Scotch Pine

Scotch Pine

VASCULAR PLANT Pinus sylvestris | Other Names: Scots Pine, Caledonian Pine Description Scotch Pines are large, evergreen, coniferous trees that can grow up to 25 m tall, and have an

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Red Eared Sliders

Red-eared Sliders

REPTILE Trachemys scripta elegans Description Red-eared Sliders have brown to olive green coloured shells, with a slight keel running down the center. Green-black stripes run along the body. Sliders are

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Purple Loosestrife

Purple Loosestrife

VASCULAR PLANT Lythrum salicaria | Other Names: Loosestrife, Spiked Loosestrife Description Stems arise from perennial rootstock. 30-50 stalks can arise from a single rootstock, but the average is between 1-15.

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Garlic Mustard

Garlic Mustard

VASCULAR PLANT Alliaria petiolata Description Herbaceous biennial, with vegetative rosette in the first year. Leaves 2-12 cm wide, dark green, kidney shaped, smelling of garlic when crushed, margins scalloped. Taproot

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Woodland Angelica

Woodland Angelica

VASCULAR PLANT Angelica sylvestris Description Large biennial member of the carrot family commonly 1-2 m tall when flowering from July to September. Small, fragrant white to pale-lilac flowers born on

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Coffin Box

Coffin Box Bryozoan

MARINE ANIMAL Membranipora membranacea | Other Names: Lacy Crust Bryozoan, Kelp Lace Bryozoan Description The Coffin Box Bryozoan is a marine organism that consists of tiny (< 1 mm in

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Phragmites SeedHeads

Common Reed

VASCULAR PLANT Phragmites australis ssp. australis | Elephant Grass, Giant Reedgrass Description Very tall, stout grass, often reaching heights of 3 m or more (exceptionally to 4 m). Stem hollow,

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Dutch Elm Disease

Dutch Elm Disease

INSECT & FUNGUS Hylurgopinus, Scotylus, & Ophiostoma spp Description Dead and dying White Elm trees. Results from several different microscopic sac fungi (all of which are probably exotic) that infect

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Oyster Thief

Oyster Thief

MARINE MACROALGAE Codium fragile | Codium, Dead Man’s Fingers Description Green alga shaped like a small bush, velvety and spongy to the touch. Light to dark green. Branches are thick

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Carolina Fanwort

Carolina Fanwort

VASCULAR PLANT Cabomba caroliniana Description Bottom-rooted, submersed aquatic plant. Stems usually 1-2 m but up to 10 m long. Underwater leaves opposite, fan-like and finely divided; floating leaves small, oblong,

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