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Mealy Pixie Cup (Cladonia chlorophaea)Observer
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Lichen
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Common Greenshield Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata)Observer
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Lichen growing near the bottom of a live tree
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Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)Observer
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Fresh water reptile
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Yoshino Cherry (Prunus × yedoensis)Observer
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Angiosperm
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Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)Observer
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Gymnosperm found in a wooded area
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Rock Mosses (Family Grimmiaceae)Observer
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This is rock moss found along a creek side.
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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)Observer
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This is a Christmas fern I found near a creek.
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Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies (Order Poales)Observer
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This is a monocot I found on pasture land where there are sheep. If someone knows what type of grass this is, it would help me a lot.
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Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)Observer
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This is a northern red oak and is a dicot.
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Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)Observer
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This is an Eastern White Pine and is an gymnosperm. It was found in a wooded area.
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Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)Observer
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This is an eastern hemlock and is a gymnosperm.
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Stone Centipedes (Order Lithobiomorpha)Observer
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This looked like a young or maybe a baby house centipede. It was quite small and it’s legs were very short and underdeveloped.
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Hawk, Sphinx, Silk, Emperor, and Allied Moths (Superfamily Bombycoidea)Observer
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This moth stayed outside, on my window, in the warm weather for a while until it flew away. This moth along with others enjoy hanging out on the windows of my home, they like the wood on the outside of my home, and they especially love flying around the porch lights at night.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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These moths love hanging out on the wood on the outside of my house.
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Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)Observer
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This butterfly was seen on a very warm early spring day. This butterfly, along with a few others were wondering around my front yard.
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
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This lady bug along with many others was found outside my home on a piece of wood.
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This stink bug was found in my house flying around. This isn’t the first one I’ve seen in my house. They seem to like the wood stove I have.
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Common Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)Observer
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I was digging a hole in my back yard, and I found this earthworm. When I was taking its picture it was wiggling around trying to make its way back underground to the moist soil where it came from. There were many other worms I found as well that were around this worm.
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Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbosa)Observer
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Small lumpy, white and green polymer mushrooms. In this photo it is located on a dead oak tree in the woods. It can be found growing on most types of hardwood trees.
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Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)Observer
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The raccoon is a mammal with a gray body and a distinctive black mask around their eyes and black rings around their bushy tail. They mostly live in trees, and their diet includes insects, small animals, plants, and fruits. They are also known for their hisses and growls.
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Rock Mosses (Family Grimmiaceae)Observer
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Rock mosses are flowerless plants that grow in large green clumps and are more commonly grown in shady, moist locations.