SPECIES LIST FOR DOS VENADAS RANCH
Compilation began 9/2002
BIRDS
(Bold Indicates Nesting on Ranch, underline indicates photographed on ranch)
Ani, Groove-billed
Blackbird, Brewer’s
Blackbird, Red-winged
Blackbird, Yellow-headed
Bluebird, Eastern
Bunting, Lark
Bunting, Indigo
Bunting, Lazuli
Bunting, Painted
Bunting, Varied
Caracara, Crested
Cardinal, Northern
Catbird, Gray
Chat, Yellow-breasted
Cormorant, Double-crested
Cowbird, Brown-headed
Cowbird, Bronzed
Crane, Sandhill
Cuckoo, Yellow-billed
Curlew, Long-billed
Dickcissel
Dove, Common Ground
Dove, Eurasian Collared
Dove, Inca
Duck, Mottled
Dove, Mourning
Dove, White-tipped
Dove, White-winged
Duck, Black-bellied Whistling
Eagle, Golden
Egret, Cattle
Egret, Great
Falcon, Peregrine
Finch, House
Flicker, Northern (red-shafted)
Flycatcher, Acadian
Flycatcher, Ash-throated
Flycatcher, Brown-crested
Flycatcher, Great-crested
Flycatcher, Least
Flycatcher, Olive-sided
Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher, Vermilion
Flycatcher, Willow/Alder
Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Black-tailed
Goldfinch, American
Goldfinch, Lesser
Goose, Snow
Goose, White-fronted
Grebe, Pied-billed
Grackle, Great-tailed
Grosbeak,Black-headed
Grosbeak, Blue
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted
Gull, Franklin’s
Harrier, Northern
Hawk, Broadwinged
Hawk, Cooper’s
Hawk, Gray
Hawk, Harris’
Hawk, Red-shouldered
Hawk, Red-tailed
Hawk, Sharp-shinned
Hawk, Swainson’s
Hawk, White-tailed
Heron, Great Blue
Heron, Green
Hummingbird, Black-chinned
Hummingbird, Ruby-throated
Ibis, White
Jay, Green
Kestrel, American
Killdeer
Kingbird, Couch’s
Kingbird, Eastern
Kingbird, Western
Kingfisher, Belted
Kinglet, Ruby-crowned
Kiskadee, Great
Kite, Mississippi
Kite, White-tailed
Lark, Horned
Martin, Purple
Meadowlark, Eastern
Meadowlark, Western
Merlin
Mockingbird, Northern
Nighthawk, Common
Nighthawk, Lesser
Oriole, Altamira
Oriole, Audubon’s
Oriole, Baltimore
Oriole, Bullock’s
Oriole, Orchard
Oriole, Hooded
Oriole, Scott’s
Osprey
Owl, Barn
Owl, Burrowing
Owl, Great-horned
Owl, Eastern Screech
Owl, Short-eared
Pauraque, Common
Phoebe, Eastern
Phoebe, Say’s
Pigeon, Red-billed
Pintail, Northern
Poorwill, Common
Pyrrhuloxia
Quail, Bobwhite
Quail, Scaled
Raven, Chihuahuan
Redstart, American
Roadrunner, Greater
Robin, American
Sandpiper, Solitary
Seedeater, White-collared
Shrike, Loggerhead
Sparrow, Black-throated
Sparrow, Cassin’s
Sparrow, Chipping
Sparrow, Clay-colored
Sparrow, Field
Sparrow, Grasshopper
Sparrow, House
Sparrow, Lark
Sparrow, Lincoln’s
Sparrow, Olive
Sparrow, Savannah
Sparrow, White-crowned
Spoonbill, Roseate
Stork, Wood
Swallow, Bank
Swallow, Barn
Swallow, Northern Rough-winged
Swift, Chimney
Tanager, Scarlet
Tanager, Summer
Teal, Blue-winged
Tern, Forster’s
Thrasher, Curve-billed
Thrasher, Long-billed
Thrasher, Sage
Thrush, Hermit
Thrush, Swainson’s
Titmouse, Black-crested
Towhee, Green-tailed
Towhee, Spotted
Turkey, Wild
Veery
Verdin
Vireo, Blue-headed
Vireo, Red-eyed
Vireo, White-eyed
Vireo, Warbling
Vulture, Black
Vulture, Turkey
Warbler, Bay-breasted
Warbler, Blackburnian
Warbler, Black-throated Blue
Warbler, Black-throated Gray
Warbler, Black-throated Green
Warbler, Chestnut-sided
Warbler, Hooded
Warbler, Magnolia
Warbler, Mourning
Warbler, Nashville
Warbler, MacGillivray’s
