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Eastern Pricklypear Complex (Complex Opuntia humifusa)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Brightly colored insect pollinated flowers. Large edible fruit. Seed dispersal by small mammals and land turtles.
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White Oak (Quercus alba)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Longer acorns. Mass year.
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Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)Observer
ebriggsDescription
5 needles per fascicle
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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Northern Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Citrus smell. Understory shrub. Fruits red and full of lipids, dispersed mainly by birds
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Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Cyanide like compounds in bark of tree. Bird dispersed fruits. Common early successional plant. Needs lots of light and grows quickly.
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Lesser Periwinkle (Vinca minor)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Invasive. Prevents germination of other plants by shading and alleopathic.
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Hop-Hornbeams (Genus Ostrya)Observer
ebriggsDescription
(Aka: blue beech) soft leaves, sub canopy tree, insect pollinated
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American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Spindle shapes leaf buds
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American Witch-Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Astringent producing (popular in cosmetics). Scallopy leaf edges, insect pollinated, asymmetrical leaf base
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Chicory (Cichorium intybus)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Native. Prairie/meadow plant. Insect pollinated. Birds scatter seeds.
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Bushy, Eastern, Heart-leaved, and Old Field Asters (Section Symphyotrichum)Observer
ebriggsDescription
As the flowers get older, the central disk becomes red (hypothesis). Communication with bees to indicate which flowers are still producing nectar/ not pollinated.
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Red Maple (Acer rubrum)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Many teeth per lobe. Sometimes have reddish stems. Vivid red in the fall. Deep cut lobes.
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Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Not very many teeth per lobe in comparison to other maple species.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
ebriggsDescription
Young Shaggy Mane mushroom. Reportedly edible. It rained yesterday.
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Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)Observer
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697
20.7 cm
175.5g Pond C
