Northern Virginia Foodweb for Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle)

Northern Virginia
Accipiter striatus
(Sharp-shinned Hawk)
Anguilla rostrata
(American eel)
Buteo jamaicensis
(Red-tailed Hawk)
Chelydra serpentina
(Common Snapping Turtle)
Larus delawarensis
(Ring-billed Gull)
Phalacrocorax auritus
(Double-crested Cormorant)
Strix varia
(Barred Owl)
Vulpes vulpes
(Red Fox)
 
Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
Baeolophus bicolor
(Tufted Titmouse)
Cardinalis cardinalis
(Northern Cardinal)
Charadrius vociferus
(Killdeer)
Corvus brachyrhynchos
(American Crow)
Cyanocitta cristata
(Blue Jay)
Didelphis virginiana
(Virginia Opossum)
Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii
(Downy Woodpecker)
Eptesicus fuscus
(big brown bat)
Geothlypis trichas
(Common Yellowthroat)
Megaceryle alcyon
(Belted Kingfisher)
Mephitis mephitis
(Striped Skunk)
Myiarchus crinitus
(Great Crested Flycatcher)
Ondatra zibethicus
(muskrat)
Poecile carolinensis
(Carolina Chickadee)
Procyon lotor
(Raccoon)
Quiscalus quiscula
(Common Grackle)
Scalopus aquaticus
(Eastern Mole)
Sialia sialis
(Eastern Bluebird)
Sitta carolinensis
(White-breasted Nuthatch)
Spinus tristis
(American Goldfinch)
Sturnus vulgaris
(European Starling)
Thamnophis sirtalis
(Common Garter Snake)
Thryothorus ludovicianus
(Carolina Wren)
Turdus migratorius
(American Robin)
 
Agkistrodon contortrix
(Southern Copperhead)
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Heterodon platirhinos
(Eastern Hognose Snake)
Nymphalis antiopa
(camberwell beauty)
 
Agelaius phoeniceus
(Red-winged Blackbird)
Eurycea guttolineata
(Three-lined Salamander)
Ictalurus punctatus
(Channel catfish)
Meleagris gallopavo
(Wild Turkey)
Nerodia sipedon
(Northern Water Snake)
Notophthalmus viridescens
(Eastern Newt)
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
(Strawberry bass)
Sciurus carolinensis
(eastern gray squirrel)
Sylvilagus floridanus
(Eastern Cottontail)
Tamias striatus
(eastern chipmunk)
 
Anaxyrus americanus
(American Toad)
Cryptotis parva
(North American Least Shrew)
Hemaris thysbe
(common clear-wing)
Microtus pennsylvanicus
(meadow vole)
Papilio glaucus
(Eastern tiger swallowtail)
 
Lithobates catesbeianus
(American Bullfrog)
Lithobates sphenocephalus
(Southern Leopard Frog)
Lithobates sylvaticus
(Wood Frog)
Plestiodon fasciatus
(Five-lined Skink)
Plethodon cinereus
(Eastern Red-backed Salamander)
Pseudacris crucifer
(Spring Peeper)
 
Ambystoma maculatum
(Spotted Salamander)
Apis mellifera
(honey bee)
Bombus fervidus
(Golden northern bumble bee)
Colias philodice
(clouded sulphur)
Papilio polyxenes
(Eastern black swallowtail)
Sphecius speciosus
(cicada killer)
 
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
(black carpenter ant)
 
Cirsium vulgare
(Spear Thistle)
 
Ecosystem provided by Study of Northern Virginia Ecology