Menomonie, Wisconsin History/Local Species

The Local Species of Menomonie, Wisconsin refers to species in the City of Menomonie in Dunn County, Wisconsin. The area shows aspects of both Northern and Southern Wisconsin species, such as the northern prominent American Black Bear, and southern common Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel. Like the rest of Wisconsin, Menomonie has a wide variety of bird species, allowing for bird watching and hunting to be enjoyed. It also has a variety of wetlands and lakes, with a fish population ready for fishing, but not without other problems. Most species here for at least thousands of years, with few suffering extinction (such as the Passenger Pigeon) and some migrating from Europe and other parts of the world.

Eastern Grey Squirrel in Menomonie — Eastern Grey Squirrel on the UW-Stout Campus

Tertiary Life

Dunn County shares a myriad of species with the rest of Wisconsin, and though they vary in rarity, they all have important ecological niches to fill. While Wisconsin has very few snake and other reptile species, the warm-blooded birds and mammals can handle the colder Winter temperatures, or can simply migrate in the bird's case.

Mammals^[1]

Small Mammals (Rodents and kin)

Eastern Grey Squirrel
Least Weasel
Cottontail Rabbit
Field Mouse
House Mouse
Black Rat
Brown Rat

Medium Mammals (Small game and others)

Striped Skunk
Muskrat
American Beaver
Common Raccoon
Coyotes
Red Fox
American Badger
Woodchuck
Brown Fox

Virginia Opossum

Large Mammals (Ungulates and Carnivores)

White-tailed Deer
Black Bear
Grey Wolf

Marsupials

Virginia Opossum

Reptiles^[2]

Snakes and Lizards

Smooth Green Snake
Western Fox Snake
Common Gartersnake
Brown Snake
Northern Redbelly Snake
Northern Watersnake
Prairie Skink

Painted Turtle

Turtles and Tortoises

Painted Turtle
Snapping Turtle
Wood Turtle

Amphibians^[2]

Green Frog
Tope's Grey tree Frog
Blanchard's Cricket Frog

Common Birds^[3]

Killdeer

Owls

Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barn Owl
Barred Owl

Aquatic Based Birds (Ducks, Herons, etc.)

Common Loon
Wood Duck
Great Blue Heron
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Canada Goose

Hawks, Eagles, and Falcons

Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon

Doves and Pigeons

Mourning Dove
Common Ground Dove
Rock Dove (Pigeon)

Hairy Woodpecker

Shrikes, Chickadees, and Thrushes

American Robin
Northern Shrike
Black-capped Chickadee

Finches and Sparrows

American Goldfinch
House Finch
Purple Finch
House Sparrow

Cardinals and Grosbeaks

Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

Swallows

Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Woodpeckers

Pileated Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Ruffed Grouse

Game Birds

Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse

Crows, Ravens, and Jays

American Crow
Common Raven
Blue Jay

Hummingbirds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Insects and Spiders^[4]

Insects (Flies, Bees, and kin)

House Fly
Honey Bee
American Bumblebee
Cranefly
Giant Mayfly
Mosquito
Blue Dasher

Beetles, True Bugs, and Others

Blue Dasher

American Cockroach
Ladybug
Boxelder Bug
Big Dipper Firefly
Common Pillbug
Hister Beetle
Milkweed Bug
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Silverfish

Crickets and Hoppers

Carolina Locust
House Cricket
Periodical Cicada

Moths and Butterflies

Luna Moth
Banded Woolly Caterpillar Moth
Monarch Butterflies

Arachnids

American House Spider
Banded Garden Spider
Black-legged Tick
Black and Yellow Garden Spider

Aquatic Life

Menomonie has a large population of game fish, mostly species of Bass and other small fish for frying. However, Lake Menomin, the main lake of Menomonie, is notorious for its large algae blooms, dissuading fishermen and other possible lakefront property buyers. This also has negative effects on the ecosystem, causing the water to be low in oxygen, causing trouble for purely aquatic species, and increases turbidity, or the measurable murkiness of the water.

Largemouth Bass

Fish^[5]

Bass
- Smallmouth
- Largemouth
Black Crappie
Bluegill
Bullhead
Catfish
Muskellunge
Northern Pike
Panfish
Walleye
Yellow Perch

Duckweed

Shellfish

Red Swamp Crayfish
Zebra Muscles

Water Weeds and Others^[6]

Bladderwort
Coontail
Duckweed
Eel-Grass
Elodea
Giant Reed
Northern Water-milfoil
Spiny Naiad
Watermeal
White Water Lily

Plant Life

Due to Menomonie's temperate climate, it, like the rest of northern Wisconsin, is populated with plants species adapted to survive cold winters and warm summers. Most of the tree species are rough and hard, while the plant species are rough and not-so delicate. It has its share of both broad-leafed angiosperms and needled gymnosperms, both contributing to the ecosystem in their own way; while wild White-tail Deer prefer acorns from the Oak trees, Mourning Doves prefer nesting in the thick branches of a Spruce tree.

