Species Lists
Bernheim's 14,000 acres offers a rich variety of habitats for both plants and animals. Although inventory of our flora and fauna is ongoing, do check out what plants and animals currently share our environment. | | Acris crepitans | Northern cricket frog | Ambystoma jeffersonianum | Jefferson's salamander | Ambystoma maculatum | Spotted salamander | Ambystoma maculatum | Spotted salamander | Ambystoma opacum | Marbled salamander | Ambystoma texanum | Small-mouthed salamander | Bufo americanus | American toad | Bufo woodhousei fowleri | Fowler's toad | Desmognathus fuscus | Northern dusky salamander | Eurycea bislineata | Two-lined salamander | Eurycea cirrigera | Southern two-lined salamander | Eurycea longicauda | Long-tailed salamander | Eurycea lucifuga | Cave salamander | Hemidactylium scutatum | Four-toed Salamander | Hyla chrysoscelis | Cope's Gray Treefrog | Hyla cinerea | Green treefrog | Hyla versicolor | Gray treefrog (call only) | Notophthalmus viridescens | Red-spotted newt | Plethodon dorsalis | Zigzag salamander | Plethodon glutinosus | Slimy salamander | Plethodon richmondi | Ravine salamander | Pseudacris brachyphona | Mountain chorus frog | Pseudacris crucifer | Spring peeper | Pseudacris triseriata | Upland chorus frog | Pseudotriton montanus diastictus | Mud Salamander | Psuedotriton ruber | Red salamander | Rana areolata | Crawfish frog (call only) | Rana catesbeiana | Bullfrog | Rana clamitans | Green frog | Rana palustris | Pickerel frog | Rana pipiens | Northern leopard frog | Rana sylvaticus | Wood frog | Rana utricularia | Southern leopard frog | Scaphiopus holbrookii | Eastern Spadefoot (call only) |
back to list | | | 1 | Gavia immer | Common Loon | 2 | Podiceps auritus | Horned grebe | 3 | Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed grebe | 4 | Botaurus lentiginosus | American bittern | 5 | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern | 6 | Ardea herodias | Great blue heron | 7 | Ardea alba | Great egret | 8 | Egretta caerulea | Little blue heron | 9 | Bubulcus ibis | Cattle egret | 10 | Butorides virescens | Green heron | 11 | Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned night-heron | 12 | Cygnus columbianus | Tundra swan | 13 | Branta canadensis | Canada goose | 14 | Chen caerulescens | Snow goose | 15 | Aix sponsa | Wood duck | 16 | Anas platyrynchos | Mallard | 17 | Anas rubripes | American black duck | 18 | Anas strepera | Gadwall | 19 | Anas acuta | Northern pintail | 20 | Anas americana | American wigeon | 21 | Anas discors | Blue-winged Teal | 22 | Anas crecca | Green-winged teal | 23 | Aythya valisineria | Canvasback | 24 | Aythya americana | Redhead | 25 | Aythya collaris | Ring-necked duck | 26 | Aythya affinis | Lesser scaup | 27 | Bucephala clangula | Common goldeneye | 28 | Bucephala albeola | Bufflehead | 29 | Lophodytes cucullatus | Hooded merganser | 30 | Mergus merganser | Common merganser | 31 | Oxyura jamaicensis | Ruddy duck | 32 | Cathartes aura | Turkey vulture | 33 | Coragyps atratus | Black vulture | 34 | Circus cyaneus | Northern harrier | 35 | Accipter striatus | Sharp-shinned hawk | 36 | Buteo lineatus | Red-shouldered hawk | 37 | Buteo platypterus | Broad-winged hawk | 38 | Buteo jamaicensis | Red-tailed hawk | 39 | Buteo lagopus | Rough-legged hawk | 40 | Aquila chrysaetos | Golden eagle | 41 | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald eagle | 42 | Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | 43 | Falco sparverius | American kestrel | 44 | Colinus virginianus | Northern bobwhite | 45 | Bonasa umbellus | Ruffed grouse | 46 | Meleagris gallopavo | Wild turkey | 47 | Gallinula chloropus | Common moorhen | 48 | Fulica americana | American coot | 49 | Rallus elegans | King rail | 50 | Rallus limicola | Virginia rail | 51 | Porzana carolina | Sora | 52 | Grus canadensis | Sandhill crane | 53 | Charadrius semipalmatus | Semipalmated plover | 54 | Charadrius vociferus | Killdeer | 55 | Tringa melanoleuca | Greater yellowlegs | 56 | Tringa flavipes | Lesser yellowlegs | 57 | Tringa solitaria | Solitary sandpiper | 58 | Tringa erythropus | Spotted sandpiper | 59 | Calidris pusilla | Semipalmated sandpiper | 60 | Calidris minutilla | Least sandpiper | 61 | Calidris melanotos | Pectoral sandpiper | 62 | Scolopax minor | American woodcock | 63 | Gallinago gallinago | Common snipe | 64 | Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed gull | 65 | Sterna foresteri | Forester's tern | 66 | Chlidonias niger | Black tern | 67 | Zenaida macroura | Mourning dove | 68 | Columba livia | Rock dove | 69 | Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed cuckoo | 70 | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Black-billed cuckoo | 71 | Tyto alba | Barn-owl | 72 | Asio flammerus | Short-eared owl | 73 | Bubo virginanus | Great horned owl | 74 | Strix varia | Barred owl | 75 | Otus asio | Eastern screech-owl | 76 | Caprimulgus carolinensis | Chuck-wills-widow | 77 | Caprimulgus vociferus | Whip-poor-will | 78 | Chordeiles minor | Common nighthawk | 79 | Chaetura pelagica | Chimney swift | 80 | Archilochus colubris | Ruby-throated hummingbird | 81 | Ceryle alcyon | Belted kingfisher | 82 | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Red-headed woodpecker | 83 | Melanerpes carolinus | Red-bellied woodpecker | 84 | Sphyrapicus varius | Yellow-bellied sapsucker | 85 | Picoides pubescens | Downy woodpecker | 86 | Picoides villosus | Hairy woodpecker | 87 | Colaptes auratus | Northern flicker | 88 | Dryocopus pileatus | Pileated woodpecker | 89 | Contopus cooperi | Olive-sided flycatcher | 90 | Contopus virens | Eastern wood-pewee | 91 | Empidonax falviventris | Yellow-bellied flycatcher | 92 | Empidonax virescens | Acadian flycatcher | 93 | Empidonax traillii | Willow flycatcher | 94 | Empidonax minimus | Least flycatcher | 95 | Sayornis phoebe | Eastern phoebe | 96 | Myiarchus crinitus | Great crested flycatcher | 97 | Tyrannus tyrannus | Eastern kingbird | 98 | Lanius ludovicianus | Loggerhead shrike | 99 | Vireo olivaceus | Red-eyed vireo | 100 | Vireo gilvus | Warbling vireo | 101 | Vireo philadelphicus | Philadelphia vireo | 102 | Vireo griseus | White-eyed vireo | 103 | Vireo flavifrons | Yellow-throated vireo | 104 | Vireo solitarius | Blue-headed vireo | 105 | Cyanocitta cristata | Blue jay | 106 | Corvus brachyrhynchos | American crow | 107 | Eremophila alpestris | Horned lark | 108 | Progne subis | Purple martin | 109 | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Northern rough-winged swallow | 110 | Riparia riparia | Bank swallow | 111 | Tachycineta bicolor | Tree swallow | 112 | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Cliff swallow | 113 | Hirundo rustica | Barn swallow | 114 | Baeolophus bicolor | Tufted titmouse | 115 | Poecile carolinensis | Carolina chickadee | 116 | Sitta canadensis | Red-breasted nuthatch | 117 | Sitta carolinensis | White-breasted nuthatch | 118 | Certhia americana | Brown creeper | 119 | Thryothorus ludovicianus | Carolina wren | 120 | Thryothorus berwickii | Bewick's wren | 121 | Troglodytes aedon | House wren | 122 | Troglodytes troglodytes | Winter wren | 123 | Cistothorus platensis | Sedge wren | 124 | Cistothorus palustris | Marsh wren | 125 | Regulus satrapa | Golden-crowned kinglet | 126 | Regulus calendula | Ruby-crowned kinglet | 127 | Polioptila caerulea | Blue-gray gnatcatcher | 128 | Sialia sialis | Eastern bluebird | 129 | Turdus migratorius | American robin | 130 | Hylocichla mustelina | Wood thrush | 131 | Catharus fuscescens | Veery | 132 | Catharus ustulatus | Swainson's