Download - Wildlife Diversity Presentation
Prince William Conservation Alliance Prince William Conservation Alliance Sustainable Landscaping WorkshopSustainable Landscaping Workshop
ffor Piedmont Environmental Councilor Piedmont Environmental CouncilSeptember 6, 2014September 6, 2014
Blooms, Bugs & Wildlife DiversityBlooms, Bugs & Wildlife Diversity
Lawn in Lawn in the United the United States: 40.5 States: 40.5 million million acresacres
Money Money spent on lawn spent on lawn care: $30 care: $30 billionbillion
Water use for Water use for residential residential irrigation: >7 irrigation: >7 billion billion gal/daygal/day
Amount of Amount of ffertilizers used: 3 ertilizers used: 3 million million tons/yeartons/year
Amount of pesticides used: >30 Amount of pesticides used: >30 thousand thousand tons/yeartons/year
Source: Source: Duke University, Statistically Speaking: Lawns by the Duke University, Statistically Speaking: Lawns by the Numbers; 2008Numbers; 2008
Habitat loss causes biodiversity lossHabitat loss causes biodiversity loss
Tiger SwallowtailsTiger SwallowtailsTulip poplar, Tulip poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera
Zebra Zebra Swallowtail onSwallowtail onButterfly weedButterfly weed, , AsclepiasAsclepias tuberosatuberosa
Paw Paw pawpaw trees, trees, AsiminaAsimina trilobatriloba
Sleepy Sleepy Orange onOrange onCarolina Carolina Elephant’s foot, Elephant’s foot, ElephantopusElephantopus carolinianuscarolinianus
Wild Senna, Wild Senna, Senna Senna marilandicamarilandica
Monarch Caterpillar onMonarch Caterpillar onButterfly weed, Butterfly weed, AsclepiasAsclepias tuberosatuberosa
Swamp MilkweedSwamp Milkweed, , AsclepiasAsclepias incarnataincarnata
No parcel is too small to make a No parcel is too small to make a differencedifference
Every little bit helps. It’s Every little bit helps. It’s amazing how amazing how much you can much you can dodo
when youwhen you choose choose to give a little bit of to give a little bit of thatthat naturalnatural habitat back. habitat back. ----Roxanne Roxanne PaulPaul
Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Cooper’s HawkMourning Dove Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Chimney SwiftRuby-throated Hummingbird Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay Tree SwallowAmerican Crow Fish Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted NuthatchRed-breasted NuthatchBrown Creeper Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow WarblerYellow-rumped Warbler Ovenbird Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rose-breasted Grosbeak Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Common Grackle Purple Finch House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow
Backyard Backyard Bird ListBird List: : 55 55 SpeciesSpecies
Black Black SwallowtailSwallowtailEastern Eastern Tiger SwallowtailTiger SwallowtailSpicebush Spicebush SwallowtailSwallowtailCabbage Cabbage WhiteWhiteClouded Clouded SulphurSulphurOrange Orange SulphurSulphurRedRed--banded banded HairstreakHairstreakGray HairstreakGray HairstreakEastern Eastern TailedTailed--BlueBlueSpring Spring AzureAzureSummer Summer AzureAzureVariegated Variegated FritillaryFritillaryGreat Great Spangled FritillarySpangled FritillaryPearl Pearl CrescentCrescentMourning Mourning CloakCloakAmerican American LadyLadyPainted LadyPainted LadyQuestion MarkQuestion MarkRed Red AdmiralAdmiralRedRed--spotted spotted PurplePurpleViceroyViceroyMonarchMonarchSilverSilver--spotted spotted SkipperSkipperJuvenal’sJuvenal’s DuskywingDuskywingHorace’s Horace’s DuskywingDuskywingClouded Clouded SkipperSkipperLeast Least SkipperSkipperSachemSachemPeck’s SkipperPeck’s SkipperDelaware Delaware SkipperSkipperHobomokHobomok SkipperSkipperZabulonZabulon SkipperSkipperDun SkipperDun Skipper
Backyard Butterfly List: 34 SpeciesBackyard Butterfly List: 34 Species
Plus Plus HerpsHerps, Mammals, Insects, Mammals, Insects
Cope’s Gray Cope’s Gray TreefrogTreefrog
Eastern Box TurtleEastern Box Turtle
CicadaCicada
Bugs make the world go roundBugs make the world go round
SixSix--spotted Tiger Beetle, spotted Tiger Beetle, Cicindela sexguttata
Predators Predators that eat that eat pestypesty insects, from crickets and grasshoppers insects, from crickets and grasshoppers to fleas and gnatsto fleas and gnats. In turn, they are food for birds. In turn, they are food for birds, dragonflies, , dragonflies, robber flies, robber flies, lizards, salamanders, frogs lizards, salamanders, frogs and other small and other small animals.animals.
Plan & DesignPlan & DesignNotice amount of sun and Notice amount of sun and shade, slope shade, slope and groundwater and groundwater
table. Consider external influences such as stormwater table. Consider external influences such as stormwater runoff, runoff, habitat fragmentationhabitat fragmentation, non, non--native species.native species.
A plant that has fed nothing has not done A plant that has fed nothing has not done its job.its job.----Doug Doug TallamyTallamy
Trumpet Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, LoniceraLonicera sempervirenssempervirens RubyRuby--throated Hummingbirdthroated Hummingbird
NonnativeNonnativeGarlic MustardGarlic Mustard
Falcate Falcate OrangetipOrangetip, , AnthocharisAnthocharis mideamidea
Black Swallowtail from caterpillar to butterflyBlack Swallowtail from caterpillar to butterfly
Golden Golden AlexandersAlexanders, , ZiziaZizia aureaaurea
Consider your habitat Consider your habitat mosiacmosiac
Gardening is civil and social, but it wants Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw. the outlaw. ----Henry Henry David ThoreauDavid Thoreau
Vertical structure provides nesting and Vertical structure provides nesting and foraging sites, cover and travel routesforaging sites, cover and travel routes
American RobinAmerican Robin OvenbirdOvenbird
Water for Wildlife
Rough Green SnakeRough Green SnakeTufted TitmouseTufted Titmouse
Pickerel FrogPickerel Frog
FiveFive--lined Skinklined Skink
Ebony Ebony JewelwingJewelwing
Year Round Interest
Beautyberry, Beautyberry, CallicarpaCallicarpa americanaamericana
Winterberry, Winterberry, Ilex Ilex verticillataverticillata
Discover a refuge in your own backyardDiscover a refuge in your own backyard
Tufted TitmiceTufted TitmiceChickadeesChickadees
BluebirdsBluebirdsCarolina WrensCarolina Wrens
He who He who plants a treeplants a tree
Plants a Plants a hope. hope.
--Lucy Larcom