Warbler, Orange-crowned
Warbler, Pine
Warbler, Tennessee
Warbler, Wilson’s
Warbler, Yellow
Warbler, Yellow-rumped (Myrtle)
Waterthruch, Louisiana
Waterthrush, Northern
Waxwing, Cedar
Widow, Chuck-Will’s
Woodpecker, Golden-fronted
Woodpecker, Ladder-backed
Wood Pewee, Eastern
Wren, Bewick’s
Wren, Cactus
Wren, House
Wren, Rock
Yellowlegs, Lesser
Yellowthroat, Common 188
Mammals
Armadillo, Nine-banded
Badger, American
Bobcat
Coyote
Deer, Whitetailed
Ground-squirrel, Mexican
Jackrabbit, Black-tailed
Mouse, Merriam’s Pocket
Mouse, White-footed
Opossum, Virginia
Peccary, Collared
Rabbit, Desert Cottontail
Raccoon
Rat, Hispid Cotton
Rat, Ord’s Kangaroo
Rat, Southern Plains Wood
Skunk, Striped
Snakes
Black-striped Snake
Bull Snake
Checkered Garter Snake
Coachwhip, Western
Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake
Kingsnake, Desert
Rat Snake, Great Plains (Emery’s)
Rattlesnake, Western Diamondback
Texas Glossy Snake
Texas Indigo
Texas Long-nosed Snake
Texas Patch-nosed Snake
Whipsnake, Schott’s
Whipsnake, Ruthven’s….14
Lizards & Tortoises
Reticulate Collared Lizard
Rose-bellied Lizard
Texas Banded Gecko
Texas Horned Lizard
Texas Spiny Lizard
Laredo striped whiptail
Texas spotted whiptail
Six-lined racerunner
Tortoise, Texas
Amphibians
Toad, Giant (Bufo marinus)
Frog, Leopard
Frog, Sheep
Slider, Red-eared
Toad, Texas
Toad, Great Plains Narrow-mouthed
Toad, Plains Spade-foot
Toad, Woodhouse’s
Toad, Couch’s spadefoot
ButterfliesAmerican Lady
American Snout
Black Swallowtail
Bordered Patch
Ceraunus Blue
Checkered White
Cloudless Sulphur
Common Buckeye
Common Checkered Skipper
Common Mestra
Common Sootywing
Crimson-banded Black (Red Rim)
Crimson Patch
Dainty Sulphur
Eastern Tailed Blue
Elada Checkerspot
Empress Leilia
Fatal Metalmark
Fiery Skipper
Giant Swallowtail
Giant Sulphur
Goatweed, Leafwing
Golden-headed Scallopwing
Gray Hairstreak
Gulf Fritillary
Hackberry Emperor
Hairstreak, Great Purple
Julia
Large Orange Sulphur
Lyside Sulphur
Mallow Scrub-hairstreak
Malachite
Mexican Fritillary
Monarch
Orange Sulphur
Painted Lady
Pearl Crescent
Phaon Crescent
Pipevine Swallowtail
Queen
Reakert’s Blue
Red Admiral
Ruby-spotted swallowtail
Sickle-winged Skipper
Sleepy Orange
Southern Dogface
Southern Snout
Tailed Orange
Texan Crescent
Theona Checkerspot
Tropical Leafwing
Variegated Frittilary
Vestal Crescent
White-patched skipper
White Peacock
White-striped Longtail
Zebra Heliconian…58
ODONATES
(List compiled by Greg Lasley, John Abbott & Steve Bentsen)
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerate)
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Broad-winged Dragonlet (Erthrodiplax umbrata)
Carmine Skimmer (Orthemis discolor)
Chalky Spreadwing (Lestes sigma)
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Great Pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa)
Rambur’s Forktail (Ischnura ramburii)
Red Saddlebags (Tamea onusta)
Red-tailed Pennant (Brachymesia furcata)
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
Thornbush Dasher (Micrathyria hagenii)
Turquoise-tipper Darner (Aeshna psilus)
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptom)
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)……..20
ROBBER FLIES
(List compiled by Giff Beaton, Greg Lasley, Steve Bentsen)
Cophura texana
Megaphorus acra
TIGER BEETLES
