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Yellow-banded Bumble Bee (Bombus terricola)Observer
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This one is a stumper for me...
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Poison Sumac (Toxicodendron vernix)Observer
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This site is on my top five never go back to sites. The most poison sumac I have ever seen - we encountered it every 5 m or so hidden amongst cattail and Phragmites. This wetland was probably a really nice fen before it was invaded with Phragmites, some nice pockets in the northern half.
Photos / Sounds
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Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)Observer
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Heavy rains previous night caused stream to flood its banks - we encountered several large (>1') snapping turtles that day
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Red Maple (Acer rubrum)Observer
ny_wetlanderDescription
wanted to post this for water lily but the photo is too grainy to confirm so I'm posting for the red maple sapling on the right