biological inventory
This is Piedmont Wildlife Center’s ongoing list of species observed and identified in Leigh Farm Park, Durham, NC. We are constantly adding to this inventory as our Conservation team checks trail cameras and conducts field research, and our Education team runs into plenty of cool critters and plants during camps and homeschool!
Want to help add to our Biological Inventory? Attend one of our BioBlitz events and help us find and identify as many critters as we can!
Find something cool at the park? Send us a photo and the location you found it so we can add it to our inventory.
flora
trees & other woody plants
More Trees & Other Woody Plants +
Common fig (Ficus carica)
Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Black Oak (Quercus velutina)
Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana)
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
Herbaceous plants
More Plants +
Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasco)
Climbing Milkweed (Cynanchum laeve)
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
fungi
fauna
mammals
More Mammals +
Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
House mouse (Mus musculus)
Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)
Meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
Groundhog (Marmota monax)
Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
birds
More Birds +
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Eastern Wood Pewee (Contopus virens)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
arachnids
arthropods
More arthropods +
Wood Lice (Porcellio scaber)
Brown Lacewing (Chrysoperla camea)
Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
White-marked tussock moth (Orgyia leucostima)
Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria)
Geometer moth (Geometridae sp.)
amphibians
More amphibians +
Fowler's Toad (Bufo fowleri)
Pickerel Frog (Rana palustris)
reptiles
More reptiles +
Mole Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata)
