Northern Virginia Foodweb for Cyanocitta cristata (Blue Jay)

Northern Virginia
Accipiter striatus
(Sharp-shinned Hawk)
Buteo jamaicensis
(Red-tailed Hawk)
 
Cyanocitta cristata
(Blue Jay)
 
Dynastes tityus
(Eastern hercules beetle)
 
Hemaris thysbe
(common clear-wing)
 
Pterophylla camellifolia
(common true katydid)
 
Acrosternum hilare
(Green stinkbug)
Colias philodice
(clouded sulphur)
Diapheromera femorata
(Common American Walkingstick)
Dolichovespula maculata
(baldfaced hornet)
Gryllus pennsylvanicus
(fall field cricket)
Lymantria dispar
(gypsy moth)
Malacosoma americana
(Eastern tent caterpillar)
Melanoplus differentialis
(Differential Grasshopper)
Sphecius speciosus
(cicada killer)
Tenodera aridifolia
(Chinese mantid)
 
Calliphora vomitoria
(Blue bottle fly)
Calopteryx maculata
(Ebony jewelwing)
Calosoma scrutator
(Fiery searcher)
Carpinus caroliniana
(American hornbeam)
Chenopodium album
(lambsquarters goosefoot)
Datura stramonium
(moonflower)
Desmodium canadense
(Beggar's Lice)
Digitaria ischaemum
(small crabgrass)
Hamamelis virginiana
(American witchhazel)
Lindera benzoin
(northern spicebush)
Liquidambar styraciflua
(sweetgum)
Lonicera japonica
(Chinese honeysuckle)
Panicum virgatum
(old switch panic grass)
Phragmites australis
(common reed)
Phytolacca americana
(common pokeweed)
Pieris rapae
(imported cabbageworm)
Pinus taeda
(Loblolly pine)
Populus grandidentata
(bigtooth aspen)
Pterostichus melanarius
(Common black ground beetle)
Quercus alba
(White Oak)
Quercus phellos
(Willow Oak)
Robinia pseudoacacia
(Post locust)
Rosa virginiana
(Virginia Rose)
Rubus laciniatus
(Cutleaf Evergreen Blackberry)
Sambucus nigra
(European black elderberry)
Smilax rotundifolia
(Horse Brier)
Symphyotrichum dumosum
(Small White Aster)
Triatoma sanguisuga
(Eastern blood-sucking cone)
Tuberolachnus salignus
(Giant willow aphid)
Verbascum thapsus
(great mullein)
 
Aristolochia jackii
(Virginia dutchmanspipe)
Asclepias syriaca
(broadleaf milkweed)
Cephalanthus tetrandra
(Buttonbush)
Cirsium vulgare
(Spear Thistle)
Crataegus viridis
(desert hawthorn)
Hypogastrura nivicola
(snow flea)
Pinus strobus
(Eastern white pine)
Pinus virginiana
(Virginia pine)
Prunus serotina
(Black Cherry)
Quercus velutina
(Black Oak)
Taraxacum campylodes
(Dandelion)
Viola pedata
(birdfoot violet)
 
Acer rubrum
(red maple)
Acer saccharinum
(silver maple)
Armillaria mellea
(Honey Fungus)
Betula nigra
(river birch)
Carya alba
(mockernut hickory)
Cichorium intybus
(chicory)
Cornus florida
(flowering dogwood)
Daucus carota
(bird's nest)
Fagus grandifolia
(American beech)
Flavoparmelia caperata
(flavoparmelia lichen)
Fragaria virginiana
(Virginia Strawberry)
Leucobryum glaucum
(leucobryum moss)
Platanus mexicana
(American sycamore)
Pleurotus ostreatus
(Oyster Mushroom)
Rudbeckia hirta
(Black-eyed Susan)
Salix nigra
(black willow)
Symplocarpus foetidus
(Skunk Cabbage)
Trifolium pratense
(Red Clover)
Ulmus americana
(American elm)
Vaccinium corymbosum
(highbush blueberry)
 
Ecosystem provided by Study of Northern Virginia Ecology