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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.

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

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