Hemlock- Northern Hardwood Forests of the Watershed Center
Collecting data about the biodiversity of the Northern Hardwood Forest ecosystem is important because biodiversity is one sign that the ecosystem is healthy. It shows that it’s a healthy ecosystem because having biodiversity means that it has what the plants and animals need to survive. Our ...more ↓
Yellow Birch
Betula alleghaniensis (Yellow Birch), is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, southern Quebec and Ontario, and the southeast corner of Manitoba in Canada, west to Minnesota, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia.
Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum (striped maple, also known as moosewood and moose maple) is a species of maple native to northern and montane forests in eastern North America from southern Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to Wisconsin, Ohio, and New Jersey, and also at higher elevations in the Appalachian Mountains south to northern Georgia.
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum (sugar maple) is a species of maple native to the hardwood forests of northeastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Ontario, and south to Georgia and Texas. Sugar maple is best known for its bright fall foliage and for being the primary source of maple syrup.
American Beech
Fagus grandifolia, commonly known as American Beech or North American beech, is a species of beech tree. This is Latin for: Fagus, Beech; grandi, great; folia, leaves. It is native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Ontario in southeastern Canada, west to Wisconsin and south to eastern Texas and northern Florida in the United States. Trees ...more ↓
Long-spurred Violet
Viola rostrata, is a stemmed herbaceous perennial plant that is native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names including long-spurred violet.
Eastern Hemlock
Identification:
The Eastern Hemlock needles are dark green then silver on the bottom. The hemlock’s trunk is 1-3 feet in diameter. The Hemlock’s cones are ovoid shaped.The needles are 5/16 to 9/16 of an inch. The needles are attached with slender stalks and are flat rather than appearing spiral on the branch.
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Energy Role
The Eastern Hemlock is a producer. It takes ...more ↓
wild columbine
Aquilegia canadensis (Canadian or Canada columbine, Eastern red columbine, Wild columbine) is an herbaceous perennial native to woodland and rocky slopes in eastern North America, prized for its red and yellow flowers. It readily hybridizes with other species in the genus Aquilegia.
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken, brake or common bracken), also known as "eagle fern," is a species of fern occurring in temperate and subtropical regions in both hemispheres. The extreme lightness of its spores has led to its global distribution.
Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis (commonly Wild Sarsaparilla,False sarsaparilla, Shot bush, Small Spikenard, Wild Liquorice, and Rabbit Root) is a flowering plant of northern and eastern North America which reaches a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in) with creeping underground stems.
Blackberry
Identification:
Blackberries live on the sides of hills, are very black in color and live on a bush. Another way to identify it, is it is kind of oval and it lives like a hedge. Also, just like a strawberry, at the top of the fruit it has some leaves on top, but they are smaller.
Energy Role:
The energy role it has is that of a producer. It takes carbon dioxide, water and sun ...more ↓
Hobblebush
Identification:
The hobblebush is different from other organisms because it has round to heart-shaped leaves, and the flowers are white with five petals that grow in clusters. Their habitat is cool moist rocky woods and stream banks.
Niche
The hobblebush is a producer. Hobblebush is commonly present in the understory of northern hardwoods.
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Eastern White Pine
Identification:
The white pine's cones are long and narrow. The needles are in clusters of five. White pines are different from other pines because the needles are in clusters of five and the red and pitch pine needles are in clusters of three. The white pine's bark is dark with deep cracks in it.
Energy Role:
The white pine is a producer. Young White pines are eaten by ...more ↓
Poison Ivy
Identification:
The stock of the poison ivy is 2-5 feet tall. The leaves are about 4 cm. long and come in a set of 3. It is really similar to poison oak but the stock of poison oak is a little bigger than the poison ivy plant.
Energy Role:
The poison ivy plant is a producer. A lot of animals eat the plant like insects chew on the leaves and white-tailed deer and muskrat ...more ↓
