What Kind Of Animals Did Lewis And Clark Discover

Lewis and Clark expedition Meriwether Lewis nerveless many hundreds of plants on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. All of the plants Lewis collected in the first months of the Expedition were cached near the Missouri River to be retrieved on the return journey. Unfortunately, the enshroud was completely destroyed by Missouri flood waters. Other collections were lost in varying ways, and nosotros at present have merely 237 plants Lewis collected, 226 of which are in the Philadelphia Herbarium.^[ane] Lewis hired Frederick Pursh for $lxx to do the complex task of describing 124 of his collections, which Pursh did and published in 1814. 1 of the best sources of online information on the Lewis and Clark Trek is Lewis-Clark.org .

Animals [edit]

Mammals [edit]

• Discovered (for the first time by European Americans):
  • Black-tailed prairie canis familiaris (Cynomys ludovicianus)
  • Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea)
  • Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
  • Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
  • Swift play tricks (Vulpes velox)
  • White-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)
• Described:
  • American annoy (Taxidea taxus)
  • Beaver (Castor canadensis)
  • Badlands bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis auduboni)
  • Bison (Bison bison)
  • Black bear (Ursus americanus)
  • Columbian ground squirrel (Spermophilus columbianus)
  • Coyote (Canis latrans)
  • Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
  • Eastern pull a fast one on squirrel (Sciurus niger)
  • Elk (Cervus canadensis)
  • Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
  • Gray wolf (Canis lupus)
  • Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)
  • Muskrat (Fiber zibethicus)
  • Mountain king of beasts (Puma concolor)
  • Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides)
  • Northern river otter (Lontra canadensis)
  • Northern brusque-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
  • Black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus)
  • Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
  • Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
  • Richardson's ground squirrel or flickertail (Spermophilus richardsonii)
  • Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
  • Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)
  • White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Birds [edit]

• Discovered (for the first time by European Americans):
  • Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
  • Common poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)
  • Greater sage-bickering (Centrocercus urophasianus)
  • Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos)
  • Lewis' woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
• Described:
  • American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
  • American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
  • American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
  • American robin (Turdus migratorius)
  • American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
  • Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
  • Depository financial institution swallow (Riparia riparia)
  • Belted kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
  • Black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
  • Blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)
  • Bluish jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
  • Brewer'due south blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
  • Brownish-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)
  • Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
  • Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)
  • Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
  • Cliff eat (Hirundo pyrrhonota or Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
  • Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
  • Columbian precipitous-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus)
  • Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles small)
  • Mutual raven (Corvus corax)
  • Eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
  • Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
  • Great egret (Ardea alba)
  • Greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus)
  • Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
  • Dandy horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
  • Hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
  • Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)
  • Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
  • Lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
  • Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
  • Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
  • Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
  • Merganser (Mergus serrator)
  • Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
  • Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
  • Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) - tentative
  • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
  • Rider pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
  • Pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)
  • Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
  • Plains abrupt-tailed bickering (Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesi)
  • Reddish-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
  • Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
  • Cerise-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
  • Ruffed bickering (Bonasa umbellus)
  • Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)
  • Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
  • Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii)
  • Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
  • Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
  • Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
  • Whooping crane (Grus americana)
  • Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
  • Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
  • Woods duck (Aix sponsa)

Reptiles [edit]

• Western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)
• Western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus)
• Bull snake (Pituophis catenifer)
• Spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera)
• Western garter snake (Thamnophis elegans vagrans)

• Horned lizard (Phrynosoma)

Fish [edit]

• Discovered (for the get-go fourth dimension past European Americans):
  • Blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus)
  • Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
  • Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides)
  • Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)
  • White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)
• Described:
  • Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki)
  • Westslope cutthroat trout (O. c. lewisi)
  • Coastal cutthroat trout (O. c. clarki)
  • Common northern sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
  • Sauger (Stizostedion canadensis)

Plants [edit]

The plants listed below were indeed collected by Lewis, just a number of them (at least those marked with *******, were previously collected and described or were non described from the Lewis collections and therefore are not considered to be the first for science. For an accurate list meet ^[2] and ^[three]

• Discovered (for the first time past European Americans):
  • Blackness greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus)
  • Blue flax (Linum lewisii)
  • Buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea)
  • Curly-top gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)
    • • • • • Fringed sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana)
  • Indian tobacco (Nicotiana quadrivalvis)
  • Lanceleaf sage (Salvia reflexa)
  • Shadscale (Atriplex canescens)
  • Snow-on-the-mount (Euphorbia marginata)
  • White milkwort (Polygala alba)
  • Aromatic aster (Aster oblongifolius)
    • • • • • Aromatic sumac too called squaw bush (Rhus aromatica)
            • Bearberry as well called kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
  • Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
  • Broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae)
  • Canada milk-vetch (Astragalus canadensis)
    • • • • • Common horsetail, also called scouring rush (Equisetum arvense)
  • Common juniper (Juniperus communis)
  • Common monkey-blossom (Mimulus guttatus)
  • Creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)
  • Dwarf sagebrush (Artemisia cana)
    • • • • • Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
  • False indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
  • Fire-on-the-mountain (Euphorbia cyathophora)
  • Gilded currant (Ribes aureum)
  • Large-flowered clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra trachysperma)
  • Long-leaved sagebrush too called mugwort (Artemisia longifolia)
  • Meadow anemone (Anemone canadensis)
    • • • • • Missouri milk-vetch (Astragalus missouriensis)
            • Moundscale (Atriplex gardneri)
  • Needle-and-thread grass also called porcupine grass (Hesperostipa comata)
  • Pasture sagewort (Artemisia frigida)
  • Pin carmine (Prunus pennsylvanica)
  • Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
  • Imperial coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)
  • Purple prairie-clover (Petalostemon purpurea or Dalea purpurea)
  • Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa; formerly Chrysothamnus nauseosus)
  • Raccoon grape (Ampelopsis cordata)
  • Rigid goldenrod (Solidago rigida)
  • Rocky Mount beeplant (Cleome serrulata)
  • Crude gayfeather as well called large push snakeroot (Liatris aspera)
    • • • • • Silky wormwood (Artemisia dracunculus)
  • Spiny goldenweed (Machaeranthera pinnatifida or Haplopappus spinulosus)
  • Thick-spike gayfeather also called prairie button snakeroot (Liatris pycnostachya)
    • • • • • Western red cedar also called Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum)
  • Wild four-o'clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea)
  • Wild rice (Zizania palustris)
  • Wild rose (Rosa arkansana)

Come across too [edit]

• Sacagawea
• Louisiana Purchase

References [edit]

1. ^ https://amphilsoc.pastperfectonline.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_criteria=lewis&searchButton=Search
2. ^ https://amphilsoc.pastperfectonline.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_criteria=lewis&searchButton=Search
3. ^ "Biographies of naturalists botanists p. 2".

Sources [edit]

• Paul A. Johnsgard. "Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains: A Natural History".
• H. Wayne Phillips (2003). Plants of the Lewis and Clark Trek. Mountain Press. ISBN978-0-87842-477-one.
• Paul R. Cutright & Paul A. Johnsgard (2003). Lewis and Clark: Pioneering Naturalists (2d ed.). University of Nebraska Press. ISBN978-0-8032-6434-2.
• Five. C. Holmgren (1984). "Birds of the Lewis and Clark journals". Nosotros Proceeded On. Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. 10 (ii–three): 17–22.
• The Journey - Science." U.S. National Park Service - Experience Your America. <http://www.nps.gov/annal/jeff/lewisclark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/Preparing/Science.htm>.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_species_described_by_the_Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition

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