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Indicator Species

  • leaves of Red Maple tree

    Red maple (Acer rubrum)

  • Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)

  • American toad

    American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

  • ruby-throated hummingbird

    Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

  • milkweed flowers

    Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

  • rockweed

    Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum)

  • Monarch butterfly on milkweed flower

    Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

  • Forsythia bush in full bloom

    Forsythia (Forsythia sp.)

  • wild strawberry plant in bloom

    Wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

  • loon

    Common loon (Gavia immer)

  • Wood frog

    Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)

  • Common reed

    Common reed (Phragmites australis)

  • White pine

    Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

  • Spring peeper

    Spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)

  • rugose rose

    Beach rose (Rosa rugosa)

  • Mountain ash tree with berries

    Mountain ash (Sorbus americana)

  • Common lilac

    Common lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

  • dandelion

    Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

  • American robin

    American robin (Turdus migratorius)

  • Gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor)

  • Lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)

  • Pink lady slipper (Cypripedium acaule)

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