Plants, fungi, and wildlife

White-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

The county’s main wild meat. Flag of white tail, summer red coat, winter gray.

Eastern cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

The small wild meat of fencerows. Rusty nape, white powder-puff tail.

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Masked night forager. Smart enough to open latches. Rabies and raccoon roundworm matter.

Coyote

Canis latrans

The night singer of the ridges. Takes chickens and kids of goats if you let it.

Groundhog

Marmota monax

Woodchuck. Garden thief, decent meat, burrows that break livestock legs.

Eastern gray squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Everyday bushmeat of the oak-hickory woods.