EKU Department of Biological Sciences & Kentucky Ornithological Society Kentucky's Flora and Fauna - Links

Information about Kentucky's mammals:

• Kentucky's bats
• Indiana bat
• U.S. Bats by state - Kentucky
• Common Mammals of Kentucky
• Common Mammals of Kentucky - photo gallery
• eNature.com - Mammals
• Kentucky's mammals (select mammals)
• Kentucky AWAKE: Mammals of Kentucky
• Some Kentucky mammals:
• Black bears
• Cougars in the Appalachian Mountains
• Elk restoration in Kentucky

Information about Kentucky's birds:

• Kentucky Ornithological Society's Checklist of Kentucky birds
• Common Kentucky birds
• Uncommon Kentucky birds
• Extinct and extirpated Kentucky birds
• Kentucky Birds of Prey
• Kentucky Breeding Bird Atlas
• Kentucky AWAKE: Birds of Kentucky
• eNature.com - Birds

Information about Kentucky's reptiles:

• Common Reptiles of Kentucky
• Common Reptiles of Kentucky - photo gallery
• Kentucky AWAKE: Reptiles of Kentucky
• Kentucky Reptiles - Taxonomic and life history information
• Eastern Slender Glass Lizard, Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus
• Kentucky Snake Identification
• Snakes of Kentucky
• Copperbelly Water Snake
• eNature.com - Turtles
• List of Kentucky's Turtles
• eNature.com - Lizards
• eNature.com - Snakes

Information about Kentucky's amphibians:

• Common Amphibians of Kentucky
• Common Amphibians of Kentucky - photo gallery
• Frogs and toads of Kentucky
• Kentucky AWAKE: Amphibians of Kentucky
• Kentucky's Frogs & Toads (choose Kentucky)
• Salamanders of Kentucky
• Salamanders of Kentucky
• eNature.com - Salamanders
• eNature.com - Frogs and toads

Information about Kentucky's fish:

• Common Fish of Kentucky
• Kentucky fish
• Kentucky AWAKE: Fish of Kentucky
• Kentucky's threatened and endangered fish:
• Pallid Sturgeon
• Blackside dace
• Relict darter
• Duskytail darter
• Palezone shiner
• eNature.com - Fishes

Information about Kentucky's invertebrates:

• Butterflies of Kentucky
• Common Butterflies in Kentucky
• Moths of Kentucky
• Saturniid moths
• Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
• The Spiders of Kentucky
• Poisonous Spiders of Kentucky
• Kentucky Arachnids - Taxonomic and life history information
• Insects of Kentucky
• Kentucky AWAKE: Insects of Kentucky
• The Virtual Insectary
• An Introduction to Benthic Macroinvertebrates
• Kentucky Insects - Taxonomic and life history information
• Kentucky's endangered insect:
• American Burying Beetle
• Spiders and kin of Kentucky
• Get This Bug Off of Me!
• Scorpions in Kentucky
• University of Kentucky's Entomology Department Fact Sheets:
• Cicada Killer Wasps
• Common Spiders found around homes and buildings
• Ground Beetles
• Ladybugs
• Praying Mantids
• Stinging Caterpillars
• The Wheel Bug, Arilus cristatus L.
• eNature.com - Butterflies
• eNature.com - Insects & Spiders
• Kentucky Cave Shrimp

Information about Kentucky's crayfish:

• Crayfish Species Checklist
• Crayfish Homepage

Information about Kentucky's mussels:

• Endangered mollusks (most found in Kentucky)
• Kentucky's endangered mussels:
• Cracking Pearly Mussel (Hemistena lata)
• Cumberland bean pearlymussel (Villosa trabalis)
• Cumberland combshell (Epioblasma brevidens)
• Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea)
• Dromedary pearlymussel
• Fanshell
• Fat Pocketbook Pearlymussel
• Little-wing pearly mussel (Pegias fabula)
• Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)
• Ring Pink mussel (Obovaria retusa)
• Pink mucket
• Rough Pigtoe mussel (Pleurobema plenum)
• White Wartyback (Plethobasus cicatricosus)

Information about Kentucky's flora:

• Kentucky Rare Plant Database
• Flora of North America (select Kentucky)
• Kentucky AWAKE: Trees, Shrubs, and Vines of Kentucky
• Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
• Kentucky's endangered plants:
• Braun's Rock-Cress
• Eggert's sunflower (Helianthus eggertii)
• Price's Potato Bean
• Cumberland Sandwort
• Running Buffalo Clover
• Running Buffalo Clover (USFWS)
• Short's goldenrod
• White-haired goldenrod
• Orchids of Kentucky (click on Kentucky on the map)
• Ferns and fern allies
• Ferns and fern allies of the Red River Gorge
• Ferns and fern allies of Jefferson County, Kentucky
• Grasses & Wildflowers of Kentucky's Barrens
• Grasses, sedges, & lilies
• Seed identification
• Invasive exotic plants of Kentucky

Information about Kentucky's trees & shrubs:

• Kentucky's Trees
• Kentucky's trees and shrubs
• Common Plant Species of Kentucky (primarily trees and shrubs)
• eNature.com - Trees

Information about Kentucky's wildflowers:

• East Kentucky wildflowers
• Kentucky wildflowers
• Spring wildflowers
• Wildflowers of Kentucky
• Wildflowers of western Kentucky
• Wildflowers of the Land Between the Lakes Region, Kentucky and Tennessee
• Wild about Wildflowers
• The Virtual Herbarium
• eNature.com - Wildflowers
• eNature.com - Native plants
• Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States

Information about Kentucky's bryophytes:

• Bryophytes: mosses, liverworts, and hornworts
• Bryophytes
  
• Bryophyte flora of North America
• A list of the Bryophytes of Kentucky, with county distributions

Information about Kentucky's fungi:

• Southern Appalachian Fungi
• Mykoweb

Other useful and interesting links:

Ants
American Field Guide
Black Mountain's Biodiversity
EMBL Reptile Database
Endangered Animals in Kentucky
Endangered Species in Kentucky
Endangered, Threatened, Special Concern and Historical Biota of Kentucky, 2000
Ferns and allies: an overview
Flora and Fauna of Green River Lake
Fossils of Kentucky
Kentucky AWAKE
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Information Systems
Kentucky GAP Analysis
Kentucky's Threatened and Endangered Species
Nature Serve Explorer
Smithsonian Institution Bug Info
Snakes of North America
Some of the Flora and Fauna of Kentucky's Terrestrial Ecosystems
Southern Wetland Flora
Status of Listed Species and Recovery Plan Development - Kentucky
Summary of Diversity and Distribution of the Obligate Cave-Inhabiting Faunas of the United States and Canada (pdf format)
US Fish & Wildlife Service Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS) - Kentucky

Need Kentucky maps or aerial photos?:

Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer - maps

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If you know of other websites with information about Kentucky's flora and fauna, please contact Gary Ritchison.

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