eastern american toad

order: Anrura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: B. americanus

characterictis
medium sized, 5-00 cm long.
skin colour changes depending on humidity, stree and temperature (yellow-brown-black) spots on the belly and back on back black spots only 1-2 warts

adaptations:
hibernators
live in wide ranges if have: fresh water pond, insects and safety

garter snake

Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis

Characteristics
yellow stripes on the black or brown scale - with a narrow stripe down the middle
and two thicker ones down the middle.
black spots alternating on the line spaces

Adaptations
many habitats
saliva appears to be toxic to amphibians and other small animals.

cottonwood

order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaeae
Genus: Populus
Section: P. sect. Aegiros

characteristics
large deciduous trees, tall, thick
deeply fissured bark and trianglar-based leave green on both sides.
leaves have a flattened stem which makes them flutter in the wind.
flowers appear before the leaves in spring. ,
seeds are connected with cottony fluffy. wind

adaptations
flooding tolerant,

painted turtle

order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Chrysemys
Species: C. picta

Characteristics
head, tail, feet, - red and yellow striped design
belly - yellowish or ywllo-orange, dark pattern in the center
shell on the back

adaptations:
digs into the mud for insulation
can survive at 3 degrees C without oxygen for 5 months. WOW if thats not not an adaptation then I don't know what is.

Mole

Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Talpidae

CHaracteristics
small or vestigial eyes and ears
small rodents
thickset, cylindrical bodies, short necks,
forelimbs are short, broad, powerful and adapted for digging.

Adaptations:
tunnel, which is good because they are mostly blind.
help aerate the soil.
insectivores

opossum

order: depelphidae
family: didelphidae
genus: Didephis
species: virginiana

characteristics
marsupial - largest order


adaptations:
unspecialized biology, flexible diet, reproductive strategy = success

white, dirty looking, tail of a rat.

Brown snake

order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Storeria
Species: S. dekayi

charcteristics - brown in colour
dark drown to grayish brown
braod light stripe bordered by dark spots down in the back.
belly - pink or buff
small - 12ish inches

adaptations
found in a vaiety of habitats" wetlands, grasslands, forests, urban

red backed salamander

order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Plethodon
Species: P. cinereus

characteristics:
-black bodies, bright red stripe down the middle
bellies are black and white
-grow about 5 inches long.

Adaptations:
-found under rocks, logs, moss, dead leaves or inside rotting logs
-spend no part of their life in water.

meadow - Orchard Grass

Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dactylis
Species: D. glomerata

Characteristics
20-120 cm tall with leaves 20-50 cm long , in a distinctive tufted triangular flowerhead
flattened stem base

adaptations
pasture grass

Meadow - raccoon

order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Procyon
Species: P. lotor

Characteristics:
medium-sized mammal
nocturnal and is omnivorous
mostly grayist coat
front paws are extermely dexterous
facial mask

adaptations:
- fur coat insulates
- mixed forests habitat

meadow - lance-leaved golden rod

family: asteraceae
Genus: Euthamia
Species: graminifolia

Characteristics
leaves around 1/4 inch wide, 3-5 veins running down the leaf
hieght 1-4 ft
typical golden features
no-few leaves along the stem


Adaptations:
moist sunny places

New England Aster

order:asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Species: S. novae-angliae

Characteristics
grows 120cm tall. stout, hairy stem and lance shaped leaves with entire margins
flower heads are showy with yellow disc florests at the center and
leaves opposite

apatations:
live in a variety of soils across north america.

wild red raspberry

Family: Rosaeceae
Genus: Rubus
Species: idaeus

Characteristics:
bark - cinnamon-brown,
prickly
leaves - alternate, ovate, pointed, irregularly double toothed, greenish, hairless
flowers - 1-4 small clusters from upper leaf axil
petals white, ascending, narrowly oblong
fruit - drupelets, juicy, finely woolly-hairy - raspberries

adaptations: don't last very long with Mr. Suderman around.

Meadow - Ebony Spleenwart

Order: Polypodiales
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: A, platyneuron

Characteristcs:
small plant with single pinnate fronds
leaflets are arranged alternately along the stem. curved ends. spores are clearly on the bottom.
netted viens

Adaptations: lives in disturbed sites, mostly sunny.

meadow - closed gentian

order: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentiana
Species: G. andrewsii

Characteristics:
flowers - 2-4 cm long, mostly rich blie in colour and bottle shaped with closed months. Are in flusters at the top of the plant or in the axis of the leaves
leaves - opposite
stem - hairless

Meadow - autumn olive

Order: Rosales
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Genus: Elaeagnus
Species: E. umbellata

Characteristics:
small tree or shrub
leaves - alternate and longer then their width, waved margin. silvery in spring then turn more green, bottom lighter then the top.
flowers - clustered 1-7 together in the axils, 4 lobed pal yellowish corolla
fruit - oval, druping, silvery scaled orange then red dorred with silver or brown.

adaptations
invasive, mostly open spaces, not dry
planted for wildlife habitat
food - birds and small mammals

Bog - earthball

Order: Botetales
Family: Sclerodermataceae
Genus: Scleroderma
Species: S. citrinum

Characteristics
the puff ball breaks to realise pores and dark inside
no stem but is attached to the soil by cords
irregular warts
baige with brown
firm flesh

adaptations
myeoritical relationship between plants and animals

white wash lichen

Class: ascomycetes
Family: Phyctidaceae
Genus: Phlyctis Flotow
Species P. argena

characteristics:
white to grey crust, rea ting yellow to slowly red with KOH,
Makes the area look white washed.

adaptations: on bark, sometimes on walls

Bog - Swamp dew berry

Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaeceae
Genus: Rubus
Species: R. hispidus

Characteristics:
small white rounded flowers 5 peteles
leaves - rounded, serrated
fruit: aggregate berry, red or dark purple when ripe.
twips: red and bristled

Adaptations:
lives in moist or sometimes dry soils

Bog - spring peeper

Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Pseudarcris
Species: P. crucifer

characteristcs
tan or brown in colour, dark cross that roughtly forms an X
large tow pads for climbing
males make a loud high pitched noise to attract mates

Adaptations
climb trees (but not too high)
eat small invertebrates

Bog - White snakeroot

Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ageratina
Species: A. altissima

characteristics:
grow upto 1.5 meters tall, single or multi-stemmed clumps.
flowers, white, and after blooming small sees with fluffy white tails are released
stems are round and mostly hairfless, opposite leaves long and narrow, becoming smaller as they ascend the stems, leaves are settated along the margins

adaptations:
adapt to many shades, or sun,
wind blowen seeds

Bog - Marsh Fern

family Thelypteridaceae
Order
Genus Thelypteris
Species: thelypteroides


characteristics
height: 18-24 inches
spores - underside of fronds, on rows of dots near midvien,
fertile fronds leaf edges are slightly rolled over
leaf stalk - smooth and pale green above.

adaptations
edges of marshes and wet meadows, dtiches or woods, rich wet soil but not standings water

Bog - evergreen wood fern

family Dryopteridaceae
order
genus Aspidium
species intermedium


Characteristics
-fronds - 2-3 ft. long
-thrice divided
-spores are on underside of fronds
-evergreen
-growth pattern - clump

Apaptations
-moist, rich woods (especially in limestone areas