thrush | 133 | Catharus minimus | Gray-cheeked thrush | 134 | Cartharus guttatus | Hermit thrush | 135 | Dumetella carolinensis | Gray catbird | 136 | Mimus polyglottos | Northern mockingbird | 137 | Toxostoma rufum | Brown thrasher | 138 | Sturnus vulgaris | European starling | 139 | Anthus rubescens | American pipit | 140 | Bombycilla cedorum | Cedar waxwing | 141 | Parula americana | Northern parula | 142 | Vermivora celata | Orange-crowned warbler | 143 | Vermivora pinus | Blue-winged warbler | 144 | Vermivora chrysoptera | Golden-winged warbler | 145 | Vermivora peregrina | Tennessee warbler | 146 | Vermivora ruficapilla | Nashville warbler | 147 | Dendroica petechia | Yellow warbler | 148 | Dendroica pensylvanica | Chestnut-sided warbler | 149 | Dendroica magnolia | Magnolia warbler | 150 | Dendroica tigrina | Cape May warbler | 151 | Dendroica caerulescens | Black throated blue warbler | 152 | Dendroica cerulea | Cerulean warbler | 153 | Dendroica fusca | Blackburnian warbler | 154 | Dendroica coronata | Yellow-rumped warbler | 155 | Dendroica virens | Black-throated green warbler | 156 | Dindroica discolor | Prairie warbler | 157 | Dendroica palmarum | Palm warbler | 158 | Dendroica pinus | Pine warbler | 159 | Dendroica striata | Blackpoll warbler | 160 | Dendroica castanea | Bay-breasted warbler | 161 | Dendroica dominica | Yellow-throated warbler | 162 | Helmitheros vermivora | Worm-eating warbler | 163 | Protonotaria citrea | Prothonotary warbler | 164 | Mniotilta varia | Black-and-white warbler | 165 | Setophaga ruticilla | American redstart | 166 | Sciurus aurocapillus | Overbird | 167 | Sciurus noveboracensis | Northern waterthrush | 168 | Sciurus motacilla | Louisiana waterthrush | 169 | Oporornis formosus | Kenturky warbler | 170 | Oporornis agilis | Connecticut warbler | 171 | Oporornis philadelphia | Mourning warbler | 172 | Geothlypis trichas | Common yellowthroat | 173 | Wilsonia pusilla | Wilson's warbler | 174 | Wilsonia canadensis | Canada warbler | 175 | Wilsonia citrina | Hooded warbler | 176 | Icteria virens | Yellow-breasted chat | 177 | Piranga rubra | Summer tanager | 178 | Piranga olivacea | Scarlet tanager | 179 | Cardinalis cardinalis | Northern cardinal | 180 | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rose-breasted grosbeak | 181 | Guiraca caerulea | Blue grosbeak | 182 | Passerina cyanea | Indigo bunting | 183 | Spiza americana | Dickcissel | 184 | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Eastern Towhee | 185 | Spizella arborea | American tree sparrow | 186 | Spizella pusilla | Field sparrow | 187 | Spizella passerina | Chipping sparrow | 188 | Passerculus sandwichensis | Savannah sparrow | 189 | Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper sparrow | 190 | Zonotrichia albicollis | White-throated sparrow | 191 | Zonotrichia leucophrys | White-crowned sparrow | 192 | Passerella iliaca | Fox sparrow | 193 | Melospiza melodia | Song sparrow | 194 | Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln's sparrow | 195 | Melospiza geogiana | Swamp sparrow | 196 | Junco hyemalis | Dark-eyed junco | 197 | Sturnella magna | Eastern meadowlark | 198 | Dolichonyx orzivorus | Bobolink | 199 | Molothrus ater | Brown-headed cowbird | 200 | Agelaius phoeniceus | Red-winged blackbird | 201 | Euphagus carolinus | Rusty blackbird | 202 | Quiscalus quiscula | Common grackle | 203 | Icterus galbula | Baltimore oriole | 204 | Icterus spurius | Orchard oriole | 205 | Coccothraustes verpertinus | Evening grosbeak | 206 | Carpodacus purpureus | Purple finch | 207 | Carpodacus mexicanus | House finch | 208 | Loxia curvirostra | Red crossbill | 209 | Loxia leucoptera | White-winged crossbill | 210 | Carduelis pinus | Pine siskin | 211 | Carduelis tristis | American goldfinch | 212 | Passer domesticus | House sparrow |
