Adventure Time in the Wetlands
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The King of Hide and Seek
Common Name: Zebra Periwinkle
Scientific Name: Littorina Lineolata
Found: Our attempt to find this interesting guy was in Grand Isle
Habitat: Salt Water
Bob
Common Name: Shoal Flounder
Scientific Name: Syacium Gunteri
Found: Fourchon
Habitat: Salt Water Marshes
And this is his close cousin :)
Swamp Maple aka Red Maple
Common Name: Swamp Maple or The Red Maple
Scientific Name: Acer Rubrum
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh Water
Cattails
Common Name: Cattail
Scientific Name: Typha spp. L
Found: City Park and Big Branch Trips
Habitat: Fresh or Intermediate Marsh
Duck Weed
Common Name: Duck Weed
Scientific Name: Lemna Minor
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh or Intermediate Marsh
Alligator Weed
Common Name: Alligator Weed
Scientific Name: Alternanthera Philoxeroides
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh Water
Mr. Cuddles
Common Name: American Alligator
Scientific Name: Alligator Mississippiensis
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh Water
Elephantsear
Common Name: Elephantsear
Scientific Name: Colocssia Antiquorum
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh Water Marshes
Saw Grass
Common Name: Saw Grass
Scientific Name: Cladium Jamaicense
Found: Big Branch
Habitat: Fresh or Intermediate
Luna
Common Name: Moon Snail
Scientific Name: Polinices Duplicatus
Found: Grand Isle / On the beach
Habitat: Salt Water
Bull-Tounge
Common Name: Bull-Tounge
Scientific Name: Sagittaria Lancifolia
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh Water
Baldcypress
Common Name: Baldcypress
Scientific Name: Taxodium Distichum
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh Water Marsh
Glasswort
Common Name: Glasswork
Scientific Name: Salicornia Eurpoea
Found: Grand Isle
Habitat: Salt Marsh / Swamp
Rattle Boxes
Common Name: Rattle Boxes
Scientific Name: Sesbania Drummondii
Found: City Park
Habitat: Fresh Water
ROCKO
Common Name: Brown Pelican
Scientific Name: Pelecanus Occidentails
Found: Grand Isle
Habitat: Salt Water Areas
Nemo
Common Name: Oyster Drill
Scientific Name: Thais Haemastoma
Found: Grand Isle /On the beach/ Gulf side
Habitat: Salt Water
Yellow Foxtail
Common Name: Yellow Foxtail
Scientific Name: Setaria Glauca
Found: City Park
Habitat: Fresh Water
Dwarf Palmetto
Common Name: Dwarf Palmetto
Scientific Name: Sabal Minor
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh
Mr. T
Common Name: Diamondback Terrapin
Scientific Name: Terrapin Pileata
Found: Bayou Savage
Habitat: Salt or Intermediate Habitats
Salt Grass
Common Name: Salt Grass
Scientific Name: Distichlis Spicata
Found: Grand Isle
Habitat: Brackish
Zeek
Common Name: Pogy
Scientific Name: Brevoorita Patronus
Found: Bayou Savage
Habitat: Intermediate
Fluffy
Common Name: Alligator Snapping Turtle
Scientific Name : Macroclemys Temminickii
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh Water
Lucy Lou
Common Name: Gulf Killifish
Scientific Name: Fundulus Grandis
Found: Fourchon
Habitat: Intermediate
Teddy
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Common Name: Green Tree Frog
Common Name: Hyla Cinerea
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh Water Swamp/ Marsh
"Vegitation"
Common Name:
Scientific Name:
Found:
Habitat:
Chip the Chipper Chirper
Common Name: Redwing Blackbird
Scientific Name: Agelaius Phoeniceus
Found: Lumcon / Fourchon
Habitat: Salt Water Marshes/ Swamps
Iris
Common Name: Iris
Scientific Name: Iris Viginica
Found: Manshack
Habitat:Fresh Water
Sedges Have Edges :)
Common Name: Sedges
Scientific Name:
Found: Grand Isle
Habitat: Salt
I WASNT EXACTLY SURE THAT THIS WAS A SEDGE BUT I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME THE TERM " SEDGES HAVE EDGES" WHEN WE LOOK AT THEM SO SEDGE WAS MY BEST GUESS :)
Gooseneck Barnacles
Common Name: Gooseneck Barnacles
Scientific Name: Lepas Anatifera
Found: Grand Isle/ The Gulf
Habitat: Salt Marsh/Salt Water/ Gulf
Spongebob
Common Name : Stout Razor
Scientific Name:
Found: Grand Isle / Gulf
Habitat: Salt Marsh
Lance
Common Name: Sheepshead Minnow
Scientific Name: Cyprinodon Variegatus
Found: Bayou Savage
Habitate: Intermediate
Comb Jellehhh
Common Name: Comb Jellies
Scientific Name: Phylum Ctenophora
Found: Grand Isle/ The Gulf
Habitat: Salt Water/ Gulf
Acorn Barnacles
Common Name: Acorn Barnacles
Scientific Name: Chthamalus
Found: Grand Isle
Habitat : Salt Water
Mangrove
Common Name: Black Mangrove
Scientific Name: Avicennia Germinans
Found: Grand Isle
Habitat: Brackish / Salt ( sometimes)
Duck Potato
Common Name: Duck Potato
Scientific Name: Sagittaria Latifolia L.
Found: Manshack
Habitat: Fresh or Intermediate Marsh
Jacolbi
Common Name: Water Scorpion
Scientific Name:Heteroptera Nepidae
Found: City Park
Habitat: Fresh Water
Team Rocket
Common Name: Tube-Building Worms
Scientific Name: Diopatra Cupraea
Found: Grand Isle /Fourchon
Habitat: Salt Water/ Gulf
Charlie
Common Name: Souther Leopard Frog
Scientific Name: Rana Utricularia
Found: Big Branch
Habitat: Fresh Water
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Stripped Hermit Crab
Common Name: Stripped Hermit crab
Scientific Name: Clibanarius Vittatus
Found: Grand Isle
Habitat: Salt Water Marsh
Gulliver the Blue Crab :)
Common Name: The Blue Crab aka "Gulliver"
Scientific Name: Callinectes Sapidus
Found: Grand Isle
Habitat: Salt Water
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