German and Austrian Species List

publication date: Oct 7, 2009
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German and Austrian Species List

These are species that students in Austria and Germany have substituted for the recommended species to journal in Kamana. Always check your own field guides and choose species based on your own experience. The European species is written first, then the scientific name, and the North American species it is replacing if that information was given.

Do you have a country or bioregion in the U.S. that you would like to submit a list for? It wuld be appreciated. Email director@kamana.org

HAZARDS

  • Grüner Knollenblätterpilz  (Amanita phalloides)
  • Tollwurt (rabies)
  • Kreuzotter (Vipera berus)
  • Dornfingerspinne (Cheiracanthium punctorium)
  • Gemeine Wespe
  • Cougars, Leptospirosis and Hantavirus are not hazards in Austria. I would have chosen hypothermia, rabies, avalanches or high elevation sickness.
  • Austria has approximately 30 brown bears, they so far have not attacked people – but I guess it is worth studying.
  • Wildschwein (wild boar attack)
  • Zecke (Holzbock)
  • Kreuzotter (Vipera berus) Lethal in less than 1% of bite-incidents, in 50% without problems.  For southern Austria a better species might be Sandviper (Vipera ammodytes) – the most dangerous poisonous snake of Europe.
  • Europe is shamefully tame and safe, in my area in the mountains you can drink out of every stream…

MAMMALS

  • Dachs (Meles meles)  Badger instead of raccoon.
  • Reh  (Capreolus capreolus) Local deer.
  • Lynx  (Lynx lynx) or Wildkatze instead of bobcat.
  • Wiesel (Mustela erminea) Weasel instead of beaver.
  • Waldmaus  (Apodemus sylvaticus) instead of deer mouse.
  • Igel (Erinaceus europäus) Hedgehog instead of Raccoon.
  • Baummarder instead of otter.
  • Waldspitzmaus for local shrew.
  • Biesamratte for beaver.
  • Feldhase for hare or rabbit.

 

PLANTS

  • Bittersüsser Nachtschatten  (Solanum dulcamara) This is a local nightshade in North America too.  Schwarzer Nachtschatten has been used.
  • Efeu (Hedera helix), Tollkirsche (Atropa belladonna), or Seidelbast instead of poison ivy.
  • Weisser Germer (Veratrum album) or Herbstzeitlose instead of Indian poke.
  • Scharfer Hahnenfuss (Ranunculus acris) Local buttercup.
  • One of the most dangerous plants here would be Monkshood (Aconitum napellus or vulparia).
  • Gefleckter Schierling for Poison Hemlock.
  • Große Brennessel for Stinging Nettle.
  • Breit Wegerich for Broad-Leaf Plantain.
  • Breitblättriger Rohrkolben for Cattail.

 

ECOLOGICAL INDICATOR

  • Europäische Sumpfschildkröte (Emys orbicularis)  Local turtle.
  • Zauneidechse (Lacerta agilis) Local lizard.
  • Blindschleiche (Anguis fragilis), a legless lizard, instead of garter snake.
  • Ringelnatter (Natrix natrix) Local snake.
  • Feuersalamander (Salamandra salamandra) Salamander.
  • Laubfrosch (Hyla arborea) Tree frog.
  • Erdkröte (Bufo bufo) Toad.
  • Grasfrosch (Rana temporaria) True frog.
  • Waldamaeise (Formica rufa) or Schwarze Wegameise  for Ant.
  • Königslibelle (Anax imperator) or Blaugrüne Mosaikjungfer for Dragonfly.
  • Gemeiner Grashüpfer (Chorthippus biguttulus) or Großes Heupferd Grasshopper.

 

TREES

  • Fichte (Picea abies) Spruce or “cedar.”
  • Bergahorn (Acer pseudoplatanus) Maple.
  • Rotbuche (Fagus sylvatica) Beech.
  • Esche (Fraxinus excelsior) Ash.
  • Bergulme (Ulmus glabra) Elm.
  • Weißtanne (Abies alba) Fir.
  • Lärche (Larix decidua) Larch.
  • Stieleiche (Quercus robur) Oak.
  • Silberweide (Salix alba) Willow.
  • Waldkiefer (Pinus sylvestris) Pine.
  • Schwarzerle for Alder.
  • Schwarzpappel for cottonwood.

 

BIRDS

  • Amsel (Turdus merula) American robin.
  • Stockent (Anas platyrhynchos) or Graugans for Canada goose.
  • Mäusebussard (Buteo buteo) Red-tailed hawk.
  • Buchfink (Fringilla coelebs) Yellowthroat.
  • Rabenkrähe (Corone corone) Crow.
  • Eichelhäher (Garrulus glandarius) Jay.
  • Rotkelchen (Erithacus rubecula) Red-winged blackbird.
  • Mönschgrasmücke (Sylvia atricapilla) Rufous-sided towhee.
  • Kohlmeise (Parus major) Song sparrow.
  • Kleiber (Sitta europea) Junco.
  • No yellowthroats, towhees, song sparrows, blackbirds and juncos – my choice would be some of these:
  • Rotkehlchen (Erithacus rubecula)
  • Zilpzalp or Fitis (Phylloscopus collybita or trochilus)
  • Zaunkönig, common wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
  • Goldammer (Emberizia citrinella)
  • Rotschwanz (Phoenicurus phoenicurus or ochruros)
  • Feldsperling  (Passer montanus)