Plants & Animals

List of Organisms in the NASA/Merritt Island NWR Ecosystem
(For detailed information, select an organism)
	American Kestrel: Falco sparverius
	American Oystercatcher: Haematopus palliatus
	Barnacle: Cirripedia
	Beach Sunflower: Helianthus debilis
	Black bear: Ursus americanus
	Black Mangrove: Avicennia germinans
	Black needlerush: Juncus roemerianus
	Black Skimmer: Rynchops niger
	Black-Whiskered Vireo: Vireo altiloquus
	Blue crab: Callinectes sapidus
	Bobcat: Lynx rufus
	Bracken Fern: Family Dennstaedtiaceae
	Brown Pelican: Pelecanus occidentalis
	Brown shrimp: Panaeua azteais
	Brown-headed nuthatch: Sitta pusilla
	Cabbage Palm: Sabal palmetto
	Christmas Berry: Lycium carolinianum
	Clapper Rail: Rallus longirostris
	Clasping Warea: Warea amplexifolia
	Coachwhip: Masticophis flagellum
	Common Ground-dove: Columbina passerina
	Eastern Bluebird: Sialia sialis
	Eastern diamondback rattlesnake: Crotalus adamanteus
	Eastern gray squirrel: Sciurus carolinensis
	Eastern indigo snake: Drymarchon corais couperi
	Eastern Spadefoot toad: Scaphiopus holbrookii
	Eastern towhee: Pipilo erythrophthalmus
	Fetterbush: Lyonia lucida
	Florida Goldenaster: Chrysopsis floridana
	Florida manatee: Trichechus manatus latirostris
	Florida pine snake: Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus
	Florida Scrub Jay: Aphelocoma coerulescens
	Florida Ziziphus: Ziziphus celata
	Garberia: Garberia fruiticosa
	Glasswort: Salicornia perennis
	Gopher frog: Rana captio
	Gopher tortoise: Gopherus polyphemus
	Green Heron: Butorides virescens
	Green sea turtle: Chelonia mydas
	Gulls: Family: Laridae
	Gumbo Limbo: Bursera simaruba
	Hackberry: Celtis laevigata
	Hawksbill turtle: Eretmochelys imbricata
	Horseshoe crab: Limulus polyphemus
	Jamaican Dogwood: Piscidia piscipula
	Laughing Gull: Larus atricilla
	Leather Fern: Acrostichum aureum
	Lewton's Milkwort: Polygala lewtonii
	Little Blue Heron: Egretta caerulea
	Long-clawed hermit crab: Pagarus longicarpus
	Longleaf Pine: Pinus palustris
	Mangrove Cuckoo: Coccyzus minor
	Mole skink: Eumeces egregius
	Osprey: Pandion haliaetus
	Oyster: Crassostrea virginica
	Pawpaw: Asimina speciosa
	Pink shrimp: Penaeus duorarum
	Piping Plover: Charadrius melodus
	Raccoons: Procyon lotor
	Red-cockaded Woodpecker: Picoides borealis
	Roseate Spoonbill: Ajaia ajaja
	Sand skink: Neoseps reynoldsi
	Saw palmetto: Serenoa repens
	Scarab beetle: Order Coleoptera
	Scrub lupine: Lupinus aridorum
	Seaside Sparrow: Ammodramus maritimus
	Snails: Class Gastropoda
	Snowy Egret: Egretta Thula
	Southeastern Snowy Plover: Charadrius alexandrinus tenuirostris
	Tricolored Heron: Egretta tricolor
	Wax myrtle: Myrica cerifera
	White-tailed deer: Odocoileus virginianus
	Willet: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
	Wiregrass: Aristida stricta