List of Species Commonly Found

Some of the Birds at A Studio in the Woods
The diversity of plant life, the pond, and the Studio’s proximity to a larger forest make it an excellent spot for many types of birds.

* Pine Warbler – winter
* Northern Cardinals – year round
* Blue Jays – year round
* Catbird – winter
* Black Vulture – year round
* Turkey Vulture – year round
* Red Tailed Hawk – year round
* Green Heron – year round
* Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron – summer
* Downy Woodpecker – year round
* Cattle Egrets – year round
* Snowy Egrets – year round
* Carolina Chickadee – year round
* Barred Owl – year round, spring hatchlings
* Tufted Titmouse- year round
* Prothonotary Warblers- migratory

Some of the Trees and Plants at A Studio in the Woods

Canopy Layer
· Water oak (quercus nigra)
· Nutall oak
· Live oak
· Black cherry
· Coast live oak
· Sweet pecan
· Sycamore
· Sweetgum
· Southern Magnolia
· Hackberry (Celtis laevigata)
· American elm (Ulmus Americana)
· Red mulberry (Morus rubra)
· Box elder (Acer Negundo)
· Swamp red maple (Acer drummondii)
· American persimmon (Diospyros virginica
· Chinese tallow (Sapium seviferum)
· Camphor tree (Cinnamonum camphora)
· Persimmon

Sub-canopy
· Deciduous holly (Ilex deciduas)
· Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense)
· Wax-leaf ligustrum (Ligustrum lucidum)
· Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
· Elderberry (Sambucus Canadensis)
· Buttonbush (Cephalanthes occidentalis)
· Rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus drummmondii)
· Wax Myrtle
· Dwarf Palmetto

Vine Species
· Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans)
· Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
· Greenbriar (Smilax spp.)
· Cross vine (Bignonia capreolata)
· Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
· Dewberry and blackberry (Rubus spp.)
· Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia)
· Woodland passion vine (Passiflora lutea)
· Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) toxic
· Japanese climbing-fern (Lygodium spp.) toxic

Forest floor herbaceous species
· Southern shield fern (Thyleptris kunthii)
· Curl flower (Clematis crispa)
· White snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum)
· Elephant’s foot (Elephantopus caroliniana)
· Aster species (Aster spp.)
· Mist Flower (Eupatorium coelestinum)
· Spider wort (Tradescanthia spp.)
· Lizard’s tail (Saurus cernua)
· Wild lettuce (Lactuca spp.)
· Wild petunia (Ruellia cilliata)
· Ironweed (vernonia giganteum)
· Virginia crownbeard (Vevesenia spp.)
· Horseherb (Calyptocarpus spp.)
· Bayou violet (viola langloisii)
· Copper iris (Iris fulva)
· Ladies’ tresses orchid (Spiranthes spp.)
· Jack-in-the-pulpit