Northern Virginia Foodweb for Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)

Northern Virginia
Buteo jamaicensis
(Red-tailed Hawk)
Chelydra serpentina
(Common Snapping Turtle)
Strix varia
(Barred Owl)
Vulpes vulpes
(Red Fox)
 
Didelphis virginiana
(Virginia Opossum)
Mephitis mephitis
(Striped Skunk)
 
Agkistrodon contortrix
(Southern Copperhead)
Heterodon platirhinos
(Eastern Hognose Snake)
 
Rattus norvegicus
(Norway rat)
 
Gryllus pennsylvanicus
(fall field cricket)
Melanoplus differentialis
(Differential Grasshopper)
Tenodera aridifolia
(Chinese mantid)
 
Calliphora vomitoria
(Blue bottle fly)
Chenopodium album
(lambsquarters goosefoot)
Digitaria ischaemum
(small crabgrass)
Panicum virgatum
(old switch panic grass)
Phragmites australis
(common reed)
Pieris rapae
(imported cabbageworm)
Pterostichus melanarius
(Common black ground beetle)
Symphyotrichum dumosum
(Small White Aster)
Triatoma sanguisuga
(Eastern blood-sucking cone)
Tuberolachnus salignus
(Giant willow aphid)
Verbascum thapsus
(great mullein)
 
Aristolochia jackii
(Virginia dutchmanspipe)
Cephalanthus tetrandra
(Buttonbush)
Hypogastrura nivicola
(snow flea)
Quercus velutina
(Black Oak)
Taraxacum campylodes
(Dandelion)
Viola pedata
(birdfoot violet)
 
Acer rubrum
(red maple)
Armillaria mellea
(Honey Fungus)
Carya alba
(mockernut hickory)
Cichorium intybus
(chicory)
Daucus carota
(bird's nest)
Flavoparmelia caperata
(flavoparmelia lichen)
Fragaria virginiana
(Virginia Strawberry)
Leucobryum glaucum
(leucobryum moss)
Pleurotus ostreatus
(Oyster Mushroom)
Poa pratensis
(Kentucky bluegrass)
Rudbeckia hirta
(Black-eyed Susan)
Salix nigra
(black willow)
Symplocarpus foetidus
(Skunk Cabbage)
Trifolium pratense
(Red Clover)
 
Ecosystem provided by Study of Northern Virginia Ecology