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Canebrake biota

This table offers a summary of biota commonly associated with canebrakes in the Southeast from data presented by Platt et al. 2001.

Species

 

Utilization of resource

 

Food1

Habitat/
Cover

Reproductive/
Nesting

Documented
Associates

MAMMALS

 

 

 

 

Bison (Bison bison)

X

X

 

X

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

X

X

 

X

Elk (Cervus elaphus)

X

X

 

X

Black bear (Ursus americanus)

X

X

 

X

Swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)

X

X

 

X

Carnivores

 

 

 

 

Cougars (Felis concolor)

X

 

 

X

Bobcats (Lynx rufus)

X

 

 

X

Wolves (Canis rufus)

X

 

 

X

Florida panther (Felis concolor coryi)

X

 

 

X

Insectivores

 

 

 

 

Short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda)

 

 

 

X

Southeastern shrew (Sorex longirostrus)

 

 

 

X

Least shrew (Cryptotis parva)

 

 

 

X

Rodents

 

 

 

 

Southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi helaletes)

 

 

 

X

Golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli)

 

 

X

X

Rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)

 

 

 

X

Harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens and R. humulis)

 

 

 

X

Cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus)

 

 

 

X

Cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)

 

 

 

X

White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)

 

 

 

X

Meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

 

 

 

X

Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana)

 

 

X

X

Tree squirrels (Sciurus spp.)

 

 

 

X

Beaver (Castor canadensis)

X

 

 

X

BIRDS

 

 

 

 

Bachman\xe2\x80\x99s warbler (Vermivora bachmanii)

X

X

X

X

Swainson\xe2\x80\x99s warbler (Limnothlysis swainsonii)

X

X

X

X

Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

X

X

X

X

Passenger Pigeon (Extopistes migratorius)

X

 

 

X

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

 

 

X

X

Common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

 

X

 

X

American robin (Turdus migratorius)

 

X

 

X

Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

 

 

X

X

Hooded warbler (Wilsonia citrina)

 

 

X

X

White-eyed vireo (Vireo griseus)

 

 

X

X

Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

 

X

 

X

Kentucky warbler (Oporornis formosus)

 

X

 

X

Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

 

X

 

X

Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea)

 

X

 

X

Worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus)

 

X

 

X

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)

 

X

 

X

Carolina parakeets (Conuropsis carolinensis)

X

X

X

X

REPTILES

 

 

 

 

Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)

X

 

 

X

Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)

X

 

 

X

Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus and C. horridus atricaudatus)

X

 

 

X

Pygmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius)

X

 

 

X

INVERTEBRATES

 

 

 

 

Creole pearly eye (Enodia creola)

X

X

X

X

Southern pearly eye (Enodia portlandia)

X

X

X

X

Southern swamp skipper (Poanes yehl)

X

X

X

X

Cobweb little skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapius)

X

X

X

X

Cane little skipper (Amblyscirtes reversa)

X

X

X

X

Yellow little skipper (Amblyscirtes carolina)

X

X

X

X

Other documented invertebrate families Meanley (1966)

 

 

 

 

Carabidae

 

 

 

X

Cryptophagidae

 

 

 

X

Formicidae

 

 

 

X

Gryllidae

 

 

 

X

Ichneumonidae

 

 

 

X

Platygasteridae

 

 

 

X

Staphylinidae

 

 

 

X

Tenebrionidae

 

 

 

X

Tettigoniidae

 

 

 

X

1  Many of the above species use canebrakes as an indirect food source.  For example, bobcats prey upon swamp rabbits that frequent the canebrakes, they do not directly feed on the cane as a forage.

 

 


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