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Aquatic Habitats

Aquatic Species
Algae   Amphibians   Birds   Fish   Invertebrates   Mammals   Plants   Reptiles


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Aquatic Habitats
bottomland forests constructed lakes, ponds,and reservoirs
interior rivers and streams Mississippi River
Missouri River natural lakes and marshes
temporary water supplies wet prairies and fens

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Aquatic Species

Algae
anabaena chara chlorella
diatoms euglena microcystis
protozoa spirogyra volvox

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Amphibians
American toad blue-spotted salamander bullfrog
central newt crawfish frog cricket frog
Cope's gray treefrog Fowler's toad gray treefrog
great plains toad green frog mudpuppy
northern leopard frog pickerel frog plains leopard frog
plains spadefoot smallmouth salamander southern leopard frog
spring peeper tiger salamander western chorus frog
Woodhouse's toad

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Birds
American bittern American coot American white pelican
American wigeon American woodcock bald eagle
bank swallow black-crowned night-heron blue-winged teal
Canada goose cattle egret double-crested cormorant
great blue heron great egret greater yellowlegs
green heron hooded merganser killdeer
mallard northern harrier northern shoveler
osprey pied-billed grebe pileated woodpecker
prothonotary warbler red-winged blackbird ring-billed gull
sandhill crane semipalmated sandpiper sora
spotted sandpiper tree swallow trumpeter swan
wood duck yellow-crowned night-heron yellow-headed blackbird
yellow warbler

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Fish
American brook lamprey American eel banded darter
banded killifish bigmouth buffalo bigmouth shiner
black bullhead black crappie blacknose dace
blue sucker bluegill bluntnose minnow
bowfin brook silverside brook stickleback
brook trout brown trout burbot
central mudminnow central stoneroller channel catfish
chestnut lamprey common carp common shiner
creek chub emerald shiner fantail darter
fathead minnow flathead catfish freshwater drum
gizzard shad golden redhorse golden shiner
goldfish gravel chub green sunfish
hornyhead chub Johnny darter largemouth bass
longnose dace longnose gar muskellunge
northern hog sucker northern pike northern rock bass
orangespotted sunfish orangethroat darter Ozark minnow
paddlefish pumpkinseed quillback
rainbow darter rainbow trout red shiner
redear sunfish redfin shiner river carpsucker
river darter rosyface shiner sauger
shortnose gar shovelnose sturgeon slender madtom
slimy sculpin smallmouth bass smallmouth buffalo
southern redbelly dace spotfin shiner spottail shiner
spotted sucker stonecat suckermouth minnow
tadpole madtom Topeka shiner trout-perch
walleye warmouth white amur
white bass white crappie white sucker
yellow bass yellow bullhead yellow perch

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Invertebrates

Annelids
earthworm
 leech
Arthropods
water flea
Crustaceans
aquatic sowbug copepod devil crayfish
freshwater shrimp prairie crayfish rusty crayfish
scud virile crayfish white river crayfish
Insects and Spiders
backswimmer black fly caddisfly
crane fly crawling water beetle damselfly
deer fly dobsonfly dragonfly
fisher spider giant water bug horse fly
mayfly midge mosquito
predaceous diving beetle riffle beetle stonefly
Mollusks
Asian clam black sandshell butterfly
creek heelsplitter cylindrical papershell deertoe
elktoe ellipse fatmucket
fawnsfoot fingernailclams and peaclams flat floater
fluted-shell fragile papershell giant floater
hickorynut Higgins eye left-handed snails
lilliput mapleleaf monkeyface
mucket operculate snails paper pondshell
pimpleback pink heelsplitter pink papershell
pistolgrip plain pocketbook pondmussel
right-handed snails rock-pocketbook round pigtoe
spike squawfoot threehorn wartyback
threeridge Wabash pigtoe wartyback
washboard white heelsplitter yellow sandshell
zebra mussel
Other
freshwater sponge hydra planaria

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Mammals
badger beaver big brown bat
bobcat coyote eastern cottontail
eastern mole eastern pippistrelle ermine
evening bat fox squirrel Franklin's ground squirrel
gray fox hoary bat Indiana bat
least shrew least weasel little brown bat
long-tailed weasel masked shrew meadow jumping mouse
mink muskrat northern myotis
Norway rat pygmy shrew raccoon
red bat red squirrel river otter
short-tailed shrew silver-haired bat southern bog lemming
Virginia opossum western harvest mouse white-footed mouse
white-tailed deer woodchuck woodland vole

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Plants
American lotus black willow bladderwort
blue flag iris blue skullcap boneset
box elder broadleaf arrowhead bulrush
buttonbush cardinal flower clearweed
common cattail coontail cottonwood
curlyleaf pondweed duckweeds Eurasian watermilfoil
false nettle fog fruit fringed gentian
grass of Parnassus great blue lobelia horsetail
Kalm's lobelia leafy pondweed meadow beauty
pin oak prairie cord grass purple ammannia
purple loosestrife sago pondweed sandbar willow
silver maple skunk cabbage small white lady slipper
spatterdock spotted touch-me-not straw-colored nutsedge
swamp buttercup swamp milkweed sycamore
tall cotton-grass water hemlock water horehound
water milfoil water parsnip water pepper
water smartweed watermeal wild millet
winged loosestrife winterberry yellow ironweed
yellow monkey-flower

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Reptiles
alligator snapping turtle Blanding's turtle copperhead
diamondback water snake eastern hognose snake false map turtle
fox snake Graham's crayfish snake map turtle
massasauga northern water snake plains garter snake
red-eared turtle red-sided and eastern
garter snakes		 smooth earth snake
smooth green snake smooth softshell turtle snapping turtle
speckled kingsnake spiny softshell stinkpot
western painted turtle western ribbon snake wood turtle
yellow mud turtle yellowbelly water snake

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