(list compiled by Giff Beaton, Greg Lasley, Steve Bentsen)
Cazier’s Tiger Beetle (Cicindela cazieri)
SPIDERS
Habronattus
Green Lynx spider
Tranantula
Crab spider
PLANTS
(List compiled by Bill Carr, Bob Lonard & Steve Bentsen)
Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines
Acacia (Acacia spp., A. wrightii)
Agrito, desert yaupon (Schaefferia cuneifolia)
Allthorn, Crucifixion Thorn, Junco (Koeberlinia spinosa)
Amargosa, Goat-bush (Castela erecta var. texana, Castela texana)
American trixis (Trixis inula)
Anacahuita, Mexican Olive (Cordia boissieri)
Barbados cherry, Manzanita (Malpighia glabra)
Berlanier Wolfberry (Lycium berlandieri)
Blackbrush Acacia, Chaparro Prieto (Acacia rigidula)
Brasil, Bluewood Condalia, Capul Negro (Condalia hookeri var hookeri)
Carolowrightia (Carlowrightia parviflora)
Catclaw, Una de Gato (Acacia greggii)
Cenizo, Purple Sage, Texas Silverleaf (Leucophyllum frutescens)
Chapote, Mexican Persimmon, Texas Persimmon, Black Persimmon (Diospyros texana)
Chilipiquin, Bird Pepper, Bush Pepper (Capsicum annuum)
Chomonque, Ocote (Gochnatia hypoleuca)
Clepe, jointfir, Clapweed, Popote, Canatilla (Ephedra antisyphilitica)
Colima, lime prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum fagara)
Coma, Lime Pricklyash (Sideroxylon cleastrinum, Bumelia celastrina)
Coyotillo (Karwinskia humblodtiana)
Desert Lantana, Hierba Negra, Mejorana, Yerba de Cristo (Lantana macropoda)
Ebano, Texas Ebony (Pithecellobium ebano, P. flexicaule)
Granjeno, Desert Hackberry, Spiny Hackberry (Celtis pallida)
Guajillo (Acacia berlandieri)
Guayacan, Soap-bush, Iron-wood, (Guaiacum angustiifolium, Porlieria ang.)
Hairy Zexmenia (Wedelia texana, Zexmenia hispida)
Hogplum, Texas Colubrina, Guayule (Colubrina texensis)
Huisache (Acacia smallii, A. farnesiana)
Huisachillo, Twisted Acacia (Acacia schaffneri, A. tortuosa)
Knife-leaf Condalia, Squaw-bush, Costilla (Condalia spathulata)
Lotebush, Gumdrop Tree, Clepe (Ziziphus obtusifolia)
Low croton (Croton humilis)
Mejorana, Blue Salvia, Shrubby Blue Sage, Crespa (Salvia ballotiflora)
Mission fiddlewood, Boxthorn fiddlewood (Citharexylum spathulatum, C.
brachyanthum)
Narrowleaf elbow bush, Desert olive, Panalero (Forestiera angustifolia)
Orange Zexmenia (Wedelia hispida, Zexmenia hispida)
Oreja de Perro (Tiquilia canescens, Coldenia canescens)
Oreja de Raton, Southwest Bernardia (Bernardia myricifolia)
Orientvine (Cocculus diversifolius)
Rock trumpets, Flor de San Juan (Macrosiphonia macrosiphon)
Sangre del drago, Leather Stem, Rubber-plant (Jatropha dioica)
Sharpod Morning Glory (Ipomoea trichocarpa)
Shorthorn zexmenia (Zexmenia brevifolia)
Skeletonleaf Goldeneye (Viguiera stenoloba)
Snake-eyes (Phaulothamnus spinescens)
Sugar hackberry (Celtis laevigata)
Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita (Yucca treculeana)
Sweet-stem, Vara Dulce (Aloysia macrostachya)
Tantalencho (Gymnosperma glutinosum)
Tenaza, Huajillo (Pithocellobium pallens)
Texas Kidneywood, Vara Dulce (Eysenhardtia texana)
Texas Lantana, Hierba de Cristo, Calico Bush (Lantana urticoides, L. horrida)
Texas Paloverde, Palodverde (Parkinsonia texana, Cercedium texanum)
Texas torchwood, Chapotillo (Amyris texensis)
Torrey Croton (Croton incanus, C. torreyanus)
Tulipan del Monte, Heartleaf hibiscus, Mountain Rose-mallow (Hibiscus martianus, H.
