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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Thinking this is a dogwood, but has a variety of leaves
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Red Nail Gall Mite (Eriophyes tiliae)Observer
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On a basswood tree
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Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)Observer
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Along mountain trail. Many of these.
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Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)Observer
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Two cormorants with many gulls in Waterplace park.
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Northern Whitecedar (Thuja occidentalis)Observer
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Large cedar in a city park. Berries greenish blue, slightly wrinkled. Could be Northern white or Atlantic white cedar.
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Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana)Observer
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Checked leaves and acorns. Definitely a chestnut oak. Sorry for the low quality picture, my phone's camera is bad.
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Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)Observer
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Milkweed pods
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Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)Observer
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Eastern hemlock in a parking lot. May have been "cultivated" many years ago.
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Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)Observer
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Wildflowers in a falling down area of the city. Audubons field guide to New England calls them butter-and-eggs.
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Wolf Spiders and Allies (Superfamily Lycosoidea)Observer
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Hundreds of tiny babies. must have just hatched. Gliding over the water in a drying up pond.
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Carpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies (Genus Camponotus)Observer
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Living in the base of a Norway maple.
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Something...Observer
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Toothed single leaves, darkish bark, leaves emerge from end of branch. Smaller branches are very bumpy,
