Plants & Wildlife
Discover the Life of Strawberry Fields
Strawberry Fields is home to a vibrant web of native plants and wildlife, each playing a vital role in the health of the ecosystem. From wetlands and meadows to woodlands and steep banks, the preserve supports over 300 species of vascular plants and more than 100 species of birds, along with countless insects, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Whether you’re spotting a bobcat’s tracks, listening to warblers in the canopy, or admiring a patch of wildflowers, every visit offers a chance to learn more about the rich biodiversity that makes this land so special.
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- American Tree Sparrow
- American Woodcock
- Bachman’s Sparrow
- Baltimore Oriole
- Barn Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black and White Warbler
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Blue-winged Teal
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Bobolink
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Headed Cowbird
- Brown Thrasher
- Canada Goose
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Merganser
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Wood-Peewee
- European Starling
- Field Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Green-winged Teal
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hooded Merganser
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Indigo Bunting
- Killdeer
- Mallard Duck
- Merlin
- Mourning Dove
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Bobwhite
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Harrier
- Osprey
- Ovenbird
- Pie-billed Grebe
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Rock Dove
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Ruffed Grouse
- Savannah Sparrow
- Scarlet Tanager
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Warbling Vireo
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Wood Duck
- Wood Thrush
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Yellow Warbler
Native & Migratory Birds
Additional Wildlife
- Bob Cat
- Fisher
- Ermine (Short-tailed Weasel)
- White Tailed Deer
- Coyote
- Red Fox
- Gray Squirrel
- Red Squirrel
- Chipmunk
- Mole
- Woodchuck
- Eastern Cottontail
- Field Mouse
- Possum
- Muskrat
- Skunk
- Garter Snake
- Corn Snake
- Leopard Frog
- Red Spotted Salamander
- Eastern (Painted) Box Turtle
- Mud Turtle
- Small Mouthed Bass
- Snapping Turtle
- Wood Frog
- Spring Peeper
Beyond the animals most commonly seen on our trails, Strawberry Fields is home to a diverse range of native wildlife. Visitors may spot everything from soaring hawks and curious raccoons to delicate salamanders and shy turtles. The preserve’s mix of meadows, woodlands, and wetlands creates a rich habitat for birds, amphibians, pollinators, and more—offering something new to discover in every season.
- Alternate-Leaf Dogwood
- Alsike Clover
- American Basswood
- American Beech
- American Bittersweet
- American Bugleweed
- American Fly-Honeysuckle
- American Hogpeanut
- American Hornbeam
- American Plum
- American Stinging Nettle
- Annual Ragweed
- Apple
- Barnyardgrass
- Beggarslice, Stickseed
- Bird Vetch
- Bird's-Foot Trefoil
- Black Oak
- Black Pine
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Bladder Campion
- Blunt Spike-Rush
- Bloodroot
- Bog Bedstraw
- Bog Goldenrod
- Box Elder
- Bracken Fern
- Broad Looseflower Sedge
- Broad-Leaved Sedge
- Broad-Leaved Water-Plantain, Southern Water-Plantain
- Buckthorn
- Bulblet Fern
- Broom Sedge
- Burr Oak, Mossy-Cup Oak
- Bush's Sedge
- Canada Goldenrod
- Canada Horse-Balm
- Canada May-Flower
- Canada Thistle
- Canada Wild-Ginger
- Cardinal Flower
- Carolina Rose
- Carrion-Flower
- Catchweed Bedstraw
- Chicory
- Choke Cherry
- Christmas Fern
- Clearweed, Canada Clearweed, Cool-Wort, Richweed
- Clammy Ground-Cherry
- Clustered Blacksnakeroot
- Colt's Foot
- Common Ash
- Common Barberry, European Barberry
- Common Boneset
- Common Burdock
- Common Copperleaf
- Common Dandelion
- Common Elderberry
- Common Evening-Primrose
- Common Garlic, Wild Onion
- Common Horsetail
- Common Juniper
- Common Milkweed
- Common Mother-Wort
- Common Pear
- Common Pokeweed
- Common Purslane
- Common Snakeroot
- Common Solomon's-Seal
- Common Sorrel
- Common St. John's-Wort
- Common Valerian
- Common Violet
- Creeping Bellflower
- Creeping Jennie
- Crested Sedge
- Curly Dock
- Cut-Leaf Teasel
- Cutleaf Coneflower
Plants | A to C
- Deer-Tongue Witchgrass
- Deptford Pink
- Dogbane
- Downy Serviceberry
- Downy Solomon's-Seal
- Downy Yellow Violet
- Dutchman's Breeches
- Early Goldenrod
- Early Meadow-Rue
- Eastern Bottle-Brush Grass
- Eastern Hemlock
- Eastern Helleborine
- Eastern Poison Ivy
- Eastern White Pine
- Eastern Willow-Herb
- Evergreen Woodfern
- False Nettle, Bog Hemp
- False Solomon's-Seal
- Field Basil
- Field Pussytoes
- Flat-Top Fragrant Goldenrod, Grass-Leaved Goldenrod
- Forked Rush
- Fox Sedge
- Fringed Quickweed, Peruvian Daisy, Shaggysoldier
- Garden Asparagus, Common Asparagus
- Garden Stonecrop
- Garlic Mustard
- Gay-Wing Milkwort
- Giant Foxtail; Bristle Grass
- Giant Goldenrod, Smooth Goldenrod
- Glaucous Sedge
- Golden Alexander
- Graceful Sedge
- Gray Birch
- Gray Dogwood
- Gray-Head Prairie Coneflower
- Greater Celandine
- Greater Fringed Gentian
- Greater Straw Sedge
- Ground Ivy
- Hairy White Old-Field Aster
- Hawthorn
- Heart-Leaved Foam-Flower
- Heart-Leaved Aster
- Hedge False Bindweed
- Hemlock Water-Parsnip
- Herb-Robert
- Hirsute Sedge
- Hitchcock's Sedge
- Highbush Cranberry
- Hop Hornbeam, Ironwood
- Hop Sedge
- Indian-Pipe
- Jack-In-The-Pulpit
- Japanese Barberry
- Lady Fern
- Lichen: Physcia adcendans (Fr.) Olivier lilnaaLuvtuavt
- Lichen: Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Stein
- Lichen: Flavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale
- Lichen: Parmelia sulcata Tayl.