cardiophyllus)
Western Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)
Whitebrush, Common Bee-Brush, Jazminillo (Aloysia gratissima)….56
Cacti
Devils’s Head, Horse-crippler, Manca Caballo (Echinocactus texensis)
Fish Hook Cactus, twisted-rib cactus, hedgehog cactus (Echinocactus setispinus)
Heyder nipple cactus, Bizniga de chilitos, Little Chilis (Mammillaria heyderi)
Lady finger cactus (Ecjompcereis pentalophus)
Mammilaria cactus (Mammalaria sphaerica)
Hair-covered cactus, Grape Cactus (Mammillaria multiceps)
Peyote (Lophophora williamsii)
Alicoche (Echinocereus berlandieri)
Pitaya, Strawberry cactus (Echinocereus enneacanthus)
Small Papillosus (Echinocereus papillosus)
Devil Cactus, Dog Cholla, (Opuntia schottii)
Prickly Pear, Nopal (Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri)
Rat-tail Cactus, Wilcox Cactus (Wilcoxia poselgeri)
Tasajillo, Turkey Pear, Desert Christmas Cactus, Pencil cactus (Opuntia leptocaulis)…14
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Grasses and Graminoids
Arizona cottontop (Digitaria californica)
Texas cottontop (Digitaria patens)
*Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon)
*Buffelgrass (Pennisetum cilare, Cenchrus cilaris) *invader
False Rhodesgrass (Trichloris pluriflora)
Fringed Signalgrass (Urochloa ciliatissima)
Green Spangletop (Leptochloa dubia)
Gummy lovegrass (Eragrostis curtipedicellata)
Hall’s panicum (Panicum hallii)
Hooded Windmill Grass (Chloris cucullata)
*Jungle-rice (Echinochloa colona)
Lovegrass tridens (Trodems eragrostoides)
*Old-world Bluestem (Dichanthium sp., D. annulatum) *invader- single plant removed)
Pink pappusgrass (Pappophorum bicolor)
Plains Bristlegrass (Setaria macrostachya
Red grama (Bouteloua trifida)
Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus)
Sandbur, grassbur (Cenchrus spinifex)
Slim Tridens (Tridens muticus var. muticus)
Southern Bristlegrass (Setaria leucopila)
Southwestern Bristlegrass (Setaria scheelei)
Texas Tridens (Tridens texanus)
Threeawn (Aristida spp., A. purpurea group)
Blue Panicum (Panicum antidotale) id by Mick Castillo (usfws) and Michael Eason (lady
bird Johnson wildflower center)
…24 total, 20 natives
Forbs
Albahaca (Celosia nitida)
Alliona spp. (family nyctaginacae)
Arkansas Lazy Daisy (Aphanostephus skirrhobasis)
Arrowleaf Milkvine (Matelea sagittifolia)
Balsam gourd, Globe Berry, Deer Apples (Ibervillea lindherimeri, I. tenuisecta)
Barba de Chivato, Old Man’s Beard, Texas Virgin’s Bower (Clematis drummondii)
Bearded Dalea (Dalea pogonathera)
Bearded Swallow-wort (Cynanchum barbigerum)
Berlandier Trumpets (Acleisanthes obtusa)
Blackfoot Daisy (Melampodium cinereum)
Blue Evolvulus, Slender Evolvulus (Evolvulus alsinoides)
Blueweed Sunflower (Helianthus ciliaris)
Bristleleaf Dogweed (Thymophylla tenuiloba)
Buffalobur, Kansas Thistle, Mala Mujer (Solanum rostratum)
Bush Sunflower (Simsia calva)
Camphor golden-aster (Heterotheca subaxillaris)
Cardinal Feather, Round Copperleaf, Yerba de La Rabia (Acalypha hederacea)
Carelessweed, Quelite, Pigweed (Amaranthus palmeri)
Climbing wartclub (Commicarpus scandens)
Coastal Germander (Teucrium cubense)
Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Corona de Cristo (Passiflora foetida var gossypifolia)
Cowpen Daisy (Verbesina encelioides)
Cutleaf gilia (Gilia incise)
Dalea, Bearded Dalea, Hierba del Corazon (Dalea pogonathera)
Desert Rue, Dutchman’s Britches (Thamnosma texanum)
Dillens Oxalis, Woodsorrel, Sour Clover (Oxalis dillenii)
Erect dayflower, Narrowleaf Dayflower, Widow’s Tears (Commelina erecta)
Espanta Vaquero (Tidestroemia lanuginosa)
Evening Primrose (Oenotheera grandis)
False Nightshade (Chamaesaracha coronopus)
Fanleaf Vervain (Verbena plicata)
Firewheel, Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)
Frostweed, Iceplant, Capitana (Verbesina microptera)
Gray Goldaster (Heterotheca canescens)
Gray Vervain (Verbena canescens)
Gregg Keelpod (Synthlipsis greggii)
Ground-cherry (Physalis spp.)
