oak)
- Ulmus americana (American Elm)
- Ulmus alata (Winged Elm)
- Magnolia acuminata (Cucumbertree)
- Liriodendron tulipifera (Yellow poplar or Tulip
Tree)
- Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum)
- Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
- Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)
- Acer leucoderme (Chalk Maple)
- Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree)
- Hamamelis virginiana (Witch-hazel)
- Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)
- Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood)
- Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel)
- Albizia julibrissin (Mimosa tree)
- Cercis canadensis (Redbud)
- Sassafras albidum (Sassafras)
Plants identified by Jenny Akridge, Stephanie Chastain,
Josh Gernatt, John Graham, Brooke Landis, Melissa Silvers, Phano Som, Stephanie
Smith, Mary Jo Thornton, John Vigna, and Sarah Williams.
Wildflowers
March-April
- Claytonia virginica (Spring-Beauty)
- Cardamine diphylla (Tooth wort)
- Cardamine hirsuta (Bitter Cress)
- Viola hirsutula (Violet)
- Epigaea repens (Trailing Arbutus)
- Houstonia caerulea (Bluets)
- Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion)
May
- Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon's Seal)
- Galax aphylla (Galax)
- Erigeron philadelphicus (Daisy Fleabane)
October
- Aster sp.
- Erechtites hieracifolia (Fireweed)
- Eupatorium serotinum (Late Flowering Thoroughwort)
- Gnaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet Everlasting)
- Solidago odora
Plants identified by Jenny Akridge, Stephanie Chastain,
John Graham, Brooke Landis, Melissa Silvers, Stephanie Smith, Mary Jo Thornton,
and Sarah Williams.
Terrestrial Arthropods
- Centruoides sp. (Scorpion)
- unidentified Diplopoda (Millipede)
- Ceuthophilus sp. (Cave Cricket)
- Odontotaenius disjunctus (Horned Passalus Beetle)
- unidentified carabid beetles
Arthropods identified by Jessica Andrews, Raina Eshleman,
Gabe Dobson, John Graham, Jordan Knight, Scott McIntosh, and Jessie Soderquist.
Terrestrial Vertebrates
- Acris crepitans crepitans (Northern Cricket Frog)
- Eurycea bislineata (Two-lined Salamander)
- Desmognathus fuscus fuscus (Northern Dusky Salamander)
- Pseudotriton ruber ruber (Northern Red Salamander)
- Anolis cybotes (Green Anole)
- Carphophis amoenus (Worm Snake)
- Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake)
- Nerodia erythrogaster (Plainbelly Water Snake)
- Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperhead)
- Odocoileus virginianus (Whitetail Deer)
Last Updated 1 February 2008
This is not a complete list of the taxa found at the Old
Mill. Specimens of plants and arthropods were collected by students
in John Graham's Biological Diversity (BIO 106) course
at Berry College. Vertebrates were either collected and released or
observed at this site. Collections were made on the hill just above
the Old Mill Pond, along the stream above the pond, and in the forest near
the parking lot.
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