- Lichen: Phaeophyscia rubropulchra (Degel.) Essl.
- Lichen: Physcia aipolia (Ehrh.) Furnr.
- Lichen: Physcia millegrana Degel.
- Lichen: Porpidia sp.
- Lichen: Xanthoparmelia conspersa (Ach.) Hale
- Lichen: Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia (Gyel.) Hale
- Limestone Meadow Sedge
- Linear-Leaved Willow-Herb
- Little Starwort, Common Stitchwort
- Longstyle Sweetroot
- Mapleleaf Viburnum
- Marsh Blazing Star
- Marsh Marigold
- Marsh Seedbox
- Marsh Blue Violet
- May-Apple
- Meadow Goat's-Beard
- Meadow Timothy
- Morrow's Honeysuckle
- Multiflora Rose, Rambler Rose
Plants | D to M
- Nannyberry
- New England Aster
- New York Aster
- Night-Flowering Catchfly
- Nipple-Seed Plantain
- Nodding Fescue
- Northern Beech Fern
- Northern Bedstraw
- Northern Starflower
- Old-Field Cinquefoil
- Orange Daylily, Tawny Daylily
- Orange-Fruited Horse-Gentian, Coffee Tinker's-Weed
- Oxeye Daisy
- Owlfruit Sedge
- Painted Trillium
- Pale Jewel-Weed
- Pale Sedge
- Paper Birch
- Path Rush, Slender Rush
- Pennsylvania Sedge
- Periwinkle
- Plantain-Leaved Sedge
- Prairie Fleabane
- Prickly Gooseberry
- Purple Flowering Raspberry
- Purple-Head Sneezeweed
- Purple-Loosestrife, Spiked Loosestrife
- Purple-Stemmed Aster
- Pussy Willow
- Quaking Aspen
- Quill Sedge
- Ragged-Robin
- Raspberry
- Rattlesnake Root
- Red Baneberry
- Red Cedar, Savin
- Red Clover
- Red Maple
- Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
- Red Osier Dogwood
- Reed Canary Grass
- Rice Cutgrass
- Riverbank Grape, Frost Grape
- Robin's Plantain
- Rock Polypody
- Rosy Sedge
- Rough-Leaf Cinquefoil
- Scotch Cotton-Thistle
- Scotch Pine
- Self-Heal
- Sensitive Fern
- Shagbark Hickory
- Sharp-Lobed Hepatica
- Shallow Sedge
- Silky Dogwood
- Silver Maple
- Slippery Elm
- Small White Aster
- Smooth Blue Aster
- Soft-Stem Bulrush, Great Bulrush
- Spiny-Leaf Sowthistle
- Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
- Spotted Knapweed
- Spotted Lady's-Thumb
- Spotted Jewelweed
- Square-Stemmed Monkey-Flower
- Star Chickweed
- Staghorn Sumac
- Straw-Colored Flatsedge, False Nutsedge
- Striped Maple, Moosewood
- Suckling Clover
- Sugar Maple
- Summer Grape
- Sulphur Cinquefoil
- Swamp Smartweed
- Swamp White Oak
- Sweet Bedstraw
- Sweet Vernal Grass
- Sycamore
- Tall Butter-Cup
- Tall Cinquefoil
- Tall Hairy Agrimony, Harvest Lice, Cocklebur
- Tall Meadow-Rue
- Tall Thimbleweed
- Talus Slope Beard-Tongue
- Tartarian Honeysuckle
- Twoleaf Miterwort, Coolwort
- Upright Yellow Wood-Sorrel
- Virginia Creeper
- Virginia Virgin-Bower
- Virginia Waterleaf
- Virginia Wild Rye
- White Ash
- White Avens
- White Baneberry, Doll's-Eyes
- White Clover
- White Heath Aster
- White Moth Mullein
- White Oak
- White Panicle Aster
- White Snakeroot
- White Turtlehead
- White Wood-Aster
- White Violet
- Wild Basil
- Wild Bergamot Bee-Balm
- Wild Black Cherry
- Wild Carrot
- Wild Cucumber
- Wild Garlic, Wild Onion
- Wild Mint
- Wild Parsnip
- Wild Radish
- Wild Sarsaparilla
- Wild Strawberry
- Wild Violet
- Wildflower Mix
- White Bedstraw
- Wild-Crane's-Bill
- Willow-Herb
- Wintercress
- Woodbine
- Woodland Sunflower
- Woodrush
- Woolgrass
- Woolgrass Bulrush
- Wrinkle-Leaved Goldenrod, Rough-Stemmed Goldenrod, Tall Hairy Goldenrod, Butterweed
- Yellow Avens
- Yellow Birch
- Yellow Hawkweed
- Yellow Hop-Clover
- Yellow Iris
- Yellow Rocket
- Yellow Sedge
- Yellow Sweetclover
- Yellow Trout-Lily
- Zig-Zag Goldenrod
- Cutleaf Coneflower
Plants | N to Z
