Nature Names

Please have your students choose a nature name that has the same beginning sound as their name and is native to SonomaCounty. For example-Buckeye Blake, Dragonfly Dave, Sammy Salamander, Ashley Acorn

ANIMALS / PLANTS, Minerals, and other
A / Ant, Aphid, Abalone, Anemone, Arachnid, Arboreal Salamander, Aquatic gartersnake, Alderfly, Ant lion, Ambush bug, / Alder, Angelica, Ash, Aster, Acorn, Azalea, Algae, Actinolite, Amphibole, Andalusite, Azurite
B / Bobcat, Bat, Bluebird, Badger, Blackbird, Beetle, Black Widow, Bee, Black bear, Bunting, Bumblebee, Beaver, Black Salamander, Black fly, Burrowing water beetle, Backswimmer, Big dingy ground beetle, Blue milkweed beetle, Burying beetle, Bluet / Buckeye, Bay, Bearbrush, Blue Wild Rye, Blue Oak, Buckwheat, Buttercup, Blackberry, Biotite, Bornite
C / Cedar Waxwing, Coyote, Coot, Chipmunk, Cougar, Cormorant, Crayfish, Cranefly, Cicada, Cricket, Clam, California newt, Coastal Rubber Boa, Caddisfly, Caddisfly Larva, Carpenter ant, Carpenter bee, California tiger beetle, Caterpillar, Caterpillar hunter, Cockroach, Cricket, Cow killer, California tiger salamander / Coffee Berry, Christmas Berry, Columbine, Cow Parsnip, Coyote Brush, Crescent, Cherry, Cottonwood, Cat’s Ear, Clover, Chinquapin, Cypress, Cedar, Candy Kiss Gall, Club Gall, Cloud, Creek, Chert, Calcite, Coprolite, Clay, Chromite, Chlorite
D / Dunce cap gall wasp, Deer, Dragonfly, Dragonfly Nymph, Damselfly, Dove, Duck, Dobsonfly, Diving Beetle, Dogbane beetle, / Dogwood, Douglas Fir, Daisy, Dandelion, Dock, Deer fern, Dogbane, Dolomite, Diamond, Diopside
E / Egret, Eagle, Earwig, Elk / Elk clover, Elderberry, Epidote
F / Foothill yellow-legged frog, Frog, Finch, Falcon, Flatworm / Fescue, Figwort, Fern, Fairybells, Fuschia
Feldspar, Forest, Fluorite
G / Gall wasp, Giant Salamander, Gophersnake, Gartersnake, Great Horned owl, Goldfinch, Grosbeak, Gull, Grasshopper, Grey Fox, Great White Shark, Great Blue Heron, Grey Squirrel, Giant water bug, Golden jewel beetle, Glassywing, Great Golden Digger / Goldenrod, Gooseberry, Ginseng, Ginger, Grape, Grassland, Garnet, Galena, Geothite, Graphite, Gypsum
H / Heron, Hawk, Harrier, Hummingbird, Hoary Bat, Honeybee, Hitch, Harlequin bug, Hornet, Hornworm, Horse hair worm, / Honeysuckle, Huckleberry, Hawthorn, Horsetail, Hawkweed, Hyacinth, Hairgrass, Hemlock, Heather, Holly, Heal-all, Horehound, Hail, Hounds tongue, Halite
I / Ibis, Ischnura / Indigo Bush, Iris, Islay, Impia, Incense Cedar, Illite
J / Jack rabbit, Junco, Jay, Johnson’s jumper, / Jumping Ball Gall, Jimson weed, Juniper, Juncus, Jadeite
K / Kingsnake, Killdeer, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Katydid, Kangaroo rat / Kaolinite, Kyanite, Kellogg Oak
L / Lizard, Luna Moth, Lark Sparrow, Lynx, Lacewing, Ladybug, Larva, Leatherjacket / Lupine, Live oak, Lilac, Lizardtail, Leather Oak, Lily, Larkspur, Lamb’s Quarters
M / Mountain Kingsnake, Mosquito, Millipede, Marsh Hawk, Marten, Mule Deer, Mountain lion, Mayfly, Meal worm, Maggot, Mantid, Monarch, Moth, Millipede, / Madrone, Manzanita, Mugwort, Milkweed, Meadowfoam, Miner’s Lettuce, Maple, Marigold, Marshmallow, Mountain, Meadow, Mica, Magnetite, Muscovite
N / Newt, Nightsnake, Nymph / Nutmeg, Needlegrass, Nightshade, Nettle
O / Otter, Owl, Oriole / Oak apple gall, Oak, Orchid, Oso Berry, Onion, Obsidian, Ocean, Opal, Olivine
P / Pacific Giant Salamander, Pacific treefrog, Puma, Peregrine Falcon, Pupa, Pill bug, Potato bug, Praying Mantis, Pelican / Poppy, Painted Lady, Phlox, Penstemon, Poison Oak, Pennywort, Plantain, Pyrite, Pyroxene
Q / Quail / Quartz
R / Rough skinned newt, Red-bellied newt, Red-legged frog, Red-sided gartersnake, Ring-necked snake, Red-wing blackbird, Red-tail Hawk, Raccoon, Rattlesnake, Racer, Rabbit, Rat, Roach, Stink beetle, Rough stink bug, / Redwood, Redberry, Rhododendron, Rush, River, Rain
S / Slender Salamander, Sharp-tailed snake, Striped racer, Squirrel, Salamander, Swallow, Swallowtail, Stellar’s Jay, Snake, Slug, Salmon, Sunfish, Shrew, Skink, Skunk, Stonefly, Scud, Scorpion. Spider, / Snowberry, Sage, Sagewort, Sneezeweed, Snap Dragon, Skunk bush, Sedge, Soap root, Shooting star, Sycamore, Sumac, Sunflower, Salmonberry, Salvia, Salal, Sequoia,
Serpentine, Stream, Snow, Sleet, Serpentine
T / Tiger Salamander, Terrestrial Gartersnake, Turkey vulture, Thrush, Turtle, Toad, Tanager, Towhee, Tadpole, Termite, Tick, Trout / Thimbleberry, Tan Oak, Tarweed, Tiger lily, Tule, Talc, Topaz, Tourmaline
U / Urchin gall, Umbrella Sage
V / Vole, Vulture, Vanessa Annabella, Variegated Meadowhawk, Vireo, Vivid Dancer / Violet, Valley Oak, Vetch, Vernal Pool
W / Western Toad, Western Yellow-bellied Racer, Woodpecker, Weasel, Water Strider, Water Boatman, Wasp, Walkingstick, Worm, Wren, Warbler, Whirligig beetle, / Willow, Walnut, Wild Onion, Woodmint, Wood fern, Wild rye, Wetland, Wollastonite
X / Xylocopa
Y / Yellow-eyed Salamander, Yellow jacket, Yellow legs, Yellow throat, Yellow-rumped warbler, Yamagara / Yarrow, Yerba Santa, Yew, Yampah, Yellow-Eyed Grass, Yellow lupine, Yellow wood sorrel, Yerba Buena, Yerba Mansa, Yellow Pond Lily
Z / Zygoptera / Zostera, Zircon