Hairy Broomwood (Melochia tomentosa)
Hairy False Nightshade (Chamaesaracha sordida)
Hairy Tube-tongue (Justicia pilosella, Siphonoglossa pilosella)
Heart-leaf Nettle (Urtica chamaedryoides)
Herissantia (Herissantia crispa)
Horsemint, Lemon Beebalm, Lemon Mint (Monarda citriodora)
Ivy Treebine, Possum-Grape, Hierba del Buey (Cissus incisa)
Knotweed Leaf-flower (Phyllanthus polygonoides)
Laredo matspurge (Euphorbia laredana, Chamaesyce laredana)
Limoncillo (Hedeoma drummondii)
Low Wild-Mercury (Argythamnia humilis, Ditaxis humilis)
Lyreleaf parthenium, False Ragweed (Parthenium confertum)
False Ragweed, Lyreleaf Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) ???
Madiera-vine, Sacasile (Anredera leptostachya)
Narrowleaf Dayflower, Widow’s Tears (Commelina erecta)
Noseburn, Brush Noseburn (Tragia spp.)
Orregano cimaron (Lippia graveolens)
Orange Zexmenia (Wedelia hispida)
Palmleaf (Cutleaf) Globemallow (Sphaeralcea pedatifida)
Palafoxia, Texas Palafoxia (Palafoxia texana)
Paperflower, Dudweed Paperflower (Psilostrophe gnaphalioides)
Parralena, Dogweed (Dyssodia pentachaeta, Thymophylla pentachaeta)
Bristleleaf Dogweed (Thymophylla tenuiloba) ??
Paperflower, Dudweed Paperflower (Psilostrophe gnaphalioides)
Peonia (Acourtia runcinata, Perezia runcinata)
Pepperweed, Lentejilla (Lepidium virginicum var. medium, L. medium)
Pigeonberry, Bloodberry, Rougeplant (Rivina humilis)
Pinnate Tansy Mustard (Descurainia pinnata)
Ponyfoot oxalis (Oxalis dischondrifolia)
Prairie Aster, Hierba del Marano (Aster subulatus)
Prickly Sowthistle, Achicoria Dulce (Sonchus asper)
Rainlily, Cebolleta (Cooperia drummondii)
Rattlesnake Flower, Bluntsepal Brazoria (Brazoria truncate)
Redbud Menodora, Low Menodora (Menodora heterophylla)
Redseed Plantain (Plantago rhodosperma)
Rough Nama, Sandbell (Nama hispidum)
Roughpod Bladderpod (Lesquerella lasiocarpa)
Ruellia (Ruellia runyonii)
Sand Phacelia (Phacelia patuliflora)
Scalystem (Elytraris spp.)
Scarlet Musk-flower (Nyctagina capitata)
Shaggy Portulaca, Chisme (Portulaca pilosa (P. mundula))
Showy Nerve-Ray, Square-Bud Daisy (Tetragonotheca repanda)
Silverleaf Nightshade, Trompillo (Solanum elaeagnifolium)
Slender Evolvulus (Evolvulus alsinoides)
Slender Flameflower (Talinum angustissimum)
Smallhead Sneezeweed (Helenium microcehpalum)
Snake-herb (Dyschoriste crenulata)
Spearleaf Sida (Rhynchosida physocalyx, Sida physocalyx)
Spike Phacelia, Blue Curls (Phacelia congesta)
Spiny Pricklypoppy (Argemone sanguinea)
Spreading Sida (Sida abutifolia, S. filicaulis)
Spreadlobe Passionflower (Passiflora tenuiloba)
Taperleaf Heliotrope (Heliotropium angiospermum)
Texas Bindweed, Gray Bindweed (Convolvulus equitans)
Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus)
Texas Broomweed (Gutierrezia texana)
Texas Croton (Croton texensis)
Texas Indian Mallow (Abutilon incanum, A. fruticosum)
Texas Mallow (Malvaviscus arboreus)
Thistle, Texas (Cirsium texanum)
Twinvine (Sarcostemma cynanchoides)
Two-leaf Senna (Senna bauhinioidos, Cassia bauhinioidos)
Unknown mallow (Pseudabutilon lozanii??)------Upright Prairie Coneflower, Mexican Hat (Tatibida columnifera)
Violet Sida (Meximalva filipes, Sida filipes)
Western Ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)
White Palafoxia (Florestina tripteris)
Wild Geranium (Geranium carolinianum)
Wild Mercury (Argythamnia humilis)
Wild Petunia (Ruellia nudiflora)
Wolly Cottonflower (Gossypianthus lanuginosus)
Yellowshow (Amoreuxia wrightii) -----111