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| Campostoma anomalum | Central stone roller | Catostomus commersoni | White sucker | Cottus carolinae | Banded sculpin | Ericymba buccata | Silverjaw minnow | Etheostoma blennioides | Greenside darter | Etheostoma caeruleum | Rainbow darter | Etheostoma flabellare | Fantail darter | Etheostoma nigrum | Johnny darter | Etheostoma spectabile | Orangethroat darter | Hypentelium nigricans | Northern hogsucker | Lepomis cyanellus | Green sunfish | Lepomis macrochirus | Bluegill | Lepomis megalotis | Longear sunfish | Luxilus chrysocephalus | Striped shiner | Lythrurus fasciolaris | Scarlet fin shiner | Micropterus dolomieu | Smallmouth bass | Notemigonus crysoleucas | Golden shiner | Notropis atherinoides | Emerald shiner | Percina maculata | Blackside darter | Percina shumardi | River darter | Pimephales notatus | Bluntnose minnow | Semotilus atromaculatus | Creek chub |
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| Blarina brevicauda | Short-tailed shrew | Canus latrans | Coyote | Castor canadensis | Beaver | Cryptotis parva | Least shrew | Didelphis virginiana | Possum | Eptesicus fuscus | Big Brown Bat | Glaucomys volans | Flying squirrel | Lasiurus borealis | Eastern red bat | Marmota monax | Woodchuck | Mephitis mephitis | Striped skunk | Microtus ochrogaster | Prairie voles | Microtus pennsylvanicus | Meadow voles | Microtus pinetorum | Pine vole | Myotis keenii | Keen's bat | Myotis lucifugus | Little brown bat | Myotis septentrionalis | Northern myotis | Nycticeius humeralis | Evening bat | Odocoileus virginianus | White-tailed deer | Peromyscus leucopus | White-footed mouse | Peromyscus maniculatus | Deer mouse | Pipistrellus subflavus | Eastern pipistrelle | Procyon lotor | Raccoon | Reithrodontomys humulis | Eastern Harvest mouse | Scalopus aquaticus | Mole | Scirurus carolinensis | Gray Squirrel | Scirus niger | Fox Squirrel | Sorex fumeus | Smokey shrew | Sorex hoyi | Pygmy shrew | Sorex longirostris | Southeastern shrew | Sylvilagus floridanus | Eastern cottontail | Synaptomys cooperi | Southern bog lemming | Tamias striatus | Eastern chipmunk | Vulpes fulva | Red fox | Zapus hudsonius | Meadow jumping mouse |
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Below is a comprehensive list of all plants identified from the natural areas of Bernheim' s Research Forest. This list is based on the reports of Charles R. Gunn (1959. A Flora of Bernheim Forest, Bullitt County, Kentucky, Castanea, 24: 61-98) and Max E. Medley (1984. The spontaneous Vascular Flora of Bernheim Forest, Bullitt County, Kentucky, Special Report, University of Louisville). This list also includes some hybrids from the arboretum areas. Acanthaceae - Aspleniaceae Asteraceae - Convolvulaceae Cornaceae - Fagaceae Fumariaceae - Loranthaceae Lythraceae - Plantanaceae Poaceae Polemoniaceae - Typhaceae Ulmaceae - Vitaceae back to list
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| Carphophis amoenus | Worm snake | Chelydra serpentina | Common Snapping Turtle | Coluber constrictor | Black racer | Crotalus horridus | Timber Rattlesnake | Diadophis punctatus | Ringneck snake | Eumeces fasciatus | Five-lined Skink | Graptemys geographica | Common Map Turtle | Heterodon playtrhinos | Eastern hognose snake | Lampropeltis getulus | Common kingsnake | Sceloporus undulatus | Eastern fence lizard | Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus | Northern Fence Lizard | Scincella lateralis | Ground skink | Storeria dekayi | Northern Brown Snake | Storeria occipitomaculata | Redbelly snake | Terrapene carolina | Eastern Box Turtle | Thamnophis sirtalis | Common garter snake | Virginia valeriae | Smooth earth snake |
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