290 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Characteristic birds of the upper austral zone which breed in New 
York are: 
Corvus ossifragus 
Cardinals cardinals 
Ammodramus maritimus 
Piranga rubra 
FHlelmitherus vermivorus 
Flelminthophila pinus 
Seiurus motacilla 
Geothlypis formosa 
Icteria virens 
Wilsonia mitrata 
Mimus polyglottos 
Thryothorus ludovicianus 
Parus bicolor 
Among the flowering plants,of the upper austral zone are many 
characteristic species. Some of those that occur in New York are:! 
Pinus virginiana 
Pinus echinata 
Andropogon glomeratus 
Commelina communis 
Commelina virginica 
Tradescantia virginiana 
fleteranthera reniformis 
Flelonias bullata 
Chrosperma muscaetoxicum 
Muscari racemosa 
Gemmingia chinensis 
Listera australis 
Saururus cernuus 
Quercus digitata 
Quercus marylandica 
Quercus phellos 
Broussonetia papyrifera 
LVelumbo lutea 
Magnolia acuminata 
Asimina triloba 
Capnoides flavulum 
1All of these are recorded by Day (’82) Britton (’88) or Britton and Brown (’96, ’97 and ’98). 
fish crow 
cardinal 
seaside sparrow 
summer tanager 
worm-eating warbler 
blue-winged warbler 
Louisiana water-thrush 
Kentucky warbler 
yellow-breasted chat 
Wilson’s warbler 
mocking bird 
Carolina wren 
tufted titmouse 
Jersey pine 
yellow pine 
bushy beard-grass 
Asiatic day-flower 
Virginia day-flower 
spiderwort 
mud plantain 
swamp pink 
fly-poison 
starch grape-hyacinth 
blackberry lily 
southern twayblade 
lizard’s tail 
Spanish oak 
barren oak 
willow oak 
paper mulberry 
American lotus 
cucumber-tree 
North American papaw 
pale corydalis 