Angiosperms^[7]

Alder

Speckled Alder

Ashes

Black Ash
White Ash
American Mountain Ash
Green Ash

Paper Birch

Aspen

Big-tooth Aspen
Quaking Aspen

Birches

Paper Birch
River Birch
Yellow Birch
Heart-leaved Birch

Elms

American Elm
Rock Elm

Fruit Trees

Apple
Butternut
Wild Plum
Canadian Plum
Chokecherry
Black Cherry
Pin Cherry
Staghorn Sumac
Northern Hackberry

Hawthorn

Sugar Hawthorn
Fireberry Hawthorn
Dotted Hawthorn
Fleshy Hawthorn

Hazels

American Witch-hazel

Hickory

Yellow-bud Hickory

Locusts

Black Locusts

White Oak

Maples

Silver Maple
Sugar Maple
Red Maple
Mountain Maple
Box Elder

Oaks

Bur/Burr Oak
White Oak

Northern Red Oak
Hill's Oak
Black Oak

Willows

Weeping Willow
Bebb's Willow

-Woods

Eastern Cottonwood
Ironwood
American Basswood
Muscle-wood
Alternate-leaved Dogwood

Gymnosperms^[7]

Pines

Jack Pine
Red Pine
White Pine

White Cedar

Cedars

Eastern Red-cedar
White Cedar

Firs

Balsum Fir

Hemlocks

Eastern Hemlock

Tamarack

Tamarack

Spruces

Black Spruce
Blue Spruce
White Spruce

Junipers

Common Juniper

Yew

American Yew

Flowering Plants^[8]

Spring

Dandelion
Blue Violet
Canada Violet
Trout Lily
Starflower
Twin Flower
Forget-me-not
Tall Buttercup
Large Flowered Bellwort
Columbine
Moccasin Flower

Forget-me-not (Flower)

Summer

Ox-eyed Daisy
Purple Clover
Alsike Clover
Wild Rose
Bergamot Orange
Birds-foot Trefoil
Bush Honeysuckle
Skunk Current
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Pink Pyrola
Mustard
Yellow Bullhead Lily
Pitcher Plant
Blue Flag Iris
Harebell
Wild Ginger
Water Hemlock
Yarrow

Bloodroot
Barren Ground Strawberry
Wild Oats
Milkweed
Bunchberry
Wintergreen
Blue-eyed Grass
Fireweed
Leatherleaf
Pickerel Weed

External Links

http://www.menomonie-wi.gov/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Wisconsin

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Invasives/documents/NR40Aquatics.pdf

https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/tree_list_by_Latin.htm

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/species/

References

↑ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2015, from http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/furbearers.html
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10, 2015, from http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/herps.asp
↑ List of birds of Wisconsin. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Wisconsin
↑ Wisconsin Insects and Bugs. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2015, from http://www.insectidentification.org/insects-by-state.asp?
↑ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved November 17, 2015, from http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/lakepages/LakeDetail.aspx?wbic=2065900
↑ Aquatic Plant Identification. (2015). Retrieved December 17, 2015, from http://www.lakeandpondsolutions.com/helpful-info/aquatic-plant-identification
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Trees of Wisconsin: List of angiosperm trees. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2015, from https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/tree_list_by_Latin.htm
↑ Baker, C. (n.d.). Wildflowers of Northern Wisconsin. Retrieved December 17, 2015, from http://www.whipinvasives.org/pdfdocuments/wildflowers.pdf

[1] Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2015, from http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/furbearers.html

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10, 2015, from http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/herps.asp

[3] List of birds of Wisconsin. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Wisconsin

[4] Wisconsin Insects and Bugs. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2015, from http://www.insectidentification.org/insects-by-state.asp?

[5] Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved November 17, 2015, from http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/lakepages/LakeDetail.aspx?wbic=2065900

[6] Aquatic Plant Identification. (2015). Retrieved December 17, 2015, from http://www.lakeandpondsolutions.com/helpful-info/aquatic-plant-identification

[:0-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Trees of Wisconsin: List of angiosperm trees. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2015, from https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/tree_list_by_Latin.htm

[8] Baker, C. (n.d.). Wildflowers of Northern Wisconsin. Retrieved December 17, 2015, from http://www.whipinvasives.org/pdfdocuments/wildflowers.pdf

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