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Wetlands in the Southern Tier of NY

This looks at the habitat and what is found there. It is more than Broome County, but it is centered there.

Small
Mallard 1
Anas platyrhynchos
Small
Great Blue Heron 2
Ardea herodias
Small
Green Heron 3
Butorides virescens
Small
Belted Kingfisher 4
Megaceryle alcyon
Small
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Actitis macularius
Small
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Agelaius phoeniceus
Small
Whirligig beetles 7
Gyrinidae
Small
Green Frog 8
Lithobates clamitans
Small
American Bullfrog 9
Lithobates catesbeianus
Small
Painted Turtle 10
Chrysemys picta
Small
Snapping Turtles 11
Chelydridae
Small
skunk cabbages 12
Symplocarpus
Small
cinnamon fern 13
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Small
ostrich fern 14
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Small
royal fern 15
Osmunda regalis
Small
swamp milkweed 16
Asclepias incarnata
Small
purple loosestrife 17
Lythrum salicaria
Small
Allegheny monkeyflower 18
Mimulus ringens
Small
spotted Joe-Pye weed 19
Eutrochium maculatum
Small
arrow-leaved tearthumb 20
Persicaria sagittata
Small
American Beaver 21
Castor canadensis
Small
Muskrat 7
Ondatra zibethicus
Small
North American River Otter 22
Lontra canadensis
Small
narrow-leaved cattail 23
Typha angustifolia
Small
Common Merganser 24
Mergus merganser
Small
spatterdock 25
Nuphar advena
Small
swamp loosestrife 26
Decodon verticillatus
Small
pickerelweed 27
Pontederia cordata
Small
reed canary grass 28
Phalaris arundinacea
Small
Solitary Sandpiper 29
Tringa solitaria
Small
Hooded Merganser 30
Lophodytes cucullatus
Small
Sora 2
Porzana carolina
Small
Virginia Rail 31
Rallus limicola
Small
Wood Duck 32
Aix sponsa
Small
Greater Yellowlegs 33
Tringa melanoleuca
Small
Lesser Yellowlegs 34
Tringa flavipes
Small
bur reed sedge 35
Carex sparganioides
Small
buttonbush 36
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Small
American sycamore 37
Platanus occidentalis
Small
alders 38
Alnus
Small
Swamp Sparrow 39
Melospiza georgiana
Small
Blue-winged Teal 40
Spatula discors
Small
Marsh Wren 40
Cistothorus palustris
Small
red maple 41
Acer rubrum
Small
American Black Duck 3
Anas rubripes
Small
Common Gallinule 42
Gallinula galeata
Small
Mute Swan 43
Cygnus olor
Small
Osprey 44
Pandion haliaetus
Small
Bald Eagle 45
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Small
broadleaf arrowhead 46
Sagittaria latifolia
Small
Yellow Warbler 47
Setophaga petechia
Small
Common Yellowthroat 3
Geothlypis trichas
Small
Canada Goose 48
Branta canadensis
Small
Pied-billed Grebe 49
Podilymbus podiceps
Small
Ring-necked Duck 40
Aythya collaris
Small
Tree Swallow 40
Tachycineta bicolor
Small
Northern Water Snake 50
Nerodia sipedon
Small
woolgrass 51
Scirpus cyperinus
Small
blue vervain 52
Verbena hastata
Small
Red-breasted Merganser 53
Mergus serrator
Small
Horned Grebe 33
Podiceps auritus
Small
Ring-billed Gull 54
Larus delawarensis
Small
Herring Gull 55
Larus argentatus
Small
Canvasback 56
Aythya valisineria
Small
Redhead 57
Aythya americana
Small
Fish Crow 58
Corvus ossifragus
Small
Rusty Blackbird 59
Euphagus carolinus
Small
common boneset 60
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Small
ditch stonecrop 61
Penthorum sedoides
Small
willowherbs 62
Epilobium
Small
Steeplebush 63
Spiraea tomentosa
Small
Watershield 64
Brasenia schreberi
Small
northern blue flag 65
Iris versicolor
Small
marsh fern 66
Thelypteris palustris
Small
black willow 52
Salix nigra
Small
Northern highbush blueberry 67
Vaccinium corymbosum
Small
winterberry holly 68
Ilex verticillata
Small
wood horsetail 69
Equisetum sylvaticum
Small
sensitive fern 70
Onoclea sensibilis
Small
crested wood fern 71
Dryopteris cristata
Small
black spruce 72
Picea mariana
Small
tamarack 73
Larix laricina
Small
bulrush 74
Typha latifolia
Small
bur-reeds 75
Sparganium
Small
Pondweed 75
Potamogeton
Small
Northern Water Plantain 56
Alisma triviale
Small
Arrowheads 76
Sagittaria
Small
common waterweed 26
Elodea canadensis
Small
Eel-grass 77
Vallisneria americana
Small
common reed 78
Phragmites australis
Small
rice cutgrass 79
Leersia oryzoides
Small
Common Spike-rush 80
Eleocharis palustris
Small
soft-stemmed bulrush 81
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Small
Cottongrass 82
Eriophorum
Small
true sedges 83
Carex
Small
flatsedges 84
Cyperus
Small
Duckweeds 85
Lemna
Small
Soft Rush 86
Juncus effusus
Small
eastern cottonwood 11
Populus deltoides
Small
willows 82
Salix

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