Now You Can Track the Species in Your Town!

We're excited to roll out a new tool for the Vermont Atlas of Life. You can now track the observations and species in any Vermont town, ideal for town conservation commissions, students, town planners and naturalists. Watch our short screencast about this exciting new tool on our YouTube channel at http://youtu.be/a_SfXZGVnyM.

Posted on May 22, 2013 15:54 by 317-mini catharus | 5 comments | Leave a comment
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May 23, 2013

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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cinnamon fern Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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Eastern Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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in gravel parking area

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Roundback Slugs Family Arionidae

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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Ants Family Formicidae

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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in leaf litter in damp woods

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Eastern American Toad Anaxyrus americanus ssp. americanus

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joannerusso

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May 22, 2013

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attracted to moths, attracted to the porch light.

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Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens

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joannerusso

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May 23, 2013

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Fringed Polygala Polygala paucifolia

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joannerusso

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May 23, 2013

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joannerusso

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May 23, 2013

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white-ribboned carpet moth

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joannerusso

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May 23, 2013

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brown-spotted zale moth

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Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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susanelliott

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May 23, 2013

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sfaccio

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Jun 1, 2009

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Sharon, VT (Google, OSM)

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Blooming in rich maple-beech stand.

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Galearis spectabilis

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sfaccio

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Jun 23, 2010

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Many blooming around pond edge.

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sfaccio

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Jun 23, 2010

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Several plants blooming around pond/fen edge.

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showy lady's slipper Cypripedium reginae

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sfaccio

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Jun 24, 2012

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Hundreds blooming in small headwater fen.

317-mini Project curator ID

Cypripedium reginae

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sfaccio

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Jun 30, 2007

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Small group of 2-4 plants in open maple woods with lycopodium and Canada mayflower.

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sfaccio

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Jun 27, 2007

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Is this Tussock Cottongrass? It was along the Mt. Mansfield summit ridgeline.

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American Goldfinch Spinus tristis

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May 23, 2013

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Barton, VT (Google, OSM)

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early saxifrage Micranthes virginiensis

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sfaccio

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May 6, 2013

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In bloom on steep, rocky, west-facing hillside.

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False Morel Gyromitra esculenta

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sfaccio

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May 6, 2013

11792-mini Project curator ID

Gyromitra esculenta

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black bear

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sfaccio

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Apr 30, 2013

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Black bear tracks at Reading Pond, Reading, VT.

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Common Cattail Typha latifolia

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kylejones

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May 23, 2013 08:20 AM EDT

11792-mini Project curator ID

Typha latifolia

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Honeysuckles Genus Lonicera

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kylejones

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May 23, 2013 08:29 AM EDT

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Shrubby invasive, but which one?

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Genus Lonicera

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Dames Rocket Hesperis matronalis

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kylejones

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May 23, 2013 08:03 AM EDT

11792-mini Project curator ID

Hesperis matronalis
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