Fort Mifflin Flora and Fauna

Fort Mifflin is a National Historic Landmark located on the banks of the Delaware River near Philadelphia. The Fort served as a military installation from 1777 to 1954 and now operates as a federally protected historic site and nature habitat.

Since reclaimation in the 1990s, the ...more ↓

Tree Swallow 1
Tachycineta bicolor
Monarch 2
Danaus plexippus
Red Fox 3
Vulpes vulpes
Great Blue Heron 4
Ardea herodias
Northern Red-bellied Cooter 5
Pseudemys rubriventris
Canada Goose 6
Branta canadensis
Duckweeds 7
Lemna
White-tailed Deer 9
Odocoileus virginianus
Woodchuck 10
Marmota monax
Muskrat 11
Ondatra zibethicus
Common Snapping Turtle 12
Chelydra serpentina
Mallard 13
Anas platyrhynchos

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