Menomonie, Wisconsin History/Local Species

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

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.

Tertiary Life[edit | edit source]

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][edit | edit source]

Small Mammals (Rodents and kin)[edit | edit source]

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

Medium Mammals (Small game and others)[edit | edit source]

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

Large Mammals (Ungulates and Carnivores)[edit | edit source]

White-tailed Deer
Black Bear
Grey Wolf

Marsupials[edit | edit source]

Virginia Opossum

Reptiles^[2][edit | edit source]

Snakes and Lizards[edit | edit source]

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

Turtles and Tortoises[edit | edit source]

Painted Turtle
Snapping Turtle
Wood Turtle

Amphibians^[2][edit | edit source]

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

Common Birds^[3][edit | edit source]

Owls[edit | edit source]

Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barn Owl
Barred Owl

Aquatic Based Birds (Ducks, Herons, etc.)[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon

Doves and Pigeons[edit | edit source]

Mourning Dove
Common Ground Dove
Rock Dove (Pigeon)

Shrikes, Chickadees, and Thrushes[edit | edit source]

American Robin
Northern Shrike
Black-capped Chickadee

Finches and Sparrows[edit | edit source]

American Goldfinch
House Finch
Purple Finch
House Sparrow

Cardinals and Grosbeaks[edit | edit source]

Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

Swallows[edit | edit source]

Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow

Waxwings[edit | edit source]

Cedar Waxwing

Woodpeckers[edit | edit source]

Pileated Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Game Birds[edit | edit source]

Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse

Crows, Ravens, and Jays[edit | edit source]

American Crow
Common Raven
Blue Jay

Hummingbirds[edit | edit source]

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Insects and Spiders^[4][edit | edit source]

Insects (Flies, Bees, and kin)[edit | edit source]

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

Beetles, True Bugs, and Others[edit | edit source]

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

Crickets and Hoppers[edit | edit source]

Carolina Locust
House Cricket
Periodical Cicada

Moths and Butterflies[edit | edit source]

Luna Moth
Banded Woolly Caterpillar Moth
Monarch Butterflies

Arachnids[edit | edit source]

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

Aquatic Life[edit | edit source]

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.

Fish^[5][edit | edit source]

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

Shellfish[edit | edit source]

Red Swamp Crayfish
Zebra Muscles

Water Weeds and Others^[6][edit | edit source]

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

Plant Life[edit | edit source]

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][edit | edit source]

Alder[edit | edit source]

Speckled Alder

Ashes[edit | edit source]

Black Ash
White Ash
American Mountain Ash
Green Ash

Aspen[edit | edit source]

Big-tooth Aspen
Quaking Aspen

Birches[edit | edit source]

Paper Birch
River Birch
Yellow Birch
Heart-leaved Birch

Elms[edit | edit source]

American Elm
Rock Elm

Fruit Trees[edit | edit source]

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

Hawthorn[edit | edit source]

Sugar Hawthorn
Fireberry Hawthorn
Dotted Hawthorn
Fleshy Hawthorn

Hazels[edit | edit source]

American Witch-hazel

Hickory[edit | edit source]

Yellow-bud Hickory

Locusts[edit | edit source]

Black Locusts

Maples[edit | edit source]

Silver Maple
Sugar Maple
Red Maple
Mountain Maple
Box Elder

Oaks[edit | edit source]

Bur/Burr Oak
White Oak

Northern Red Oak
Hill's Oak
Black Oak

Willows[edit | edit source]

Weeping Willow
Bebb's Willow

-Woods[edit | edit source]

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

Gymnosperms^[7][edit | edit source]

Pines[edit | edit source]

Jack Pine
Red Pine
White Pine

Cedars[edit | edit source]

Eastern Red-cedar
White Cedar

Firs[edit | edit source]

Balsum Fir

Hemlocks[edit | edit source]

Eastern Hemlock

Tamarack[edit | edit source]

Tamarack

Spruces[edit | edit source]

Black Spruce
Blue Spruce
White Spruce

Junipers[edit | edit source]

Common Juniper

Yew[edit | edit source]

American Yew

Flowering Plants^[8][edit | edit source]

Spring[edit | edit source]

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

Summer[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

↑ 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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